Wednesday, April 27, 2022 – LOOK AROUND NEW YORK WITH NICK’S SKETCHES

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WEDNESDAY,  APRIL 27, 2022


660th Issue

MORE FROM

NICK’S LUNCBOX

AND  A TRIP TO

GROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE

4.24.22 Lunchtime drawing: One World Trade Center and others from downtown, so many blues with the sky and reflection. Over vacation/spring break I find I gravitate more to nature and now it’s back to city.

4.23.22 Lunchtime drawing: This Andean condor at the Bronx Zoo stretched out its wings (so wide!) and glided to the ground right after I sketched it.

4.21.22 Lunchtime drawing: Back in NYC and straight to Washington Square Park, pausing to paint the tulips, before getting in line for Dosa Man dosas.

4.18.22 Lunchtime drawing: A snowy owl on display at the Reinstein Woods education center in Buffalo, NY.

GROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE
HAMILTON, NJ

Dorion by Bruce Beasley, Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ © Artist or Artist’s Estate.

The first thing you see when you click on “visit” on the Grounds For Sculpture website is Looking for the perfect daytrip?. Well actually, yes, we are! And if you are ok with an approximate 90 minute drive from Manhattan, you are in for a treat in the opposite direction from our other recommendations. Be prepared to see world class sculpture among a living library of native and exotic trees and flowers”. 

Eolith, Isaac Witkin,1994, Blue Mountain granite. Photo David W. Steele

Founded by sculptor and philanthropist Seward Johnson, Grounds For Sculpture opened in 1992 on the former NJ State Fairgrounds, With 300+ sculptures installed over the 42 acres, the founders’ vision to ““fill people everywhere with the emotional sustenance derived from the powerful and restorative connection between art and nature.”. He even created a bizarre collection of sculptures he called Beyond the Frame, which are lifesize 3D replicas of famous impressionistic paintings and other iconic scenes that viewers can get up close and personal with. Imagine grabbing the table next to the couple in Edouard Manet’s Chez Pere Lathuille.
Aside from the whimsey of Beyond the Frame, most of the artwork at Grounds for Sculpture is made by internationally recognized sculptors. With collaborators such as Gloria Vanderbilt, who worked with Johnson on the unique environment Forest of the Subconscious, to sculptures by world renown artists like Kiki Smith, who grew up in NJ, and George Segal, to the charming Rats Restaurant with award winning views, there is so much to see and do among the paths, reflecting pools and meadows that you may want to leave extra early to fit it all in.  
 

Bruce Beasley: Sixty Year Retrospective, 1960-2020. Grounds For Sculpture, East Gallery. Photo: Bruce M. White.

After a year of being closed, the museum’s indoor spaces are opening with the exhibition Bruce Beasley: Sixty Year Retrospective, 1960-2020, which also includes outdoor sculptures. There is also the fine dining restaurant, Rat’s Inn, on the grounds, reservations suggested. Entry to Grounds For Sculpture is by advance timed ticket only and capacity is limited. Both Members and Public are required to reserve timed tickets online to visit. The Garden is open Thursday through Sunday 10AM to 6PM. 

NOTICE
CHANDIGARH: THE BEAUTIFUL CITY
PROGRAM HAS BEEN POSTPONED
FROM  APRIL 28TH.
THE NEW DATE IS THURSDAY, MAY 12TH
TO REGISTER:

https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2022/04/28/rihs-lecture-chandigarh-city-beautiful

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TUESDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY

MOUNT VERNON HOTEL, FORMERLY ABIGAIL ADAMS SMITH MUSEUM
(CLOSED NOW)

ED LITCHER, GLORIA HERMAN, VICKI FEINMEL, ALEXIS VILLAFANE & ANDY SPARBERG
GOT IT RIGHT!!

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