COMMUNITY SESSION TOURS

Queens: Long Island City

The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum in conjunction with the Socrates Sculpture Park will host a session focusing on sculptural space. The two organizations located on the Queens side of the East River have long called Long Island City their home. Sculptors Isamu Noguchi and Mark di Suvero moved their studios to this industrial area in the 1960's. Today, the Socrates Sculpture Park exhibits large-scale contemporary sculpture by emerging international artists, and the Noguchi Garden is a permanent exhibition of the renowned artists' work. The collections and settings of these neighbors will inform our conversation about the role of art in urban landscape and planned environments.