05/28/2026
At this year’s 40th Anniversary Gala, three artists and cultural leaders will help us celebrate the people and partners who have shaped the Park’s story.
Guadalupe Maravilla, whose solo exhibition ‘Planeta Abuelx’ transformed the Park into an altar-space and medicinal garden in 2021, combines sculpture, painting, performative acts, and installation, while grounding his transdisciplinary practice in activism and healing. He will present the award to Materials for the Arts, recognizing a longtime partner whose commitment to creative reuse has helped artists transform discarded materials into public work, learning, and possibility.
Ivana Mestrovic, Socrates Board Chair, a cultural leader and supporter, will present to the Sidney E. Frank Foundation, honoring one of Socrates’ earliest supporters and the kind of belief that helps artists, public space, and community take root.
Phil Sanders, a master printer, author, artist, arts business consultant, and founder/director of PS Marlow with more than thirty years of experience in printmaking and nonprofit arts leadership, will present to Chakaia Booker, celebrating an artist whose relationship with Socrates spans decades, from early onsite experimentation in 1994 and 1997 to her return this year with monumental works that mark a powerful full-circle moment.
Together, they remind us that Socrates has always been built through relationships: artists supporting artists, partners believing early, and communities making space for creative risk.
Join us Thursday, June 4, as we celebrate 40 years in the Park.
Tickets at the link in bio.
