Every Saturday 1:00-3:00pm
NW Corner

Spend a Saturday afternoon learning a variety of artistic practices from a rotating group of incredibly talented local creators! Residencies change month to month, see below for details.

July: Drafting Public Space with Eirini Linardaki 

Participants will explore the park’s elements, nature, and architecture using watercolor, charcoal, and paper collage techniques. The final session will focus on imagining how to make our mark in the park by drafting a public art proposal based on their time there, a creative journey to deepen our connection to this urban sanctuary.

Eirini Linardaki, (b. Athens, Greece) is a Greek/French visual artist and public art project developer based in New York City, Newark, and the island of Crete. From her work as an environmental activist in her youth in Greece to later work with Handicap International in Liberia advocating for people with disabilities, her journey has been shaped by environmental action, commitment to social justice, and human connection.

She received her fine arts education at L.I.T. Limerick, Ireland, the Universität Der Kunst of Berlin, and the Ecole Superieure des Beaux-Arts of Marseille, France. Her projects, rooted in community engagement, emphasize on accessibility and multiculturalism.

Linardaki has developed numerous public art projects in the US, collaborating with organizations such as New York City’s Parks Department, the NYC Mayor’s Office for Climate Policy, and the Department of Transportation. As part of her community-based art practice, she has been an active member of Audible’s Newark Artist Collaboration, an initiative to transform Newark, NJ, through public art. In 2024, she created a large-scale digital installation for Grand Central Station commissioned by the MTA Arts & Design and one for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in DUMBO.

Linardaki’s activist work was recognized with the 2022 Artivist Award from Sing For Hope and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Newark Artist Accelerator Grant for 2023. She is the mother of two children.

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