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Wave Hill’s Family Art Project: The Memory of Space
Upcoming Wave Hill events and
programs include the following weekend
dates:
Sunday, July 14: Garden Highlights
Walk Join a Wave Hill Garden
guide for a public tour of seasonal
garden highlights.
Free with admission to the
grounds. Meet at Perkins Visitor
Center, 1 p.m.
Saturday, July 13; and Sunday,
July 14: Family Art Project: The
Memory of Space: Can you visualize
a favorite area in your house/neighborhood?
Join exhibiting Sunroom Project
Space artist Amir Hariri to draw
plans and then build constructions
purely from your impressions and
memories.
Take a walk around Wave Hill
to collect natural materials that remind
you of home, and add them to
your constructions of cardboard,
foamcore and wood.
Turn your memories into small
sculptures that intertwine the ideas
of outside/inside and past/present.
Free, and admission to the grounds
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is free until noon.
Wave Hill House, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Saturday, July 13: Gallery Tour:
Tour Glyndor Gallery with Wave
Hill’s curatorial fellow or gallery
greeter to get an insider’s view of
current exhibitions.
The exhibition Here We Land features
three former Winter Workspace
artists, Camille Hoffman, Maria
Hupfi eld and Sara Jimenez, who
return to explore narratives about
contested space that draw on personal
and cultural touch points in
their immersive installations.
In the Sunroom, Amir Hariri creates
sculptural installations constructed
of wood, brick and other
building materials—along with a
wall drawing—that connect to his
architectural research to the Bronx
and Wave Hill.
In the Sun Porch, Geoffrey Owen
Miller suspends transparent, upside
down sculptures of fl ora and fauna—
inspired by Wave Hill—from the ceiling
over sheets of black-mirrored
glass.
Visitors see prismatic refl ections
of the hanging plants and animals in
upright positions in the glass. Free
with admission to the grounds.
Glyndor Gallery, 2 p.m.
Sunday, July 14: Summer Birding:
Naturalist Gabriel Willow contributes
his extensive knowledge of diverse
bird species and their behavior
on these walks through the gardens
and woodlands.
Observe the plants, insects and
habitats at Wave Hill that make it so
appealing for such a wide variety of
birds. Birders of all levels welcome!
Ages 10 and older welcome with an
adult.
Free with admission to the
grounds. NYC Audubon Members enjoy
two-for-one admission.
Meet at Perkins Visitor Center,
9:30 a.m.
Sunday, July 14: Yoga in the Garden:
On Sundays through July, enjoy
the gardens as the setting for
your yoga practice as your fi nd your
breath and become connected to the
landscape.
Classes are led by certifi ed Yoga
Haven instructors. All levels welcome.
Please bring a mat and be on
time.
This class is rain or shine; the
rain location is Glyndor Gallery. $25;
Wave Hill members save 10%. Registration
suggested, online.
On the Grounds, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Sunday, July 14: Hand-poured Citronella
Candle Workshop: Citronella
is an all-natural insect repellent
made from oil extracted from lemongrass.
Learn about the benefi ts of citronella
essential oil and natural beeswax,
then mix and pour your own
candles.
Beekeeper and candlemaker Pam
Golben shares tricks of the trade
and sends you home with informative
handouts and several candles for
your summer night picnics and other
outdoor occasions. $55.
Registration recommended, online
at wavehill.org or at the Perkins
Visitor Center. Wave Hill House, 10
a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sunday, July 14: Family Nature
Walk: Join naturalist and educator
Gabriel Willow on a family-friendly
walk through the gardens or woodlands.
Family walks begin at Wave Hill
House. Ages fi ve and older welcome
with an adult. Severe weather cancels.
Free with admission to the
grounds.
Meet at Wave Hill House, 1 p.m.
Sunday, July 14: Exhibition Closing
Performance: Composer Lau Nau,
who collaborated with Sara Jimenez
on the soundscape for Jimenez’s installation
in the exhibition
Here We Land, will perform together
to generate a sonic experience
in the space.
Free with admission to the
grounds. Glyndor Gallery, 3 p.m.
For further information regarding
programs call (718) 549-3200. or
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