• Artist Alan Sonfist with students in the Parrish Art Museum Meadow for the kick off of the Celestial Meadow Project on Sept. 27, 2024.

    Alan Sonfist: Celestial Meadow

    Debuting 2026

    LAND ART FORWARD INSTALLATION

The Parrish Art Museum is pleased to announce the initiation of Alan Sonfist’s site-specific land art installation in the Museum’s Meadow.

  • Commissioned by the Parrish and conceived by land art pioneer Alan Sonfist, the project titled Celestial Meadow, is slated for completion in 2026.
  • This two-year journey of environmental rehabilitation and artistic exploration begins first with the environmental rehabilitation of the site, with a ground-breaking on September 27, 2024.
  • A celestial-themed, plant-based design will mirror star configurations in the skies over the Parrish.

TIMELINE AND UPDATES

Friday, September 27, 2024: Renowned environmental artist Alan Sonfist, accompanied by students from the Hayground School, officially kicked off his latest site-specific installation, Celestial Meadow, at the Parrish Art Museum. Sonfist interacted with the students, teaching them about ecological preservation and the creative process behind earth art, as they prepared the site by covering it with a tarp to eliminate invasive species. Over the next year, native wildflowers will be planted in a pattern that mirrors the star constellations above and, by Summer 2026, the meadow will bloom into a vibrant celestial-themed, plant-based design.

Read more about the September 2024 kickoff for Celestial Meadow here.