Thu, August 2 Art Workshop Series Begins: Drawn to Color WAITLIST ONLY
Compose intimate portraits of Wave Hill’s loveliest summer blooms by layering and blending soft pastels. This two-day, intensive mini-course, which continues Friday, May 3, includes plein air drawing, a curator-led overview of the summer exhibition and technical guidance from artist Wennie Huang, a newly inducted member of the Pastel Society of America. Basic tools and hardware supplies included; a materials list will be provided upon registration. All skill levels welcome. $160. Wave Hill Members save 10%. Registration required, online at wavehill.org or onsite at the Perkins Visitor Center. Space is limited.
WAVE HILL HOUSE, 10AM–4PM
Thu, August 2 Stories in the Garden
Each week, Wave Hill educators share some of their favorite nature stories. These stories—classics and more—will come to life through interactive book readings, sing-alongs and movement. Programs are held outdoors. Rain cancels. Ideal for children ages three to six with an adult. Free with admission to the grounds.
ON THE GROUNDS, 11AM
Thu, August 2 OnBehalfof.Life: Bronx Edition
EPA Agents will be on hand to facilitate conversations about environmental issues affecting multispecies habitats in the Bronx River Watershed and how these issues are influenced by environmental protection policy. Visitors will have the opportunity to participate in the OnBehalfof.Life project by submitting a public comment to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of another species, helping to articulate a vision for environmental justice on behalf of all life. Free with admission to the grounds.
GLYNDOR GALLERY, 6–7:30PM
Thu, August 2 Evening Garden Walk
Enjoy a short evening stroll in the gardens with a Wave Hill Garden Guide. Free with admission to the grounds. Serene Thursday event.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 6:30PM
Sat, August 4 Family Art Project: On Storytelling and the Land
In conjunction with this summer’s gallery exhibition addressing ecological consciousness, activist and exhibiting artist Alicia Grullon will pose the question “What connects us to the land?” Through storytelling, movement and exploring Wave Hill’s history, we’ll go beyond property titles and leases, and create inclusive stories, envisioning a future when the land belongs to everyone. Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon.
WAVE HILL HOUSE, 10AM‒1PM
Sat, August 4 Garden Highlights Walk
Join a Wave Hill Garden Guide for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights. Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 11AM
Sat, August 4 Gallery Tour
Learn about Glyndor Gallery exhibitions on a tour led by Wave Hill’s Curatorial Fellow. Ecological Consciousness: Artist as Instigator continues Wave Hill’s efforts to examine the ways that artists engage in ecological projects that present a call to action. The exhibition documents environmental art that explores persistent problems throughout New York City. In the Sunroom Project Space, Priyanka Dasgupta and Chad Marshall’s installation uses traditional landscape architecture, such as a conventional English garden maze, to expose the instability of identity in the United States. Working collaboratively since 2015, Dasgupta and Marshall’s work explores the dichotomy of the sanctuary—its ability to protect as well as restrict. In the Sun Porch, Katie Westmoreland’s presentation of kinetic tapestries responds to the space’s architecture, evoking the patterns cast by sunlight through trees and plants. Her immersive installation utilizes the passing light and shadow patterns of the day as active mediums in her work, calling attention to the sun’s enduring, inspirational qualities. Free with admission to the grounds.
GLYNDOR GALLERY, 2PM
Sun, August 5 Family Art Project: On Storytelling and the Land
In conjunction with this summer’s gallery exhibition addressing ecological consciousness, activist and exhibiting artist Alicia Grullon will pose the question “What connects us to the land?” Through storytelling, movement and exploring Wave Hill’s history, we’ll go beyond property titles and leases, and create inclusive stories, envisioning a future when the land belongs to everyone. Free with admission to the grounds.
WAVE HILL HOUSE, 10AM‒1PM
Sun, August 5 Neighbors Engaging the Environment
Explore two thought-provoking exhibitions at neighboring institutions in one afternoon. The Derfner Judaica Museum + The Art Collection’s Associate Curator Emily O’Leary will give informal tours of Erosion: Works by Leonard Ursachi, whose work addresses themes of environmental and social crises caused by manmade events. The exhibition reflects on how the destruction of natural resources is intimately interconnected with the effacement of human history and culture. Wave Hill Senior Curator Jennifer McGregor will give informal tours of Wave Hill’s Ecological Consciousness: Artist as Instigator. Wave Hill provides shuttle service between the Hebrew Home and Wave Hill. Free with admission to the grounds.
GLYNDOR GALLERY; SHUTTLE LEAVES FROM WAVE HILL FRONT GATE, 1:30‒4PM
Sun, August 5 Garden Highlights Walk
Join a Wave Hill Garden Guide for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights. Free with admission to the grounds.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 2PM
Mon, August 6
Closed to the public
Tue, August 7 Garden Highlights Walk
Join a Wave Hill Garden Guide for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights. Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 11AM
Tue, August 7 Gallery Tour
Learn about Glyndor Gallery exhibitions on a tour led by Wave Hill’s Curatorial Fellow. Ecological Consciousness: Artist as Instigator continues Wave Hill’s efforts to examine the ways that artists engage in ecological projects that present a call to action. The exhibition documents environmental art that explores persistent problems throughout New York City. In the Sunroom Project Space, Priyanka Dasgupta and Chad Marshall’s installation uses traditional landscape architecture, such as a conventional English garden maze, to expose the instability of identity in the United States. Working collaboratively since 2015, Dasgupta and Marshall’s work explores the dichotomy of the sanctuary—its ability to protect as well as restrict. In the Sun Porch, Katie Westmoreland’s presentation of kinetic tapestries responds to the space’s architecture, evoking the patterns cast by sunlight through trees and plants. Her immersive installation utilizes the passing light and shadow patterns of the day as active mediums in her work, calling attention to the sun’s enduring, inspirational qualities. Free with admission to the grounds.
GLYNDOR GALLERY, 2PM
Wed, August 8 Sunset Wednesdays: Live Music on the Great Lawn: Aurora & Zon del Barrio
Aurora & Zon del Barrio, featuring Fania All-Star Nicky Marrero, bring its classic Afro-Boricua foot-stomping, funk-based classic salsa, plena, merengue, bomba and boogalu to the corners of the barrios where Latinos live, work and play. Creative and musically diverse while resourceful in survival, Latinos from the barrio zones have sophisticated tastes in music that are not relegated to one particular genre. Zon del Barrio emerges as one of the few orchestras to express the varied genres of Latin music from the African Diaspora and the urban streets of New York. This group of veteran and young musicians is led by music journalist and historian Aurora Flores with musical direction provided by David Fernandez, a multi-instrumentalist who defers to his almost encyclopedic knowledge of the classics for his creative arrangements. Rain or shine, all Sunset Wednesday Concerts are held on the Great Lawn. In case of inclement weather, concerts will be moved indoors to Armor Hall with overflow space in the Mark Twain Room and the covered terrace behind Wave Hill House. Check wavehill.org for shuttle service and for The Café menu on Sunset Wednesdays. The onsite parking lot closes at 4PM, except to accommodate vehicles with a disability license plate or placard. Free with admission to the grounds, which is $12 starting at 4PM. Free to Wave Hill Members. The grounds close at 8:30PM.
ON THE GROUNDS, 7PM
Thu, August 9 Stories in the Garden
Each week, Wave Hill educators share some of their favorite nature stories. These stories—classics and more—will come to life through interactive book readings, sing-alongs and movement. Programs are held outdoors. Rain cancels. Ideal for children ages three to six with an adult. Free with admission to the grounds.
ON THE GROUNDS, 11AM
Thu, August 9 Evening Garden Walk
Enjoy a short evening stroll in the gardens with a Wave Hill Garden Guide. Free with admission to the grounds. Serene Thursday event.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 6:30PM
Thu, August 9 Summer Stargazing
Prepare for the Perseid meteor shower, this summer’s most anticipated celestial show! Look up and get ready for an out-of-this-world experience with Irene Pease, sidewalk astronomer and science educator. Learn what it takes to be an amateur astronomer in New York City, get oriented to the night sky, test out a telescope in the garden, and observe the starry night high above Wave Hill. This program is rain or shine, with an indoor presentation only in the case of rain. Adults and children 12 and up welcome. $25. Wave Hill Members save 10%. Registration required, online at wavehill.org or onsite at the Perkins Visitor Center. Space is limited. Serene Thursday event.
MEET AT WAVE HILL HOUSE, 8−9:30PM
A 28-acre public garden and cultural center overlooking the Hudson River and Palisades, Wave Hill’s mission is to celebrate the artistry and legacy of its gardens and landscape, to preserve its magnificent views, and to explore human connections to the natural world through programs in horticulture, education and the arts.
HOURS Open all year, Tuesday through Sunday and many major holidays: 9AM–5:30PM, March 15–October 31. Closes 4:30PM, starting November 1.
ADMISSION $8 adults, $4 students and seniors 65+, $2 children 6–18. Free Saturday and Tuesday mornings until noon. Free to Wave Hill Members and children under 6.
PROGRAM FEES Programs are free with admission to the grounds unless otherwise noted.
Visitors to Wave Hill can take advantage of Metro-North’s one-day getaway offer. Purchase a discount round-trip rail far and discount admission to the gardens. More at http://mta.info/mnr/html/
DIRECTIONS – Getting here is easy! Located only 30 minutes from midtown Manhattan, Wave Hill’s free shuttle van transports you to and from our front gate and Metro-North’s Riverdale station, as well as the W. 242nd Street stop on the #1 subway line. Limited onsite parking is available for $8 per vehicle. Free offsite parking is available nearby with continuous, complimentary shuttle service to and from the offsite lot and our front gate. Complete directions and shuttle bus schedule at www.wavehill.org/visit/.
Information at 718.549.3200. On the web at www.wavehill.org.
