{"id":372054,"date":"2026-10-13T16:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T16:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/372054\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T16:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T16:02:15","slug":"new-york-city-fc-announces-sarah-morris-as-an-artist-in-etihad-parks-public-art-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/372054\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City FC Announces Sarah Morris as an Artist in Etihad Park\u2019s Public Art Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York City FC today announced that New York City-based artist Sarah Morris will create an original artwork for Etihad Park as one of several artists contributing to the stadium\u2019s public art program.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Known for her geometric paintings and site-specific works inspired by the architecture, energy and psychology of urban environments, Morris will create a unique artwork focusing upon Queens and New York City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At Etihad Park, Morris responds to the charged relationship between the crowd and the event, rendering the energy and its spectatorship into a permanent, shared wall painting for the public that gathers and passes by the Southeast Entrance to this new landmark of Queens.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am thrilled to contribute to Etihad Park\u2019s public art program,\u201d said Sarah Morris. \u201cAs a New Yorker, I\u2019m honored to be part of the identity of the city\u2019s first soccer stadium, and to create a distinctive welcome to the \u2018beautiful game\u2019 each time they visit the stadium.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Morris\u2019s work has been exhibited internationally, including The Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, Centre Pompidou, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Moderna Museet, M+ Hong Kong, and Fondation Beyeler.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Morris is one of several artists who will contribute to Etihad Park, bringing to life the vision for the stadium as a place that celebrates the character, culture and energy of New York City. Additional details about the other artists and their artworks will be shared at a later date.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Etihad Park, the future home of New York City FC, is scheduled to open in spring of 2027 and will become New York City\u2019s first-ever soccer-specific stadium. Designed as a year-round destination for sports, entertainment, and community programming, the stadium will anchor a broader redevelopment at Willets Point in Queens and create a dynamic new neighborhood for the city.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More of Sarah Morris\u2019 work can be found at her <a href=\"https:\/\/sarahmorris.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website<\/a> and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sarahmorris\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>              <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City FC today announced that New York City-based artist Sarah Morris will create an original artwork&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[55718,9,11,10,12],"class_list":["post-372054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-announcements","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}