What is Lipe Art Park?
Formally an abandoned train yard, Lipe Art Park is located along West Fayette Street in the Warehouse District of Syracuse, New York and is now the city’s first art park and public green space open to the community for personal recreation and public gatherings, and for the development of, display, performance and appreciation of all forms of art, in order to facilitate public/community engagement with the ecological and cultural life of the city and beyond. The park’s first exhibition was curated by Evolution Studios in June 2006 and featured a collection of artwork from emerging, mid-career, and established artists. The park’s second exhibit was titled agriCULTURE from the farm to the city, and opened on October 21, 2007. agriCULTURE, an exhibition of images, essences, evocations, and ideas from the farm environment presented in an outdoor urban setting, was organized by S.U. VPA Professor, Dennis Earle and Landscape Designer and Planner, Jeanie Gleisner.
What is Stewards of Lipe Art Park [SLAP]?
SLAP is an organization of individuals committed to creating and sustaining Lipe Art Park as a vital cultural and ecological resource for Syracuse, through:
- inviting / developing programming for the park
- enhancing the physical environment of the park
- providing stewardship for the park
- facilitating awareness of and access to the park and its programming in a responsible, competent, visionary and community-minded manner.
What/who is “the community”?
Lipe Art Park serves the greater Syracuse area community, with a special focus on providing amenities and opportunities to residents of the Near Westside, to local artists, and to art and community-related groups and organizations.
What are the key principles by which SLAP operates?
SLAP is committed to serving the community through: – openness and outreach to near and wider area residents and artists – transparency, accountability, effectiveness and high standards of conduct – the enrichment of the social, cultural, ecological and economic life of the neighborhood and city it serves
