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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, July 26 & Tuesday, July 27
Closed to the Public
Wednesday, July 28
Open 10 am - 5:30 pm
2 pm Docent-led Walking Tour: Museum Hill
Forty-five minute to one hour tour of highlights Storm King's permanent collection around the building as well as larger pieces in the distance. The tour departs from the front of the Visitor Center.
Thursday, July 29 PAY-WHAT-YOU-WISH DAY
Open 10 am - 5:30 pm
2 pm Docent-led Walking Tour: Museum Hill
3 pm Docent-led Walking Tour: di Suvero Fields
Join this docent-led walk through the South Fields discussing the work of Mark di Suvero, his career and the development of our landscape over the past five decades. Tour departs from the front of the Visitor Center.
Friday, July 30
Open 10 am - 5:30 pm
2 pm Docent-led Walking Tour: Museum Hill
Saturday, July 31
Open 10 am - 8:00 pm (Museum Building closes at 5:30pm)
1 pm Docent-led Walking Tour: North
A tour through Storm King Art Center's north trail area. The tour features sculpture by Alexander Liberman, Siah Armajani, George Cutts, and Isaac Witkin along with other work sited in that area. Please gather at the north parking area tram stop; no registration is needed.
2 & 4:30 pm Docent-led Walking Tour: Museum Hill
3 - 4:00 pm Life in the Milkweed Patch - Monarchs and More!
Storm King Art Center is home to many natural habitats, from meadows and deciduous forest to ponds and streams. The environment is also filled with many micro-habitats. Join educator Ron Romary in exploring the micro eco-system of the milkweed patch to discover monarch butterflies, caterpillars, eggs, and more.Program will being in front of the Visitor Center.
6 - 6:45 pm Tony Jefferson Sings from the American Songbook
In his warm, swinging style, Tony Jefferson sings gems from the American Songbook. Tony's voice has been likened to Nat King Cole. His phrasing and musicality are strengthened by his prowess as a veteran drummer on the New York jazz scene and his performances at festivals and in concerts around the world. Tour will depart from the front of the Visitor Center.
Sunday, August 1
Open 10 am - 5:30 pm
1 & 2 pm Docent-led Walking Tour: Museum Hill
2 - 2:45 pm FAMILY PROGRAM: Read aloud, Look aloud: A Literature-sculpture connection
Listen to the children's book Luba and the Wren, a folktale written and illustrated by Patricia Polacco, read by Storm King educator Ron Romary. Then look at and talk about Ursula von Rydingsvard's sculpture, LUBA, which is part of Storm King's 50th anniversary exhibition, 5+5: New Perspectives. Lawn seating (please bring a blanket or beach towel). Program will be held at the sculpture.
3 - 4 pm The Dixie Rascals
This spirited Dixieland quartet performs the timeless music of New Orleans and Chicago, including favorites from George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, W.C. Handy, and the best of Tin Pan Alley. Program will be held on the patio located behind the Museum Building.
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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