Art of Trees Exhibition + Performances

Explore the “Art of Trees” at 6/15 Green Community Garden as part of City of Forest Day! Art throughout the garden, live participatory drawing, cyanotype workshops, community conversations, and performances that probe the ecological, historical, botanical, and cultural significance of trees, encourages mindful looking and listening to nature, and offers creative perspectives to consider our relationships with the surrounding environment.

Engage with the epic weeping willow tree at 6/15 Green, one of the “Great Trees” of NYC, through live participatory drawing with Sarah Olson. Join Khadija Kamara for community conversations on “Trees and Herbs of the Caribbean” and the migration of trees. Create your own art in cyanotype workshops with Pierre Mercier-Puccio. Learn more about the artists and how their work offers creative perspectives in how we think about and interact with trees on exhibition tours with curator Alyssa Fridgen.

ARTISTS
Betsy Damon, Sika Foyer, Khadija Kamara, Tom Keough, Nathaniel Lieb, Christina Massey, Pierre Mercier-Puccio, Jasmine Murrell, Erin O’Flynn, Sarah Olson, Seema Lisa Pandya, Michael Pribich, Natsuki Takauji, Bea Wolert, Monika Wuhrer & Katerina Marcelja, Kasia Zurek-Doule

PROGRAM:

11am: Opening Remark by Patricia Perone, Deputy Director of Partnerships for Parks for NYC Parks and City Parks Foundation, and Founding Member of Forest for All NYC, and Sheila McDevitt, Founding Member of 6/15 Green Community Garden

11:30am: “Listening to the Willow” with eco-artist and activist Betsy Damon

1pm: “Rain Taal” Sculpture Activation by Seema Lisa Pandya with Sonic Performance by Neel Murgai

3pm: “Singing Brown Bodies” Sculpture by Jasmine Murrell with Sound and Music Performance by Jade “Dunia Shawty” Brown

Thanks to the 6/15 Green Community Garden, a 501(c)3 organization with over 100 members, and the Brooklyn Alliance of Neighborhood Gardens Land Trust (BANG), a land trust established to preserve green space in our area, for hosting “Art of Trees” for City of Forest Day 2025! Support for artist performances provided by Open Source Gallery, an arts-based non-profit organization in South Slope that provides a forum where art intersects with the community with an emphasis on expression, experimentation, sustainability, and social engagement.