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NYC Parks hosts fi rst-ever public art exhibition in Highland Park
BY JUSTIN BERGLUND
EDITORIAL@QNS.COM
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NYC Parks will be celebrating
the 50th Anniversary of their
Art in the Parks program
with an exhibition in Highland Park
by Daniele Frazier called “The Giant
Flowers.”
This is the fi rst-ever public art exhibition
in Highland Park and will be
displayed through June 23, 2018.
“Fift y years on, our celebrated Art
in the Parks program is still breaking
boundaries – this time in Highland
Park,” said NYC Parks Commissioner
Mitchell J. Silver.
“The Giant Flowers” consists of fi ve
giant fl owers made of rip-stop nylon
fabric that infl ate and move hypnotically
in the wind. Each 12-foot-long
brightly colored fl ower is a unique
design hand-sewn by Frazier and
towers above the park 20 feet off the
ground.
“’The Giant Flowers’ brings
eye-catching colors and welcome
whimsy to this beloved open space.
Art brings people together, and it is
our mission to make sure it is accessible
to all of New York City’s vibrant
communities,” added Silver.
Daniele Frazier, the artist behind
the exhibition, lives in Brooklyn and
is originally from Mill Valley, California.
Her work has been showcased at
Guild & Greyshkul, Museum 52, Rivington
Arms, Ritter Zamet, Socrates
Sculpture Park, and Gavin Brown’s
Passerby, among others.
NYC Parks will be hosting an exhibition by Daniele Frazier called "The Giant Flowers" as part of their Parks
in the Art program.
Frazier graduated from the Cooper
Union School of Art, where she
received the Jacques and Natasha Gelman
Trust Award, a grant in support
of the visual arts and contemporary
artists, with an eye to developing the
next generation of artists.
Along with her work primarily
in sculpture and drawing, Frazier
has also performed at the Brooklyn
Academy of Music and oft en cameos
in other artists’ performances and
videos.
In 2017, NYC Parks’ Art in the
Parks program celebrates 50 years
of bringing contemporary public
artworks to the city’s parks, making
New York City one of the world’s
largest open-air galleries. The agency
has consistently fostered the creation
Photo courtesy of Daniele Frazier
and installation of temporary public
art in parks throughout the five
boroughs. Since 1967, NYC Parks has
collaborated with arts organizations
and artists to produce over 2,000
public artworks by 1,300 notable and
emerging artists in over 200 parks.
For more information about
the program visit www.nyc.gov/
parks/art.
Grover Cleveland Playground to show ‘Beauty and the Beast’
BY ANTHONY GIUDICE
AGIUDICE@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@A_GIUDICEREPORT
Have you ever wanted the experience
of a drive-in movie theater
right in Ridgewood?
Well, the New York City Parks
Department is giving everyone that
chance as it brings its Movies Under
the Stars series to Grover Cleveland
Playground in on Saturday, July 15,
where they will be showing Disney’s
“Beauty and the Beast.”
Movies Under the Stars allows
parkgoers to pull up a blanket and
enjoy one of Disney’s most popular
fi lms. “Beauty and the Beast” is a
live-action remake of the classic animated
fi lm of the same name starring
Emma Watson as Belle, a book smart
woman who is captured by a beast,
befriends the castle’s enchanted
staff , and eventually sees past Beast’s
brutish exterior to bring out the true
prince inside.
The movie is scheduled to begin
at 8:30 p.m. Moviegoers should
arrive at the playground — located
at Grandview Avenue and Stanhope
Street — before 7:30 p.m. to get a spot.
The Parks Department encourages
visitors to bring a blanket to sit on as
there will only be a limited supply of
chairs available. Space is available on
a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis. Bottled
water is allowed, but glass containers
cannot be brought into the park.
For more information on this
Movies Under the Stars showing, and
future showings, visit the NYC Parks
website.
Photo via Flickr/Deirdre Hayes
Head out to Grover Cleveland Playground on Saturday, July 15, to see
Disney's "Beauty and the Beast."
