Maize Field, 2010
The Maize Field gardens were planted with corn varieties that are part of the heritage of the Lenape and Haudenosaunee from this region. The gardens were located in Boerum Hill and Canarsie, Brooklyn on sites that are documented as 17th Century Indian maize-land.
Planted as traditional Native American three sisters gardens (corn, beans and squash), the gardens were a meditation of the change and displacements that have been a central to New York’s history. The project participated in the continual change that defines the city by highlighting a historical past then integrating that history back into the present landscape.
This project was sponsored by the DOT Urban Art Program, New York State Council on the Arts and in part by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council.
Selected Images and drawings from Maize Field gardens
