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