Recent Press Highlight: Park of Dreams

Recent Press Highlight: Park of Dreams

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Recent press showcasing our large-scale public art exhibition at Grand Army Plaza!
 

 

ART FOR CHANGE Unveils Carefully Curated Site-Specific Exhibition in Grand Army Plaza, Manhattan
ART FOR CHANGE partnered with Prospect Park Alliance to present a large-scale public art exhibition titled PARK OF DREAMS at Grand Army Plaza. The exhibition, set to be on view from February through Spring 2024, is installed on the construction site around the Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch, which is currently undergoing restoration. The reconstruction of the Arch is part of a larger project to restore the Grand Army Plaza and its surrounding berms, funded by $8.9 million in Mayoral funding.

Read the full article from Widewalls here. 

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We Have a Dream: artists have teamed up with ART FOR CHANGE and Prospect Park Alliance
In the late 1800s, after winning the American Civil War, fallen Union military personnel were forever commemorated as an artful bronze sculpture atop the triumphal Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Arch in Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza at the northern peak of the borough’s famous scenic Prospect Park. Enjoyed by millions of visitors and residents of greater New York City and nearby neighborhoods, key park features, like the monument, have endured the test of time and other indignities. While the city’s Mayoral Fund has recently injected nearly $9 million for critical restoration, local artists have teamed up with ART FOR CHANGE, Prospect Park Alliance and Assembly Member Brian Cunningham to create a banner of new and recent artwork around the under-construction arch, which celebrates the park’s diverse users, natural beauty and lasting social influence.

Read the full article from Whitehot Magazine here.



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Art installation at Grand Army Plaza presented by ART FOR CHANGE and the Prospect Park Alliance
ART FOR CHANGE, a leading platform that connects art collectors with in-demand contemporary artists and their work, and Prospect Park Alliance, the non-profit that sustains Prospect Park, are pleased to announce a large-scale public art exhibition in Grand Army Plaza, PARK OF DREAMS, on view February – Spring, 2024. The project is installed on the construction fencing of the Arch, which is currently being restored by Prospect Park Alliance.

Read the full article from artdaily here.

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Art for Change Stages a Public Art Show at Grand Army Plaza
Frederick Law Olmsted reigns supreme as New York City’s dreamiest landscape architect to date. Together, he and Calvin Vaux rose to prominence as the minds behind the urban sanctuaries of Central Park, Fort Greene Park, and possibly their most successful commission, Prospect Park. It’s fitting, then, that the latter’s partner nonprofit, the Prospect Park Alliance, is the beneficiary of ART FOR CHANGE’s latest collection, aptly titled Park of Dreams. 

The collection features the works of 12 artists whose contributions explore verdant visions of leisure: Marcus Brutus, Kelly Beeman, Alyssa Klauer, Danielle Orchard, Cydne Coleby, Jules De Balincourt, Amy Lincoln, Bianca Nemelc, Maria Calandra, Jon Key, Kirsten Deirup, and Na’ye Perez, whose prints make fitting addition to the art holdings of anyone impassioned about urban greenspace. 

Read the full article from Surface here.

 

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‘Park of Dreams’ brings vibrant public art to Brooklyn Plaza during renovation
A new site-specific public art installation is livening up Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza during the renovation of its famous Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Arch. ART FOR CHANGE and the Prospect Park Alliance this week revealed “Park of Dreams,” a public art exhibition displayed on the construction fencing surrounding the iconic Arch. The large-scale artworks, created by contemporary artists like Jules de Balincourt, Marcus Brutus, Kelly Beeman, Danielle Orchard, Amy Lincoln, and others, will be on view through the spring.

Read the full article from 6sqft here.




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'Park of Dreams' celebrates art and restoration of Grand Army Plaza Arch

Park of Dreams, the public art installation currently on view at Grand Army Plaza, was showcased at a special event on Saturday. The goal was to share the inspiration behind the artwork and to celebrate Brooklyn's Backyard through an inside look at this public art exhibition. The project is installed on the construction fencing of the iconic Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch, currently under restoration along with the Plaza and Berms, by Prospect Park Alliance, through $8.9 million in mayoral funding. Park of Dreams is a curated presentation of contemporary artworks by local artists Marcus Brutus, Kelly Beeman, Alyssa Klauer, Danielle Orchard, Cydne Coleby, Jules De Balincourt, Amy Lincoln, Bianca Nemelc, Maria Calandra, Jon Key, Kirsten Deirup, and Na’ye Perez, which celebrates and supports Brooklyn's beloved Prospect Park.