Check out the Prospect Park Alliance to learn more about Brooklyn's crown jewel park, or the organization who helped turn it around from the 1980s lowpoint.
Prospect Park Alliance, the non-profit that sustains, restores, and advances Prospect Park, commemorated their 30th Anniversary at their 2017 Gala. Check out this video to learn more about the Alliance's legacy within Prospect Park.
On this program we see a rare interview with the mercurial painter, Jean-Michel Basquiat, conducted in 1981 in his studio on Crosby Street, in SOHO. Basquiat, an internationally renowned artist as well as the enfant terrible of the 1980's art scene, died tragically in 1988 at the age of 28. Both during his brief life and since his untimely death, stories and legends abound which chronicle his meteoric rise to art world stardom.
In 1996 Basquiat's life was fictionalized in the film entitled BASQUIAT, directed by fellow artist Julian Schnabel. On this ART/new york program, the 21 year old Basquiat is interviewed by art historian - curator Marc H. Miller, PhD. Already a well known art world figure, Basquiat's fondness for high jinks as well as his exuberant spirit are captured as he describes his working process and comments upon his art world persona.
This short video is an excerpt of a longer, 34 minute interview conducted by Paul Tschinkel of Art New York. The full interview is available for purchase on the Art New York Store.
The New York City Parks Department has an interesting new series of videos titled Meet NYC's Trees in which they introduce one of the many species of street trees which can be found throughout the City. In this short video from the series, learn how to recognize the "Honeylocust". Check this map to see if you have any in your neighborhood.
