About Creative Partnerships
Extending our core mission to present dynamic exhibitions by the world’s most compelling artists and make culture accessible to all, Public Art Fund: Creative Partnerships brings strategic planning, curatorial, project management, and communications expertise to leading cultural institutions, corporations, and civic organizations across the globe. Through these collaborations, Public Art Fund commissions permanent installations and temporary exhibitions in line with the unique vision of our partners and the specific parameters of each site, resulting in new artworks that activate public spaces, create engaged constituencies, and amplify the impact of our partners’ own initiatives through the power of public art.
News
December 30, 2020, NEW YORK, NY–Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced today the January 1st opening of the new Moynihan Train Hall, along with three unprecedented site-specific art installations by Stan Douglas, artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset, and Kehinde Wiley, counted among the most innovative and revered artists working today. As part of the Governor’s visionary transformation of the nation’s busiest transportation hub, the artworks are commissioned through a partnership between Empire State Development (New York State’s economic development agency) and Public Art Fund (the leading non-profit that commissions and presents art in public spaces). A testament to New York’s creativity, diversity, and richly layered heritage, the three monumental commissions complement the new cutting-edge Train Hall, while embracing its civic character. Offering the public a fresh perspective on the history and grandeur of the original Pennsylvania Station and James A. Farley Post Office, Douglas’s, Elmgreen & Dragset’s, and Wiley’s installations bring a sense of wonder and humanity to these public spaces, and will evoke civic pride and delight for generations to come.
Select Partnerships
In 2011 Public Art Fund, in partnership with American Friends of Magen David Adom, commissioned a new monumental work by Franz West (1947 – 2012) for the plaza abutting the William H. Bloomberg MDA Jerusalem Station in Israel. Named in honor of Michael R. Bloomberg’s father and the flagship of Magen David Adom’s nationwide facilities, the station provides emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service for the surrounding areas. West’s Waiting Room is made of painted fiberglass and steel, and the twenty-foot high vibrant green and blue sculpture is comprised of eight unique curved shapes, with protruding elements at the base that form a seating area for the public. The work has become a part of the cityscape, growing into a landmark and gathering place, as well as a respite for visitors to the station.
Andy Goldsworthy’s Garden of Stones was commissioned by Public Art Fund in partnership with the Memorial Garden of The Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. Garden of Stones, Goldsworthy’s first permanent commission in New York City, consists of a poignant and contemplative garden of trees growing from stone, and is dedicated to the memory of those who perished in the Holocaust and honors those who survived. Planted in 2003 by the artist with Holocaust survivors and their family members, the installation includes eighteen boulders that form a series of narrow pathways within the 4,150 square feet of the Memorial Garden. A single dwarf oak sapling emerges from the top of each boulder, growing within the stone. As each tree matures, they become more integrally apart of their stone – their trunks widening and fusing to their stone bases. Working in close partnership, Public Art Fund and The Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust collaborated on the artist selection process, and the creation and installation of Garden of Stones.
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