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Tree Wonder Washington Square Park is a gathering to observe and draw the English Elm, one of the oldest trees in Manhattan.

Washington Square Park Eco Projects co-hosts the sci-art sessions with BEHOLD: Trees, A Visual Exploration, a project of visual artist Kristin Jones. Follow us on Instagram at Tree Wonder WSP.

Sessions are held on Sundays from 11:30 am to 1 PM in the spring and the fall in the northwest corner of the park. The calendar is available below.

Spring 2024 Calendar – Dates and Artists

APRIL 2024

April 7 – Katie Holten and Ellen Harvey

April 14 – Sam Wade Levy

April 21 – Ishita Jain

April 28 – Nora Humphrey Logan

MAY 2024

May 5 – Ilene Sunshine

May 12 – Camila A. Morales

May 19 – Sonita Singwi

May 26 – TBD

June 2024

June 2 – TBD

June 9 – Phyllis Trout

June 16 – TBD

June 23 – rain date

Fall 2023 Calendar

SEPTEMBER 2023

September 3 – Nikki Lindt

September 10 – TBD

September 17 – Ann McCoy

September 24 – Miriam Kurman

OCTOBER 2023

October 1 – Tracy Gilman

October 8 – Ernesto Caivano

October 15 – William Corwin

October 22 – TBD

October 29 – Ishita Jain

Spring 2023 Dates and Artists

15 Sundays in Spring 2023 beginning on March 19 and ending on June 25

March 19 – Kristin Andrea Jones

March 26 – Nancy Lowe

April 2 – Christy Rupp and Abby Goldstein

April 9 – no program

April 16 – Simonetta Moro

April 23 – Diana Horowitz

April 30 – Nikki Lindt

May 7 – Stephen Braun

May 14 – Melanie Vote

May 21 – Terri Hackett

May 28 – no program

June 4 – Deborah Chi

June 11 – Lucia Cozzi and Maria Bonomi

June 18, 25 – TBD

Fall 2022 Dates

OCTOBER 2022

Oct 9 – Jennifer Orkin Lewis

Oct 16 – Nick Golebiewski

Oct 23 – Katie Holten

Oct 30 – Ishita Jain

NOVEMBER 2022

Nov 6 – Julian Stellato

Nov 13 – Sue Ferguson Gussow

A woman with fair skin her back to the camera looking up and pointing to a large tree with one hand and there is a sketchbook in the other hand.