Daylighting our future/ towards a radical field station and unburied waters
About this Event
Join us as we walk the route of Flushing Creek’s undergrounded waters, beginning first at Queens Museum and touching on the birth of the park through Robert Moses’ superimposed imagination and the World Fair. We'll walk above where the creek was buried and invite you into the proposed daylighting process. We’ll then be joined by the incomparable Cody Herrmann to guide us all the way to the Bay.
Together we’ll make the trek to the FMCP Kayak/Canoe Launch for SaturBAY, a community celebration of Guardians of Flushing Bay’s work and the proposed floating field station in Flushing Bay to support more access to the water, be an educational hub, and create a boathouse for the dragonboater community that travels from all over the region to practice on the Bay. There you can join workshops with multidisciplinary artist Niceli Portugal, Precious Plastics and Materials for the Arts, with live music from HONK family band to keep the spirits high and delicious free food.
To sign up for the scavenger hunt, please go HERE
To learn more about SaturBAY and donate to GoFB’s work, visit givebutter.com/SATURBAY2026.
Packing list:
💧Waterbottle 💧
🎧 headphones/ ear buds 🎧 + portable phone chargers 🔋 or make sure your phone is fully charged! We'll be using it to navigate the scavenger hunt together.
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This is part of Imagined Futures: This Must be the Place scavenger hunt, connecting you deeper to 7 waterways across the city. More info at holesinthewallcollective/imaginedfutures
Made possible with support from NYC Cultural Affairs and NYC Tourism Foundation.
Agenda
🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Meet at Queens Museum
Host: Holes in the Wall Collective
Info: We will meet at the front entrance inside the Queens museum on Meridian Road to gather the group. This is where we'll start our journey before the museums open hours. We'll vistit the Panorama Room (ever seen NYC in miniature?), the Relief Map of the New York City Water Supply System, and Shane Weeks pieces Wame Nohtóe Chemacheg and Pauwau.
🕑: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Place-Based Scavenger Hunt & Walking Tour
Host: Holes in the Wall Collective
Info: Join us on a journey to Flushing Creek–exploring the landscape that once was before Robert Moses superimposed vision for the World Fair, the creek above and below ground and the proposed plans for daylighting the creek (bringing the buried waters back up to the surface). We'll guide you through a series of web based prompts and audio experiences from stewards, artists, and community members.
🕑: 12:15 PM - 01:00 PM
Walk to the Flushing Measows Carona Park Canoe/ Kayak launch for SaturBAY
Host: Holes in the Wall Collective
Info: Together we'll make the trek to SaturBAY with a guided sensorial walk and live update on the part, development, daylighting and history from the incomparable Cody Herman.
🕑: 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
SaturBAY! a community celebration & conjuring of a GoFB field station
Host: Guardians of Flushing Bay
Info: Free food! Free workshops! Dance to HONK Family band! Come join us for a community celebration of Guardians of Flushing Bay’s work and their floating field station to support more access to the water, serve as an educational hub and space for the community to radically imagine the future of the Bay/Creek and park. Here you can join workshops with multidisciplinary artist Niceli Portugal, Precious Plastics and Materials for the Arts, with live music from HONK family band to keep the spirits high and delicious free food.
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