Parks and Recreation
From pocket parks to national parks, playgrounds to stadiums, the public spaces in which we explore, play, and rest are—naturally—home to a wide range of public art projects. In this issue, we look at how artists shape parks and parks shape artists. We report on the latest developments at sculpture parks, sports stadiums, and play spaces. And we examine how one Parks and Recreation department teamed up with an educational institution to create a program that gives students the experience of conceptualizing, presenting, fabricating, and installing public art. While putting these stories together, we found that there is plenty of fertile ground for artists in the world of parks and recreation.
In the following pages are recent projects that represent a broad range of artistic actions in parks, showing that artists can add dimension to the park experience in any number of ways.
