Storm King Family Day will feature special activities for adults and children
Storm King Art Center
Old Pleasant Hill Road, Mountainville
Saturday, August 6, $8-$12, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
www.stormking.org
As part of its continuing fiftieth anniversary celebration, Storm King Art Center will be hosting Family Day on Saturday, August 6. The beautiful indoor-outdoor museum, which features gorgeous sculptures placed throughout its five hundred acres, has scheduled a series of workshops, including one led by New York City sculptor Chakaia Booker; live classical music with a teaching element for kids; and other family-friendly entertainment and activities, all free with regular admission. Picnicking is allowed, and there will also be a special cookout available from the Storm King Café. If you don’t have a car, you can get to the Hudson Valley institution by Coach USA bus from Port Authority. At any given time you can find some 100 works of art from the collection situated all around the grounds, selected from approximately 150 of the most talented artists of the last hundred years, including Magdalena Abakanowicz, George Rickey, Carl Andre, Barbara Hepworth, Mia Westerlund Roosen, Lucas Samaras, Lynda Benglis, Donald Judd, Mel Kendrick, David Smith, Louise Bourgeois, Grace Knowlton, Fritz Koenig, Daniel Buren, Yayoi Kusama, Alexander Calder, Sol Lewitt, Maya Lin, Roy Lichtenstein, Ursula von Rydingsvard, Mark di Suvero, Jean Dubuffet, Henry Moore, Nam June Paik, Beverly Pepper, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Andy Goldsworthy, Robert Grosvenor, and Adolph Gottlieb. In addition, Storm King is currently showing “5+5: New Perspectives,” combining five artists from the permanent collection with five artists new to Storm King, and “The View from Here: Storm King at Fifty,” which looks at the center’s history. A day at Storm King is always a treat even without a special event, so Family Day should make it that much better.