PARK
1986
1987
1988
Mark di Suvero, through the Athena Foundation, founds Socrates Sculpture Park on waterfront of Long Island City.
Socrates wins the Doris C. Freedman Award, established by Mayor Edward I. Koch in memory of the public art pioneer.
Socrates is honored with the Albert S. Bard Award of Merit for Excellence in Architecture and Urban Design.
1989
Tom Clancy, Sparrow, 1987
ART
Artists Choose Artists
Inaugural exhibition opens at Socrates Sculpture Park.
Outside In
Sculptors Working
Sculpture City
COMMUNITY
Walk On/ Sit Down/ Go Through
Athena Foundation Board of Directors— Mark di Suvero, Anita Contini, Barbara Haskell, Ruth Cummings, and Irving Sandler—begin process of establishing Socrates Sculpture Park as a non-profit organization. Enrico Martignoni is the park's first Director.
Exhibition brochure
NYC Mayor Koch attends Walk On/Sit Down/Go Through. (He does all these with the sculptures).
National Endowment for the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, and New York State Council on the Arts begin supporting Socrates.
Future board member Martin Friedman receives National Medal of Arts from President George H. W. Bush.