1988 at Socrates Sculpture Park: sculptors working, gardeners working, musicians and dancers. Fencing crews and stonemasons working. Painters working, drivers working, sculpture working. Neighbors and friends all help make “sculpture city” a happy place; where New York City opens to meet the East River. A place where sculpture works. Where sculpture is the context. Where form is the thing and space in the place; the time is now! $150,000 + in kind donations + free energy have positively affected the lives of the hundred who rearranged matter to make “sculpture working” and “socrates live.” Thousands more walked through the gates and climbed over the fence; they saw, heard and made out — and they keep coming. Something shared which is neither the violence nor the crack wars — the common denominators of our lives — New York City 1988. We struggle to maintain a place where sculpture can be a vital force; where art can make a difference in people’s lives. A place where exploration is important and what we transform — a dump into a park — is an indication of what can be done — what could be done if America wasn’t so fixed on self-destruction. – Enrico Martignoni, Director Music by: Chum Line, Jazz Trash Band, Thaddeus James, Women of the Calabash. Interactive theater: Hanne Tierney and Anne Thulin. Film: Film Crash. This program is made possible in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts. Support for this exhibition was provided by: The Adirondack Furniture Center, Art Horizons, Ilan Averbuch, John Bergman, Bessemer Trust, Michelle Brown, Chemical Bank, Con Ed, Anita Contini, Mark di Suvero, Terry Dill, Evergreen Tree Service, Agnes Gund, Nancy Ittleson, Eleanor Kuser, Leifer Steel Gallery, David and Eileen Peretz, Phillip Morris, Reed College, Irving and Lucy Sandler, Seymour Schweber, and the Zabriskie Gallery.

Opening Performance- Live music: The Astoria Big Band, The Fly Saint, and others This program is made possible in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts. Support for this exhibition was provided by: The Adirondack Furniture Center, Art Horizons, Ilan Averbuch, John Bergman, Bessemer Trust, Michelle Brown, Chemical Bank, Con Ed, Anita Contini, Mark di Suvero, Terry Dill, Evergreen Tree Service, Agnes Gund, Nancy Ittleson, Eleanor Kuser, Leifer Steel Gallery, David and Eileen Peretz, Phillip Morris, Reed College, Irving and Lucy Sandler, Seymour Schweber, and the Zabriskie Gallery.

Opening Performance- Music by: Ken Butler’s Hybrid Instruments, Basic Shapes, and Epizo. Performance by: Tovi Halleck (R.U.O.K.). Dance by: Patti Bradshaw and Jason Childers. Art by: Vanessa Haney and John Morse. Thanks to: Gan Insurance, Credit Agricole, Consul General of Spain, Association Francaise, D’Action Artisique, French Embassy of New York. Generous support from many people as well as the borough of Queens, The Department of Cultural Affairs, The ational Endowment for the Arts, and The Andy Warhol Foundation make these programs possible. Generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Warhol Foundation have complemented the many private donations that make the work in this exhibition and Socrates Park possible.

The programs at Socrates Sculpture Park are made possible by friends of the Park, private contributions and the City of New York, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, Queensborough President Claire Shulman, City Councilmember Walter McCaffrey and the Department of Parks & Recreation. Additional support is provided by the Department of Cultural Affairs, The Queens Council on the Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts, The New York State Council on the Arts, A & D Steel Co., The Athena Foundation, The Chase Manhattan Bank, Con Edison, John Corrieri Sanitation, The Cowles Foundation, Cruz Construction, Goodwill Industries, Greiner-Maltz Co., Independent Savings Bank, Leifer Bros. Steel Co., Nolan-Lehr Group, Nolton Paper Co., Plant Specialists, and The Puffin Foundation.

Opening Performance- Music by: Matt Darriau’s Paradox Trio, Zlatne Uste, and Firewater Programs at Socrates Sculpture Park are made possible by friends of the park, individual contributions and the City of New York, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, Queensborough President Claire Shulman, City Councilmember Walter McCaffrey and the Department of Parks 7 Recreation. Additional support is provided by, the Department of Cultural Affairs, the Queens Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Athena Foundation, Citizens Committee for NYC, City Parks Foundation, the Greenwall Foundation, Jerome Foundation, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, the Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund of the New York Community Trust, New York Foundation for the Arts, Newman;;s Own Foundation, Morry and Margo Cohen, Adnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro, Adirondack Chair co., Harold Anthony Inc., Centralized Laboratory Services, Citibank, Con Edison, John Corrieri Sanitation, Greenpoint Savings Bank, Independence Savings Bank, Leifer Bros. Steel Col, Long Island General Supply, Materials for the Arts, Nolan-Lehr Group, and Planyt Soppecialists.

Opening Performance- Music by: Sean Boyd, Black Mama Dharma Band, and Ultra Vulva. Programs at Socrates Sculpture Park are made possible by friends of the park, individual contributions and the City of New York, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, Queensborough President Claire Shulman, City Councilmember Walter McCaffrey and the Department of Parks 7 Recreation. Additional support is provided by, the Department of Cultural Affairs, the Queens Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Athena Foundation, Citizens Committee for NYC, City Parks Foundation, the Greenwall Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, the Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund of New York Community Trust, New York Foundation for the Arts, Newman’s Own Foundation, Morry and Margo Cohen, Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro, Adirondack Chair Co., Harold Anthony Inc., the Chase Manhattan Foundation, con Edison, John Corrieri Sanitation, Greenpoint Savings Bank, Green Guerillas, Independence Savings Bank, Leifer Bros. Steel Co., Long Island General Supply, Materials for the Arts, Nolan-Lehr Group, Plant Specialists, Richards & O’Neill llp., Styche and Associates Inc., Inverso Warehousing, Mr. and Mrs. Adam and Judy Aronson, Stroom Hcbk, Jam Cats Inc., Bush Foundation.

Socrates Sculpture Park is pleased to announce the opening of EAF10: 2010 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition on Sunday, September 12, 2010 (2-6pm), featuring new works by the Park’s current resident artists. This year, Socrates awarded fellowships to: Gavin Anderson, Scott Andresen, Rachel Beach, Trenton Duerksen, Jonathan Durham, Daniele Frazier, Frank Haines, Jonggeon Lee, MaryKate Maher, Chrisopher Manzione, Clive Murphy, Jess Perlitz, Lina Puerta, Jory Rabinovitz, David M. Scanavino, Lior Shvil, Ruby Sky Stiler and Jason Villegas. This year also marks the 10th anniversary of the Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibitions — ten years from when the EAF Program was visually re-branded and its resident artists were first distinguished in their own annual show (the program, itself, was established in 1996 as an extension of the Park’s Outdoor Studio Program). From its inception, the EAF Program has supported 170 artists. This exhibition is made possible by the dedication and support of our volunteers and friends and by the generosity of: Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation; Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.; Charina Endowment Fund; The Cowles Charitable Trust; The Dedalus Foundation; Mark di Suvero; Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation; The Greenwall Foundation; Agnes Gund; Hugh and Tiziana Hardy; Jerome Foundation; The Peter T. Joseph Foundation; Gabrielle H. Reem M.D. and Herbert J. Kayden M.D.; Lambert Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation; Richard and Ronay Menschel; Ivana Mestrovic; The New York Community Trust; Brooke Kamin Rapaport and Richard A. Rapaport; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Smith; Janice Stanton and Ronald Windisch; Ursula von Rydingsvard and Paul Greengard. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs. This exhibition is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Special thanks to the City of New York, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Queens Borough President Helen M. Marshall, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, City Councilmembers James G Van Bramer and Peter F. Vallone, and the Department of Parks & Recreation, Commissioner Adrian Benepe. Socrates Sculpture Park is grateful for the generosity of: Harold H. Anthony, Inc.; Build it Green; E&T Plastics; R & R General Supply Co., Inc.; Materials for the Arts; Plant Specialists; Silvercup Studios; Spacetime C.C.