Our spring BIG IDEA project, Free Play, looks at open-ended play as an important tool for creativity, self-expression and building community. The project was inspired in part by the work of the internationally known sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi. The Museum's Project Room gallery is filled with Noguchi's drawings and models for play equipment and play spaces, all borrowed from the Noguchi Museum in New York.
One of the most compelling Noguchi works in Free Play is Play Mountain (1933, cast 1977), a model for an unrealized outdoor play space Noguchi designed for New York City.
