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Widely known as one of the world's outstanding sculpture parks, Storm King Art Center is located approximately one hour north of New York City, in New York's Hudson Valley. Storm King's permanent collection of sculpture, dating from 1945 to the present, includes works by many of the twentieth century's most influential artists, integrated into a pristine, 500-acre landscape of rolling hills, fields, and woodlands.
2010 EXHIBITIONS
The View from Here: Storm King at Fifty
5+5: New Perspectives
Read the Wall Street Journal article, A Five-Decade Marriage of Nature and Art by Lance Esplund, on these exhibtions.
Click here to read the press release about these exhibitions and Storm King's fiftieth-anniversary season.
This Week at Storm King
Monday, August 30 & Tuesday, August 31
Closed to the Public
Wednesday, September 1
Open 10 am - 5:30 pm
2 pm Docent-led Walking Tour: Museum Hill
Experience and learn about sculptures from the permanent collection and the special exhibition, 5 + 5: New Perspectives, sited in Storm King's landscape. Forty-five minutes to one hour in length - meet in front of the Visitor Center.
Thursday, September 2
Open 10 am - 5:30pm
2 pm Docent-led Walking Tour: Museum Hill
Friday, September 3
Open 10 am - 5:30pm
1:30 pm Walking Tour and Discussion: Museum Hill
Explore sculpture and landscape through careful observation and engaging conversation facilitated by your guide. Forty-five minutes to one hour in length - meet in front of the Visitor Center.
2 & 3 pm Docent-led Walking Tour: Museum Hill
Saturday, September 4
Open 10 am - 8:00 pm (Museum Building closes at 5:30pm)
1 pm Docent-led Walking Tour: North Woods
Experience and learn about sculpture in Storm King's North Woods. This tour features works by Alexander Liberman, Siah Armijani, George Cutts, Isaac Witkin, and other artists. Approximately one hour in length - meet at the North area tram stop.
2 & 4 pm Docent-led Walking Tour: Museum Hill
3 - 4:30 pm Family Tour with Wally McGuire
Local artist and art educator Wally McGuire encourages visitors to develop a “heart connection” to the wonders of Storm King through interaction with elements of sculpture. He will explain scale, texture, color, form, movement, and artists’ use of materials.Tour will begin in front of the Visitor Center.
5 - 6 pm Special Tour, Photography Perspectives
Visiting various vantage points in the park, photographer Pete Gamma discusses observing and capturing the beauty of the Storm King landscape and sculptures. Bring cameras!Tour will begin in front of the Visitor Center.
Sunday, September 5
Open 10 am - 5:30 pm
1 & 2 pm Docent-led Walking Tour: Museum Hill
3 pm Docent-led Walking Tour: Alexander Liberman and the Sculpture of the 1970s
Experience and learn about Storm King's three sculptures by Alexander Liberman. This tour also features works by Kenneth Snelson, Robert Grosvenor, and Tal Streeter. Approximately one hour in length - meet in front of the Visitor Center.
3 - 4 pm MUSIC PROGRAM: Sing, Sing, Sing
Songs from American popular music fill this afternoon concert by Hudson Valley performers, Emily Faxon, violin, and Ruthanne Schempf, piano. Come and sing along! Handouts of the lyrics will be provided. Lawn seating. Program will be held on the patio behind the Museum Building.
Monday, September 6 LABOR DAY
Open 10 am - 5:30 pm
1 & 3 pm Docent-led Walking Tour: Museum Hill
2 pm Docent-led Walking Tour: North Woods
2 - 2:45 pm FAMILY PROGRAM: Stories Inspired by Stone Sculptures
Storyteller Jill Olesker creates stories inspired by sculpture and the peaceful setting surrounding them. Participants explore the massive sculpture Kiss by Darrell Petit and both of the Andy Goldsworthy stone wall sculptures. Program will begin by the Ionic Columns on Museum Hill.
Watch the Channel Thirteen/WNET SundayArts program
on Storm King Art Center below (Air date 8/30/09)
Follow the links below to read these featured articles -
Where the Ocean Meets the Catskills, by Holland Cotter, The New York Times, May 8, 2009
Acres of Sculpture, Nestled Into the Hudson Valley, The New York Times, July 31, 2009
Once inspired by a War. Now by the Land, by Carol Kino, The New York Times, November 7, 2008
To read more articles on the Storm King Art Center, please visit our press page.
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