Daylighting our future/ towards a radical field station and unburied waters in Queens!
Event by: Holes in the Wall Collective and Guardians of Flushing Bay
Event format
In-person
Event duration
4 hours
Language
English
Join us as we walk the route of Flushing Creek’s undergrounded waters– inviting you into the proposed daylighting process through a guided scavenger hunt and audio walking tour. Beginning first at Queens Museum before museum hours and through the park, we'll guide you on a journey of the past, present and future to where the creek was buried for the World’s fair. Here we will be joined by the incomparable Cody Herrmann who will lead us Guardians of Flushing Bay's annual community Celebration SaturBAY.
sharing visions of a radical field station and offering free food and workshops by artist Niceli Portugal, Materials for the Arts and Precious Plastics with sets by HONK Family Brass Band. An epic adventure and celebration. Lunch included!
Can't make the event?! Flushing Creek scavenger hunt is available self-guided Wednesday 9/23-9/27
Join us as we walk the route of Flushing Creek’s undergrounded waters, beginning first at Queens Museum and touching on the birth of the park through Robert Moses’ superimposed imagination and the World Fair. We'll walk above where the creek was buried and invite you into the proposed daylighting process. We’ll then be joined by a GoFB member to guide us to the Bay.
Together we’ll make the trek to the FMCP Kayak/Canoe Launch for SaturBAY, a community celebration of Guardians of Flushing Bay’s work and the proposed floating field station in Flushing Bay to support more access to the water, be an educational hub, and create a boathouse for the dragonboater community that travels from all over the region to practice on the Bay. There you can join workshops with multidisciplinary artist Niceli Portugal, Precious Plastics and Materials for the Arts, with live music from HONK family band to keep the spirits high and delicious free food.
10:30a Join us at Queens Museum before opening hours for the Daylighting walk and guided scavenger hunt
1p SaturBAY at the FMCP Canoe/ Kayak launch
This is part of Imagined Futures: This Must be the Place scavenger hunt, connecting you deeper to 7 waterways across the city.
More info at holesinthewallcollective/imaginedfutures
Made possible with support from NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and NYC Tourism Foundation.