The Skyscraper Museum Family Program: Summer Skies
August 13 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
The Skyscraper Museum
39 Battery Place
New York, NY
Suggested Ages: All
Engage with a Skyscraper Museum educator to explore the principles of urbanism, architecture, and engineering through hands-on activities. After viewing a collection of panoramic photographs by Richard Berenholtz from his book Skylines of New York, create your own sparkling summer skylines with glow-in-the-dark paper.
Free, but online registration required. Walk-in spots sometimes available.
Bajo el manto de la selva / Under the Cover of the Jungle
Immerse yourself in the Colombian rainforest with Winter Garden’s new large-scale sculptural work created by Tatiana Arocha, recipient of the 2022 Brookfield Place New York Annual Arts Commission. Made of hand-made paper, tree branches, reed, fique and wood, the work is representative of the artist’s layered relationship with the ecology of Colombia, her home country.
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Art on the Ave: Mural Painting
Join mural-painting at the Oculus with Art on the Ave & Soho Renaissance Factory artists. Drop in any time between 10 and 3 Monday to Friday to work side by side with master muralists.
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Smorgasburg WTC
Sample creative global treats from 10 vendors at an open-air food market flanked by colorful murals.
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Battery Dance Festival
New York City’s longest-running free public dance festival presents a range of local and international dance companies representing styles from contemporary ballet to classical Indian dance to dancers in wheelchairs, all in an outdoor park with a view of the sunset on the Hudson. Bring a blanket, sit on low stone walls, or dance along…
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Battery Playscape
Explore a new playground with five ecology zones—Bluff, Marsh, Dune, Meadow, and Riverbed– in resilient design, post-Superstorm Sandy when the park survived the full force of the 15-foot storm surge and became a focal point of sea level rise. Lyrical patterns of water illuminate the portal, fence, and custom seating. Daylight filters through the punctuated…
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Nelson A. Rockefeller & Teardrop Park
Frolic on wide waterfront lawns and explore multiple playgrounds plus gardens, public art pieces, and a sheltered pavilion.
In Rockefeller Park, climb large jungle gyms with swinging bridges, netting, slides, poles and more. Ride a pedal-powered merry-go-round and dig in multiple sandboxes and a handicapped-accessible sand table. In warm weather, be sprayed by an elephant…
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