“The initiative launched in April with a concert by Lang Cook Live and Brother Dan of Terrestrial Funk. We are proud to activate the park with consistent programming for all ages at the center of our community,” said Chana Sheldon, executive director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami. Public artworks that the museum has commissioned. “The stunning ‘Electric Tree’ at Griffing Park in North Miami is one of the most important permanent Handforth has also received public commissions from the cities of Paris (Porte de Bagnolet) and Zurich (Tessinerplatz). He is internationally acclaimed for his large-scale installations in public spaces including Central Park in New York, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the MCA in Chicago, as well as during the FIAC offsite event in Paris. Handforth graduated from the Academy of Fine Art in Frankfurt and the Slade School of Fine Art in London. The restoration of “Electric Tree” offers arts and culture to a community park that is open year-round. Handforth’s sculpture traces the branches of a 100-foot-wide banyan tree with brilliantly colored fluorescent tubes that illuminate its understory. Knight Foundation and the City of North Miami and is one of the most important public artworks that MOCA has commissioned in its 25-year history. The 2021 restoration of this significant public artwork was made possible with major support from the John S. “Electric Tree” was first installed just blocks away from MOCA at Griffing Park in 2011, in conjunction with the artist’s major exhibition “Rolling Stop” at the museum.

Programming will include site-specific performances, live music, hands-on art activities, and more, in conjunction with the recently restored public artwork “Electric Tree” by international renowned artist, Mark Handforth. The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami is pleased to announce a series of public activations, “Under the Electric Tree” at Griffing Park.

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