| Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP Commissioner, NYC Parks www.nyc.gov/parks | Listing | PLEASE LIST through February 28, 2019 IMMEDIATE |
"POWER TO THE PEOPLE" MIXED MEDIA ART EXHIBIT FOCUSING ON SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES
On view at NYC Parks' Arsenal Gallery in Central Park
DATE: January 17 – February 28, 2019
TIME: Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Closed Holidays
LOCATION: The Arsenal Gallery, Central Park
830 Fifth Avenue
At 64th Street and 5th Avenue
MANHATTAN
DETAILS: New York City's parks have a long history of playing host to public demonstrations and protests, dating back to the American Revolution. People have taken to the city's streets, plazas, and parks to voice their distress during numerous periods of unrest. Today, parks continue to be some of the most democratic spaces for people to gather and declare their calls to action. NYC Parks Ebony Society's exhibition "Power to the People" shares artists' interpretations of public demonstration, drawing on both New York City's rich history of protest and current social conflicts, through mediums such as photography, mixed media, painting, drawing, and video.
Artists included are Kathleen Celestin-Parks, Mira Gandy, Suprina, Burroughs Lamar, Myrna Marrero, Kirk Maynard, Marilyn Nance, Malcolm Pinckney, Victor Polanco, Mario Tavarez, and Steed Taylor, as well as historical images from the NYC Parks Photo Archive. Curated by NYC Parks' Ebony Society.
This exhibition is FREE and open to the public. For more information, please call (212) 360-8163.
Press Contact:
Maeri Ferguson
pressoffice@parks.nyc.gov
(212) 360-1311
Image: April 22, 1970, First Earth Day, View of Crowds in Union Square Surrounding George Washington Monument, Courtesy of NYC Parks Photo Archive
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