OPEN TRAILS
COME EXPLORE!
Enjoy PS21’s fields, trails, and orchards—and learn about environmental stewardship
PATHWAYS invites the community to learn about PS21’s open spaces through self-directed activities created in partnership with neighboring organizations, with a focus on environmental stewardship. From sunrise to sunset every day, all are welcome to explore our 100 acres of meadows, woodlands, and trails and to discover our natural setting, encounter wildlife, visit installations, and catch creative artists in action.
Visitors can enjoy the public art on display throughout PS21’s grounds: Solo Pavilion for Two or Three by James Casebere, Hudson Valley Ghost Column #7 by Alison McNulty, Dandelions by Silda Wall Spitzer & Tim Jones, and more.
PS21’s trails connect to the neighboring Crellin Park, along the Stony Kill. On your way to the park, enjoy our partner project with the Columbia Land Conservancy, Storywalk, where James Christopher Carroll’s A Song unfolds along the trails in this innovative and delightful journey for children (and adults!) can enjoy reading and the outdoors at the same time.
2023 ON OUR OPEN TRAILS
EXPLORE OUR OPEN TRAILS
ABOUT PATHWAYS
MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND PARTICIPATORY, PATHWAYS IS OUR SERIES OF WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, INSTALLATIONS, AND IMMERSIVE PERFORMANCES OFFERED BEYOND THE PS21 MAIN STAGE—ACROSS OUR CAMPUS, IN NATURE, AND IN THE COMMUNITY.
PATHWAYS resides at the intersection of nature and the arts, presenting site-specific performances and encounters embedded in and responsive to the PS21 landscape, theater, and beyond. Throughout our region, PATHWAYS brings visionary international artists directly to communities with programs in schools, libraries, city parks, village streets, farms, assisted living facilities, and parking lots, all free of charge or at low cost. Creative placemaking at its core, PATHWAYS fosters collaboration between PS21 and more than two dozen regional and community groups, including the Town of Chatham, sustaining cultural life and strengthening communities.
