Public Art

Once a rat-infested lot filled with demolished building rubbles, the site was transformed into an active public gathering space through the efforts of non-profit public advocacy groups, community members, support of major cultural institutions, and the City’s Parks Department. The transformation of the site is an example of an impactful public architecture and space realized through initiation, participation, and collaboration of the public that also serves the public.

Urban Forest was a Public Art Competition that Praxes won in collaboration with Habitat Workshop.

Once a rat-infested lot filled with demolished building rubbles, the site was transformed into an active public gathering space through the efforts of non-profit public advocacy groups, community members, support of major cultural institutions, and the City’s Parks Department. The transformation of the site is an example of an impactful public architecture and space realized through initiation, participation, and collaboration of the public that also serves the public.

Urban Forest was a Public Art Competition that Praxes won in collaboration with Habitat Workshop.

Featured Image © First Street Green

Once a rat-infested lot filled with demolished building rubbles, the site was transformed into an active public gathering space through the efforts of non-profit public advocacy groups, community members, support of major cultural institutions, and the City’s Parks Department. The transformation of the site is an example of an impactful public architecture and space realized through initiation, participation, and collaboration of the public that also serves the public.

Urban Forest was a Public Art Competition that Praxes won in collaboration with Habitat Workshop.

Mayor’s Training and Leadership Summer Youth Employment Program

Sponsored by the City of Newark in Partnership with NJIT (New Jersey Institute of Technology)

The Newark Beautification Initiative is a locally funded project sponsored by the City of Newark in collaboration with NJIT. The goal of the program is to provide 25 selected young people between the ages 14 – 18 with employment, education and enrichment opportunities related to the remediation and environmental preservation of existing properties within the Science Park region of Newark. This program is a critical initiative for students, educators and the community.

Instructors: Ji Young Kim, RA, Adjunct Professor NJIT CoAD & Angus Eade, Adjunct Professor NJIT CoAD

Program Monitors: Cody Piggot, Joshua Mprah

Program Participants: Mathew Ajiboye, Samuel Amoah, Edward Bozza, Omari Bryan, Khailah Burks, Shukur Carmichael, Andy Cordero, Amber Dodd, Beverly Gopre, Moises Guzman, Aaron Holloway, Yhannick Jackson, Maeomia Lester, Alonza Mitchell, Folashade Odubona, Kyairah Owens, Mekhi Rodriguez, Andrea Tabares, Aniya Travers, Isaiah Rodgers

Drawing by Amber Dodd & Aniya Travers

Mayor’s Training and Leadership Summer Youth Employment Program

The Newark Beautification Initiative is a locally funded project sponsored by the City of Newark in collaboration with NJIT. The goal of the program is to provide 25 selected young people between the ages 14 – 18 with employment, education and enrichment opportunities related to the remediation and environmental preservation of existing properties within the Science Park region of Newark. This program is a critical initiative for students, educators and the community.

Drawing by Shukur Carmichael & Mekhi Rodriguez

Mayor’s Training and Leadership Summer Youth Employment Program

Instructors: Ji Young Kim, RA, Adjunct Professor NJIT CoAD & Angus Eade, Adjunct Professor NJIT CoAD

Program Monitors: Cody Piggot, Joshua Mprah

Program Participants: Mathew Ajiboye, Samuel Amoah, Edward Bozza, Omari Bryan, Khailah Burks, Shukur Carmichael, Andy Cordero, Amber Dodd, Beverly Gopre, Moises Guzman, Aaron Holloway, Yhannick Jackson, Maeomia Lester, Alonza Mitchell, Folashade Odubona, Kyairah Owens, Mekhi Rodriguez, Andrea Tabares, Aniya Travers, Isaiah Rodgers

Impact Advisor, 2019

Founded and Sponsored by SCHARC Studio

Fellowship Recipients: Vanwalee Chansue, Interior Design, Pratt Institute, Maya Ponzini, Interior Design, Pratt Institute, Samantha Garcia, Architecture, NJIT

This summer, Impact : WRKSHP joined forces with Newark Yoga Movement, a non-profit organization dedicated to introducing mindfulness practices to communities within Newark. Together, we are designing a dedicated mindfulness classroom called, The Hammock Room, at the Sussex Avenue Renew School, in Newark, NJ. The Hammock Room will provide children with a safe-haven in which to breath, relax, and to connect with their bodies and minds. Our fellows will design and fabricate a set of interactive partitions to help divide the open plan classroom into activity zones for yoga, art-therapy, and writing. These partitions will serve as active interfaces, helping engage the students as participatory learning tools within the classroom. Our project will expose children and adolescents to the power of design, inspiring them to take the built environment into their own hands and contribute to the re-imagining of their spatial surroundings.

Photo @ Keren Vered of Finally Home JC

Prior to starting Praxes, Ji Young worked for Columbia University's Japan Lab from 2007 to 2012 as a Senior Designer and Researcher. For 2008 Beijing Olympic, Ji Young worked on Design, Research and Prototype Development of several pieces of costumes which were featured during the opening ceremony.

Director: Zhang Yimou
Stage Design: Mark Fisher Studio
Costume Director: Eiko Ishioka

Image @ Boston Globe