Art in the Parks:
Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park Grant 2024 Application
Deadline: Friday, March 15, 2024
Now in its fifth year, the Art in the Parks: Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park Grant supports the creation of two (2) site-specific artworks by Queens-based artists for designated locations within Flushing Meadows Corona Park that would benefit from more cultural programming. The grant will help transform these sites into art destinations through a series of rotating exhibitions, with supporting events and programs. Generously funded by the Alliance, each grantee will receive an award of $10,000 to create their proposed artwork.
Locations
This grant will help bring attention and visitors to areas outside of the “core” of the park (including the Unisphere perimeter). Artists are strongly encouraged to visit these areas of Flushing Meadows Corona Park before submitting a proposal.
One artist will present their work at David Dinkins Circle, and one artist will present their artwork in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in one of the possible following locations:
Meridian Road and Meadow Lake Road - West Entrance
Roosevelt Avenue Entrance
111th Street at 49th Avenue Entrance
111th Street at 55th Avenue Entrance
College Point Boulevard and 58th Road Entrance
Corona Avenue and Horace Harding Expressway Entrance
Lawns around Meadow Lake
Additional locations may be considered. Contact info@allianceforfmcp.org with questions about other park locations.
Timeline
March 15, 2024: Proposal deadline
April 2024: Award recipients announced
October 2024: Artworks installed in parks
Eligibility
This award is open to Queens-based artists only. Artists who are eligible will have specialized training in their field (not necessarily gained in an academic institution), who are at an early or mid-stage in their career, and who have created a modest independent body of work. Proposals for previously exhibited sculptures will not be accepted.
Application Procedure
Proposals will be subject to NYC Parks review and follow NYC Parks public art guidelines. Proposals must be submitted as a single PDF and include:
Resume with current contact information
One-page statement describing artist’s work in general
Proposed sculpture - detailed description of no more than two written pages
Representative renderings or images of proposed artwork
List of materials, dimensions, and weight
Installation recommendations
Maintenance recommendations
Proposed budget
Names and contact information of two references who are familiar with the artist
5-6 images of previous work; each image should be labeled and succinctly described
All materials must be received by Friday, March 15, 2024. Proposals should be emailed to NYC Parks Art & Antiquities at artandantiquities@parks.nyc.gov with “Alliance for Flushing Meadows Grant” in the subject line.
Prior Granted Artists/Works
2022-2023:
Julia Sinelnikova for Light Portal, a multimedia installation that reinterprets Philip Johnson’s Tent of Tomorrow and its Russian antecedent, the Shukhov Rotunda, into a contemporary structure that uses solar panels to encapsulate a sense of the diversity of current-day Queens.
Kisha Bari and Jasmin Chang for Hey Neighbor NYC, an ethnographic snapshot of New York City that highlights ‘Connectors’ from around the city who were chosen by their communities as people who break down the walls separating us.
2021-2022:
Sherwin Banfield for Going Back to The Meadows: A Tribute to Queens Hip Hop Legend LL Cool J and Performance at FMCP, an eight-foot-high bronze sculpture of the Queens-born Hip Hop legend placed on a digital music platform.
Haksul Lee for The Giving Tree, a sculpture made of recycled materials and a wind turbine to honor and bring awareness to environmental concerns in the Queens community.
2020-2021:
Laura Lappi for 7 x 7 (HOPE), which explored the issues of space and the cost of housing in New York City.
Jeannine Han/Dan Riley for Another Way It Could Go, which celebrated connections between local and universal communities.
2019-2020:
Karl Orozco for Hospicio Cabanas (Playable Stage for Thunder Hawk), which interpreted Mexican archetypes, traditional drama, and tech into art and performance.
Yvonne Shortt with Joel Esqute and Mayuko Fujino for Pavilion Landing, a playful sculpture inspired by the 1964/’65 World’s Fair which occurred in the park.
About Art in the Parks
Since 1967, NYC Parks’ Art in the Parks Program has consistently fostered the creation and installation of temporary public art in parks throughout the five boroughs. For more information, please visit www.nycgovparks.org/art-and-antiquities/art-in-the-parks