Socrates Sculpture Park:

SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2018 • 3 – 7PM

Socrates Sculpture Park partners with legendary VJ, producer, and hip hop pioneer Ralph McDaniels to present Hip Hop in the Park, a family-friendly festival celebrating the four elements of hip hop – emcees, DJs, dance troupes, and graffiti art – and 35 years of McDaniels’ groundbreaking music video program, Video Music Box.

Join us for this exciting afternoon of FREE entertainment including:

-A hip hop jam featuring Queens’ own Disco Twins, Large Professor and more!

-Youth performances from 696 Build Queensbridge and artists selected by the Queens Hip Hop Festival

-Family art-making activities with Socrates artists Pam Reyes & Devin Garcia as well as The Blue Bus Project

-Photographer Queenscapes will be on-site capturing community portraits

-Sherwin Banfield – one of our 2018 Artist Fellows – will be sharing his upcoming hip hop inspired project ‘A Cypher in Queens’ for The Socrates Annual exhibition opening October 7th.

-Delicious food offerings from Forward Roots and Terry & Yaki