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Explore Nolan Park with a Scav­enger Hunt!

Jul 30, 2014 9:56 pm
Did you know that there are over ten dif­fer­ent exhi­bi­tions and pro­grams in the Nolan Park hous­es? You could vis­it the sum­mer exhi­bi­tion of the Sculp­tures Guild, the unique hand made items at Brook­lyn Artery and at Bet­ter Than Jam’s sum­mer pop-up shop, or get a front row seat to Third Rail Pro­jec­t’s dance process dur­ing an open stu­dio. So to help you explore we cre­at­ed a scav­enger hunt! This Sat­ur­day, come vis­it the many pro­grams in Nolan Park through the first ever ​“Explore Nolan” Scav­enger Hunt! Answer clues about near­ly a dozen exhibits to com­plete the Explore Nolan clue sheet. The first to com­plete all 10 ques­tions and take a self­ie in Nolan Park will win prizes, many donat­ed by the orga­ni­za­tions with exhi­bi­tions in the park. [cap­tion id=“attachment_7768” align=“aligncenter” width=“468”]The yellow houses of Nolan Park are home to a variety of programs and exhibitions this summer. Image courtesy of the Trust. The yel­low hous­es of Nolan Park are home to a vari­ety of pro­grams and exhi­bi­tions this sum­mer. Image cour­tesy of the Trust.[/caption]  How to play?  The ​“Explore Nolan” scav­enger hunt will occur between 1 PM — 5 PM on Sat­ur­day. You can down­load the scav­enger’s guide and map in advance or pick up a sheet at the Gov­er­nors Island Alliance (GIA) wel­come tables at Sois­sons Land­ing or Yan­kee Pier. When you have com­plet­ed all 10 ques­tions and tak­en a pho­to of your­self in Nolan Park, sub­mit your sheet to the judges at the Sois­sons Land­ing table. Prizes will be giv­en out to the first to fin­ish in sev­er­al cat­e­gories: teams, indi­vid­u­als, and chil­dren (under 12). [cap­tion id=“attachment_7773” align=“aligncenter” width=“460”]Teams will win a surrey ride from Blazing Saddles. Image credit: Claire Gorayeb Teams will win a sur­rey ride from Blaz­ing Sad­dles. Image cred­it: Claire Gorayeb[/caption] The Prizes The prizes have been donat­ed from many of the pro­grams in Nolan Park and from ven­dors on the Island. Some of the things you can win: Blaz­ing Sad­dles sur­rey rides, blue mar­ble ice cream, exhi­bi­tion books from the Sculp­tures guild, tick­ets to a future Third Rail Per­for­mance and more. Fol­low our twit­ter to learn about all the prizes as we release them over the next few days. The Exhibits  Exhibits in Nolan Park are a part of the Island’s Open­House­GI pro­gram, which offers free space to arts and cul­tur­al groups pre­sent­ing free work to the pub­lic. Near­ly a dozen hous­es are open to the pub­lic with a diverse array of exhi­bi­tions fea­tur­ing sculp­ture, pho­tog­ra­phy his­toric cos­tumes, and art and pho­tos that help vis­i­tors learn about the Civ­il War. Learn more about cur­rent and future pro­grams below. [cap­tion id=“attachment_7770” align=“aligncenter” width=“468”]IMG_2216 The Sculp­tures Guild out­door instal­la­tion. See more inside. Image cour­tesy of The Trust.[/caption] Capa in Col­or and a pre­view of Sebas­tiao Sal­ga­do: Gen­e­sis (Pre­sent­ed by the Inter­na­tion­al Cen­ter of Pho­tog­ra­phy). Thurs­days through Sun­days from 11:30AM – 5:30PM. House 4A. View a cap­ti­vat­ing selec­tion of col­or pho­tographs by Robert Capa and pre­view the upcom­ing ICP exhi­bi­tion ​“Sebastião Sal­ga­do: Genesis.” Par­al­lax (Pre­sent­ed by the Holo­cen­ter). Week­ends from 12PM – 6PM. House 4B. See puz­zling and tan­ta­liz­ing works of holo­graph­ic artistry plus glass­es-free 3‑D photography.  Sur­prise House. August 16th – Sep­tem­ber 14th. House 6B. Embrace the uncer­tain & engi­neer the unex­pect­ed – play, con­nect, and explore the unknown in this mys­te­ri­ous house designed by Sur­prise Industries.  Envi­sion the Dream – Art­work by Seniors. Sep­tem­ber 5th – 21st from 10AM – 6PM. House 10A.  Eleven senior artists exhib­it work in group and solo exhi­bi­tions. Because the art world tends to focus on new and upcom­ing artists or estab­lished artists, often mid-career senior artists find them­selves over­looked by the main­stream media. This exhi­bi­tion will draw atten­tion and recog­ni­tion to a diverse group of tal­ent­ed senior artists work­ing in both tra­di­tion­al and non-tra­di­tion­al styles.  Brook­lyn ARTery. Week­ends from 10AM-5PM. Work­shop on Sat­ur­days from 2PM – 4PM. House 10B. Stop by for beau­ti­ful hand­bags, jew­el­ry, arti­sanal food, house­wares, scarves, beau­ty prod­ucts and more! Also fea­tur­ing The ARTery Gallery – a rotat­ing exhib­it of pro­fes­sion­al artists. Free Art Island Out­post (Pre­sent­ed by the Children’s Muse­um of the Arts). Week­ends from 10AM – 5PM. Hous­es 11 & 14. Col­lab­o­rate with oth­er vis­i­tors on a vari­ety of themed art work­shops includ­ing paint­ing, sound design, sculp­ture, ani­ma­tion, pod­cast­ing, and more! Bet­ter than Jam. Fri­days & Mon­days from 11AM – 5PM. Week­ends from 10AM – 6PM. House 16. The Brook­lyn shop of all local­ly hand­made prod­ucts will be tak­ing the fer­ry ride over, and bring­ing with it the cre­ations of New York City’s most tal­ent­ed design­ers, artists and crafters. With the help of the Etsy New York Street Team, the shop will also host fam­i­ly-friend­ly demon­stra­tions and work­shops on Sat­ur­days from 2PM – 4PM to show and teach vis­i­tors some of their skills House 17 (Pre­sent­ed by Third Rail Projects). Open Stu­dios: 8⁄2, 8⁄22, 9⁄13, from 1PM – 5PM; 9⁄16, 9⁄17, from 10AM-12PM; Work­shops: 7⁄23, 8⁄2, from 1PM – 5PM; Invit­ed Show­ing: 9⁄18 through 9⁄21, from 12PM – 6PM. House 17. Third Rail Projects will host open out­door rehearsals, open stu­dios, pub­lic work­shops, and per­for­mances through­out the sum­mer based on a mobile, site-spe­cif­ic dance/​theater work for 6 per­form­ers and a 1970’s Cole­man pop-up camper [cap­tion id=“attachment_7750” align=“aligncenter” width=“361”]Don't miss the whimsical and energetic performances of "Roadside Attraction." Image courtesy of Third Rail Projects. This week­end Third Rail Pro­jec­t’s is open­ing up their cre­ative process to the pub­lic in an open stu­dio. Vis­it them in house 17. Image cour­tesy of Third Rail Projects.[/caption] The Civ­il War & NYC (Pre­sent­ed by the New York His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety). Week­ends from 10AM – 6:30PM. House 18.  The exhi­bi­tion por­trays the com­plex­i­ties that arose in our city dur­ing the peri­od of the Amer­i­can Civ­il War. Using pho­tographs, news­pa­pers, and works of art, Stu­dent His­to­ri­an Teen Lead­ers have curat­ed a nuanced view of the Civ­il War show­ing mul­ti­ple per­spec­tives and many surprises.  Trans­FOR­Ma­tion (Pre­sent­ed by the Sculptor’s Guild). Fri­days through Sun­days from 11AM – 5PM. House 19.  This exhi­bi­tion encom­pass­es six sep­a­rate­ly themed shows as well as out­door work.  [cap­tion id=“attachment_7748” align=“aligncenter” width=“468”]Just one of the many captivating outfits from the "Tattered & Torn" exhibit. These his­toric cloth­ing come from muse­ums around the world. Pre­sent­ed in ​“Tat­tered and Torn” you will see beau­ti­ful cloth­ing that has seen the test of time. Image cour­tesy of the Trust[/caption] Tat­tered & Torn: Part 2 (Pre­sent­ed by Empire His­toric Arts Dis­trict). Week­ends from 11AM – 6PM. House 20A.  The exhib­it fea­tures less-than-pris­tine cos­tumes from muse­um col­lec­tions. Although the con­di­tion of the gar­ments is too poor for them to be dis­played in muse­ums, the Empire His­toric Arts Fund believes they remain a resource for those inter­est­ed in 19th cen­tu­ry fash­ion design.  Mu-Math: Mobile Math Unit to Pro­mote Math­e­mat­i­cal Think­ing (Pre­sent­ed by Liv­ing Bet­ter Through Math­e­mat­ics). Week­ends 11AM – 5PM. House 20B. Fea­tur­ing a dozen dif­fer­ent math­e­mat­ics inves­ti­ga­tions rang­ing from alge­bra to topol­o­gy, the exhib­it is appro­pri­ate for the math curi­ous begin­ning with age 7 and end­ing with those who con­sid­er them­selves ​“age­less.” 
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