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Family Art Workshop: Weaving Workshop with Red, Yellow and Blue

Join us for a fun, interactive Family Art Workshop inspired by Mad. Sq. Art’s current exhibition, Red, Yellow and Blue by Orly Genger on Saturday, June 29, 2013, 10AM-12PM and 1PM-3PM. Get a head start on your summer reading by creating your very own one-of-a-kind woven bookmark for your favorite book! Using simple materials like… Read more

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Orly Genger Featured in Sculpture Magazine

Mad. Sq. Art: Orly Genger Through September 8, 2013 June/July 2013 Genger transforms high-strength nylon rope into monolithic sculptures that hold obdurate mass and organic softness in an elemental tension. Looped and knotted by hand, these elaborate works evoke the intimate crafts of knitting and crocheting but expand them to epic proportions – it takes… Read more

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Blog Press Releases

Mad. Sq. Art Launches MSPC’s First-Ever Mad. Sq. App

For Immediate Release May 31, 2013 Madison Square Park Conservancy’s Mad. Sq. Art Launches First-Ever Mad. Sq. App New York—Madison Square Park Conservancy and Mad. Sq. Art will launch its first-ever Mad. Sq. App tomorrow, Saturday, June 1, 2013. The app, available on all smartphones, tablets, the web and through a QR code on Park… Read more

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Behind the Scenes: Installing Orly Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue

Orly Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue has debuted to critical acclaim, drawing in visitors of all ages and backgrounds and eliciting a gamut of reactions: curiosity, intrigue, bewilderment, awe – and pure delight! With over 2½ years of planning, conceiving, reworking, and production, Red, Yellow and Blue has been fully realized with the inimitable help… Read more

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Behind the Scenes: Sourcing Materials for Orly Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue

Comprised of 1.4 million feet of hand-knotted and painted rope, New York-based artist Orly Genger’s monumental Red, Yellow and Blue is a testament to the installation’s sheer physicality and the tireless dedication amongst the artist, her assistants, the Mad. Sq. Art staff – and some very committed lobstermen (and women)! Ten percent of the rope… Read more

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Free Public Tours: Orly Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue

Wondering where New York-based artihttp://www.madisonsquarepark.org/wp-admin/edit.phpst Orly Genger procured the 1.4 million feet of rope required to create Mad. Sq. Art’s latest monumental installation in Madison Square Park? Or how the 100,000 pounds of rope was shipped to the park? Learn this and so much more about Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue on one of Mad…. Read more

http://madisonsquarepark.org/things-to-do/calendar/free-public-tours-orly-gengers-red-yellow-and-blue-8

Free Public Tours: Orly Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue

Wondering where New York-based artihttp://www.madisonsquarepark.org/wp-admin/edit.phpst Orly Genger procured the 1.4 million feet of rope required to create Mad. Sq. Art’s latest monumental installation in Madison Square Park? Or how the 100,000 pounds of rope was shipped to the park? Learn this and so much more about Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue on one of Mad…. Read more

http://madisonsquarepark.org/things-to-do/calendar/free-public-tours-orly-gengers-red-yellow-and-blue-7

Free Public Tours: Orly Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue

Wondering where New York-based artihttp://www.madisonsquarepark.org/wp-admin/edit.phpst Orly Genger procured the 1.4 million feet of rope required to create Mad. Sq. Art’s latest monumental installation in Madison Square Park? Or how the 100,000 pounds of rope was shipped to the park? Learn this and so much more about Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue on one of Mad…. Read more

http://madisonsquarepark.org/things-to-do/calendar/free-public-tours-orly-gengers-red-yellow-and-blue-6

Free Public Tours: Orly Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue

Wondering where New York-based artist Orly Genger procured the 1.4 million feet of rope required to create Mad. Sq. Art’s latest monumental installation in Madison Square Park? Or how the 100,000 pounds of rope was shipped to the park? Learn this and so much more about Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue on one of Mad…. Read more

http://madisonsquarepark.org/things-to-do/calendar/free-public-tours-orly-gengers-red-yellow-and-blue-5