SAT, APRIL 21 FAMILY ART PROJECT―WHO WILL SPEAK FOR THE TREES? Who Will Speak for the Trees?/¿Quién hablará por los árboles? Listen to guest storyteller Rama Mandel read The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, and The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. Working with your hands, form burlap and mixed papers into a portrait that honors our trees. Then fashion...
SAT, MARCH 24 FAMILY ART PROJECT―THE EARLY BIRD GETS INTO THE MOBILE The Early Bird Gets Into the Mobile/Móviles de pájaros Look for the first returning birds and overwintering residents, along with early migrants passing through on their way north. Cut out and balance their birdie shapes to make a colorful moving sculpture. Free, and...
Spring is beckoning! Thankfully, there are events in store this week that will engage visitors even if the sky turns stormy and cold: A session with artist Matthew Burcaw in the Palm House, for instance, always a “hot” winter destination, or some time at the Family Art Project embellishing your own pot. P.S. Speaking...
A whole new season of programs opens this week, just in time to help propel us toward that enticing threshold between winter and spring. Start with a session with artist Paul Deo at Family Art Project. Will you and your young companions notice if there is snow on the ground (however unlikely that seems...
SAT, JANUARY 21 WINTER WORKSPACE: PHOTO-QUILTING @ WAVE HILL WITH SABRINA GSHWANDTNER Sabrina Gshwandtner introduces photography and textile processes to interpret the winter landscape. Participants learn about the artist’s technique of combining 16mm film with quilt-making, photographing nature and then using their images with different quilting patterns to create their own photo-based quilts. Bring digital...
The deeper we get into the holiday season, the more families intuitively crave serene, open spaces. With that in mind, we’ve plucked a leaf from Mother Nature’s book and left our calendar pretty quiet, knowing visitors will treasure the breathtaking vistas and the tranquil spirit of the winter garden. SAT, DECEMBER 17 FAMILY ART PROJECT―SPARKLE...
SAT, SUN, OCTOBER 22, 23 ENCHANTED WAVE HILL WEEKEND There’s magic in the Bronx! Bring your little fairies and gnomes to Enchanted Wave Hill to construct a tiny house in the woods, fashioned from sticks and leaves (and a bit of pixie dust). Then take a break from building to hear about Wave Hill’s fabled...
The garden landscape embodies the promise of rebirth—and loss—perhaps a uniquely appropriate setting for commemorating 9/11. On this special weekend, “Wind Elegy”, as well as a special Family Art Project, offer families the opportunity to focus their thoughts and feelings on the anniversary. With admission to the grounds waived all day Sunday, families will feel especially...
Funny how a perfectly ordinary, late-summer week at Wave Hill offers so much for families to treasure. With the tenth anniversary of 9/11 very much on our minds, combined with the bittersweet rush of autumn approaching, it feels like special bliss to be able to sink into a morning or afternoon here. Spend a...
It’s no coincidence that the Family Art Project, our free, drop-in art session Saturday and Sunday mornings, takes it inspiration from our Aquatic Garden this weekend. In late summer, this part of the landscape is a magnet for young and older. Surrounded by lush foliage ― check out the towering Abyssinian banana plant nearby! ― and...
Is there anything at all to be said for the scorching heat and humidity last week? Just consult anyone under 10: From the energetic play that I’ve been hearing on the hillside below my windows on the second floor of Glyndor Gallery, I conclude that they pretty much adore the season whatever the weather....
The gardens are humming with creative energy, from the bees to the birds – like the sparrow family building a nest outside my window – to the spectacular summer landscape, dotted here and there with visitors, junior and more senior, engaged by its beauty. A typical week in heaven! Digg this post Recommend on...
Settle in for a mellow summer evening at Wave Hill, one of New York City’s most intimate and gorgeous outdoor spaces. Indulge in views of the setting sun and the changing colors of the summer sky alongside Wave Hill’s blooming gardens and stunning vistas. Center body and mind with a session of yoga, explore...
With the wet spring we’ve had, the gardens are looking irresistibly lush — just made for getting your hands dirty, in fact. Come do so Saturday, June 4, and bring home a bit of what make gardens such a very satisfying experience. Mix it up with some read-aloud time on a free Tuesday morning,...
Distracted by spring? Get the feverish energy of the season out of your system – or revel in it – with a visit to Wave Hill. Flit from birding to family art to gallery tours that explore the nexus of garden and art, and let the varied delights of the landscape cast their happy spell over...
What could be sweeter than May wildflowers and Mom? Families celebrate both at special walks, art projects and delectable trunk shows in our jewel of a Shop. Add a birding stroll, or a happy caper across the Great Lawn, and you’d be forgiven for feeling like you’ve found paradise. Digg this post Recommend...
Mid-April and the magnolias are starting to open their rose and cream blooms, lifting our spirits immeasurably. Come see for yourself, and stay for a tour of the new spring exhibition in Glyndor Gallery. Feast your eyes on Philip Taaffe, Fred Tomaselli and Terry Winters’ paintings and wonder anew at the superb energy that,...
Plenty of nature-inspired form and color arrives in the gallery starting April 3, with the work of Philip Taaffe, Fred Tomaselli and Terry Winters, and a solo show by emerging artist Meghan Gordon. Equally captivating is the carpet of gentian-blue glory-of the-snow (chionodoxa sardensis) found along the hillsides below the gallery building. Digg this...
Let’s give Spring an enthusiastic, official welcome this week. Show your admiration for her on a romp across the lawns and a mini-hike through the woodlands. Admire her accoutrements at the Family Art Project, or at a workshop with Winter Workspace artists who work with plants and other natural materials. Above all, let the...
With the sun pouring through my window, open a crack to the glorious – yes, glorious — winter gardens of Wave Hill beyond, I can’t think of a better outlet than creating a miniature, tabletop landscape, a promise of green to take me through the last few weeks of this cold, dormant season of...
