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Wave Hill is a 28-acre public garden and cultural center in the Bronx overlooking the Hudson River and Palisades. Its mission is to celebrate the artistry and legacy of its gardens and landscapes, to preserve its magnificent views, and to explore human connections to the natural world through programs in horticulture, education and the arts.

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Wave Hill Announces 2015 Van Lier Visual Artist Fellowships

Wave Hill is pleased to announce that the recipients of its Van Lier Visual Artist fellowships for 2015 are Julian Chams and Beatrice Glow. This esteemed fellowship provides a remarkable experience for two young artists from culturally diverse backgrounds to develop the skills and professional credentials needed to establish a successful career. Chams and Glow will participate in Wave Hill’s Winter Workspace program from February 23 to April 12, 2015, and will present solo exhibitions in Wave Hill’s Sunroom Project Space from September 15 to October 25, 2015. The two artists will also

Wave Hill Commissions Animated Light Installation by Award-Winning Artist Chris Doyle, on View April 24–May 24, 2015

In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Wave Hill announces a groundbreaking installation by acclaimed interdisciplinary artist Chris Doyle, commissioned to honor this milestone in the institution’s history. Doyle’s large-scale, site-specific work, under the working title The Lightening: a project for Wave Hill’s Aquatic Garden, will engage the formal pool, offering a dynamic fusion of garden, light and animation that will pay homage to the intersection of horticulture and art—a feature that distinguishes Wave Hill as a landscape of complex, dynamic beauty.   A group of three, faceted

Hilary Lorenz to Show in Wave Hill’s Sunroom Project Space, October 18–December 7, 2014

Meet the Artist: Sunday, November 16, 1:30pmInspired by the passage of the human body through geographic space, Hilary Lorenz translates hikes in remote landscapes into visual imagery. Her prints, drawings and enveloping installations, grounded in traditions of performance walking, are fundamentally shaped by experiencing long-distance runs and mountain ascents. Her drawings and prints visually map a specific location, providing abstract time-lines that mark a spatial journey of memory and change. As the artist describes, “When I am carving a linoleum block or applying watercolor to paper,

The Power of Natural History: Historian Lukas Rieppel in Conversation with Recapturing the Scenic Wilds Artists, November 15

Wave Hill, a public garden and cultural center located in the northwestern corner of the Bronx, is delighted to welcome cultural historian Lukas Rieppel, Assistant Professor of History at Brown University, for an afternoon of broad-ranging, provocative conversation. Dr. Rieppel opens the afternoon with a presentation about his work on the development of the natural history museum. Following his presentation, he is joined by Richard Barnes, Hugh Hayden and Lori Nix, three of the artists exhibiting work in Wave Hill’s fall exhibition, Recapturing the Scenic Wilds, for a panel discussion that

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