‘The Next Generation’ On View
October 10, 2020
The 2019-2020 Socrateens, Excerpt from the ‘Monuments Decoder’ ‘zine, 2020
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The final part the ‘MONUMENTS NOW’ exhibition, ‘The Next Generation,’ goes on view Saturday, October 10, 2020. ‘The Next Generation‘ looks to the future with a multi-faceted project collectively realized by local high school students participating in the Park’s arts education program, Socrateens.
Facilitated by the Park’s Lead Educator, Douglas Paulson, Socrateens is a year-long experimental art program for 10 high school students selected through an application process. Participants receive a monthly artist’s stipend of $100.
For ‘MONUMENTS NOW,’ the 2019-2020 Socrateens collaborated on a zine titled ‘Monuments Decoder,’ which you can read for free online HERE! A limited run of printed zine copies will also be publicly available on-site at the Park.
In addition, the 2019-2020 Socrateens created a monument sculpture, ‘What’s Missing,’ that goes on view alongside the 2020 Artist Fellows’ monument projects and Jeffrey Gibson, Paul Ramírez Jonas, and Xaviera Simmons‘ respective monument installations.