Located in New Windsor, NY, an hour’s drive from the George Washington Bridge, Storm King Art Center is one of the largest and most popular outdoor sculpture parks in the country. It features over 150 artists’ works spread across 500 fields and lush forests in the Hudson Valley, and this season’s fall foliage is peaking this weekend, making it a great time to visit. Artists such as Alexander Calder and Maya Lin have brought him international recognition. Founded in 1960 by Ralph E. Ogden and H. Peter Stern, co-owners of the Star Expansion Company, it was originally a museum of Hudson River School paintings before expanding to include outdoor sculpture. It has successfully combined art and its natural surroundings to show the beauty of Orange County. Part of the land was originally a gravel quarry that supported the construction of the New York Thruway.
A couple walks a path through the North Woods area of the Storm King Art Center. Aristide Economopoulos
The landscape at the Storm King Art Center is also part of Maya Lin’s Wavefield sculpture, 2007-08. He is best known for designing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. Aristide Economopoulos
The afternoon sun kisses a maple tree in the Maple Room area. Aristide Economopoulos
A person stands in a field in front of Menashe Kadishman’s Suspended, 1977. Aristide Economopoulos
Ducks swim in the South Pond while Mark di Suvero’s Figolu, 2005-11, and 1 E=MC2, 1996-97 stand in the South Field at the Storm King Art Center. Aristide Economopoulos
A man walks under Alexander Calder’s Black Flag, 1974, on Museum Hill. Aristide Economopoulos
Tobi Watson, center, and Kathy Ambrette are reflected in Alyson Shotz’s Mirror Fence, 2003. Aristide Economopoulos
People walk by a hill with numerous sculptures by Alexander Calder. Aristide Economopoulos
Alexander Liberman’s Adam, 1970, seen in a field in the North Woods Aristide Economopoulos
Maple trees turn golden in the morning. Aristide Economopoulos
Brittany Crain, of Norwalk, CT, watches her daughter Lyla Moss, 3, while in the grounds of the Meadows Strom King Art Center. The two were dressed as angels to take some holiday costume photos. Aristide Economopoulos
Artist Chakaia Booker’s A Moment In Time, 2004, can be found in the North Woods. Aristide Economopoulos
Cyclists ride along a trail through the Meadows on a warm fall day at the Storm King Arts Center. Aristide Economopoulos
David Stoltz’s Endgame, 1972, can be found in the North Woods. Aristide Economopoulos
A break for a trail on Andy Goldswothy’s Storm King Wall, built in 1997-98. Aristide Economopoulos
