Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park

Above are four images of the Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park (JPSP). The first two images include groups of UMBC students in the park during autumn. The third picture shows part of an art installation--a single tree with fallen branches placed up against the base of its trunk. The fourth image shows a JBSP summer yoga class in progress.
Above are four images of the Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park (JBSP). The first two images include groups of UMBC students in the park during autumn. The third picture shows part of an art installation–a single tree with fallen branches placed up against the base of its trunk. The fourth image shows a JBSP summer yoga class in progress.

The Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture produces diverse programming for the Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park. Programs offered in the park include an ongoing series of workshops for metro area K-12 students, UMBC student activities and classes, UMBC Wellness initiatives, community restorative yoga, and site-specific visual art installations and live music and dance performances.

Through the generous support of NatureSacred.org, the initial funder of the park, and UMBC, CADVC has been able to present these programs free and open to the public for the last 20 years!

Visit cadvc.umbc.edu/nature to learn about our latest programs.

Visit https://goo.gl/maps/mFuCvNDPjS4J3gVd7 to find the park via Google Maps pin.

 

Visit the park now on this virtual 360 degree interactive tour!

 

Find the Park on Campus

 

Mission

Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park was built with the intention of creating a meaningful forever green space at UMBC for both the campus and the surrounding communities to strengthen our social bonds, to foster human and natural wellness, and to provide a safe and accessible green space. Through UMBC’s Wellness Initiatives, outreach throughout the metro area, and collaboration by diverse groups, we activate this space— which inspires creativity, collaboration, and healing— as a community.

You can be a part of accomplishing this mission. There are a number of ways to help extend the reach to the surrounding community both within and beyond UMBC. Thank you for supporting us in our mission to reconnect our community with nature. To learn more about how to get involved, visit https://cadvc.umbc.edu/?p=3056

 

Joseph Beuys Tree Partnership Project

Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) was an influential German artist who came to prominence in the 1960s. He is known for his performances, sculptures, environments, vitrines, prints, posters, and thousands of drawings. He was a charismatic and controversial artist, a committed teacher, and a political activist.

Beuys highlighted the need for greater environmental awareness across the globe through his ongoing social sculpture project entitled, 7000 Oaks. With the help of NatureSacred.org and over 20 organizations in Baltimore, 7000 Oaks inspired the planting of hundreds of trees and several stones by over 500 people in Baltimore Parks and at the UMBC sculpture site in 2000-2001.

 

Joseph Beuys Tree Partnership Journal

An image of an open journal from the Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park with writing in it.
An image of an open journal from the Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park with writing in it.
An image of a closed green Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park journal lies on a bench in the park.
An image of a closed green Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park journal lies on a bench in the park.

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park at UMBC, there is a bench, which contains a blank journal. This journal provides visitors to the park with a forum in which to write or to sketch. Over the years these public journals were collected, scanned, and archived at CADVC. Some of those entries are here for viewing. Please be advised the journal has not been edited in any way and may contain content of a serious or adult nature. Parental guidance is advised.

UMBC 2001-2010 Journal Entries in Downloadable Spreadsheet

Scan of November 2001 Journal

Scan of March 2005 Journal

Scan of August 2008 Journal

Scan of October 2010 Journal

Scan of May 2013 Journal

Scan of June 2018 Journal

 

Land Acknowledgement

With social and environmental awareness at the core of our mission at the Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park, we find it critical to acknowledge the ancestral lands of the Piscataway Conoy and Susquehannock peoples that lived and continue to reside on the land that is now UMBC. Over the past 500 years, violence, displacement, and settlement have sought to erase and oppress Indigenous Peoples, their cultures, and their histories. We offer our respect to all past, present, and future Indigenous people connected to this land and we strive to cultivate a space at the Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park that prioritizes community, dignity, mindfulness, and personal wellness.  

 

Events and Announcements

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Guided Nature Meditation in Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park

Forest Therapy with Nature Sacred at UMBC

UMBC is pleased to welcome the Nature Sacred Firesoul Network to join our monthly Wellness Wednesday event in July, and the public is invited too!

In partnership with Chesapeake Mental Health Collaborative's Center (cmhcweb.com) for Nature Informed Therapy, and supported by Nature Sacred (naturesacred.org), this forest meditation and nature therapy session integrates traditional therapeutic methods with the healing effects of nature to restore and rejuvenate the mind and body.

Please plan to arrive early as our event will begin promptly at 12 noon on July 6, 2022. Note that sitting mats will be provided. 

GPS coordinates: 39.25236979214714, -76.70983675351928


For special accessibility needs or questions, please email Sandra Abbott with as much advance notice as possible at abbotts@umbc.edu. We will do our best to provide accommodations and full access.


Members of the UMBC community, please login at MyUMBC and sign up for the event here: https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/training/events/106395. The Firesoul Network and the public are also invited to this free event.
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Posted: June 23, 2022, 1:31 PM