Performing Parks is a design collective formed by Quilian Riano of DSGN AGNC (Team Lead), Adeola Enigbokan of Archiving the City, Annie Barrett of Annie Barrett Studio, Greg Mihalko of Partner & Partners, Joyce Hwang of ANTS OF THE PRAIRIE and writer and oral history-based artist Sukjong Hong.
We are excited to be commissioned by the National Park Service (NPS) and the Van Alen Institute to help facilitate workshops, synthesize workshop findings and ideas, and develop a range of strategies to shape two new National Parks in the northeast region: Coltsville National Historical Park in Hartford, Connecticut and First State National Historical Park, a collection of seven sites throughout Delaware. Coltsville and First State present an opportunity to push beyond preconceptions of what national parks — and any park or public space — can be, and to reimagine how these places shape and impact our everyday lives. Read more about this project, “Living Histories Workshops: Imagining the Future of National Parks.”
Photo by Van Alen Institute