Located in New Windsor, NY, an hour’s drive from the George Washington Bridge, Storm King Art Center is one of the country’s largest and most renowned outdoor sculpture parks. It showcases over 150 artists’ works spread over 500 lush fields and forests in the Hudson Valley, and this season’s fall foliage is peaking this weekend, making it a great time to visit. Artists like Alexander Calder and Maya Lin have brought it international recognition. Founded in 1960 by Ralph E. Ogden and H. Peter Stern, co-owners of the Star Expansion Company, it was initially a Hudson River School paintings museum before widening the scope to include outdoor sculpture. It has successfully combined art and its natural surroundings to show the beauty of Orange County. Parts of the land was originally a gravel quarry that supported the construction of the New York Thruway.
A couple walks on a path through the North Woods area of the Storm King Art Center. Aristide Economopoulos
The landscape at Storm King Art Center is also part of the sculpture with Maya Lin’s Wavefield, 2007-08. Lin is best known for designing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. Aristide Economopoulos
The afternoon sun kisses a maple tree in the Maple Room area. Aristide Economopoulos
A person stands in a field before Menashe Kadishman’s Suspended,1977. Aristide Economopoulos
Ducks swim on the South Pond as Mark di Suvero’s Figolu, 2005-11, and 1 E=MC2 , 1996-97 stand in the South Field at the Storm King Art Center. Aristide Economopoulos
A man walks underneath Alexander Calder’s Black Flag, 1974, on Museum Hill. Aristide Economopoulos
Tobi Watson, center, and Kathy Ambrette are reflected in Alyson Shotz’s Mirror Fence, 2003. Aristide Economopoulos
People walk by a hill with multiple sculptures from Alexander Calder. Aristide Economopoulos
Alexander Liberman’s Adam, 1970, is seen in a field in the North Woods Aristide Economopoulos
Maple trees turn golden with the morning. Aristide Economopoulos
Brittany Crain, of Norwalk, CT, chases her daughter Lyla Moss, 3, while in the Meadows area Strom King Art Center. The two were dressed as angels to take some holiday photos in costume. Aristide Economopoulos
Artist Chakaia Booker’s A Moment In Time, 2004, can be found in the North Woods. Aristide Economopoulos
Cyclists ride along a path through the Meadows on a warm Autumn day at the Storm King Arts Center. Aristide Economopoulos
David Stoltz’s End Game, 1972, can be found in the North Woods. Aristide Economopoulos
A break for a path in Andy Goldswothy’s Storm King Wall built in 1997-98. Aristide Economopoulos
