About

We begin each new project with research. Before Covid, we visited the sites, met with all the stakeholders, and listened and learned everything we could about the goals of the project and the needs of the stakeholders. Since Covid we rely on a combination of site visits and google maps, and images and also information provided by the client and in on-line meetings. So far this has worked quite well.

After the research phase we create concept drawings and explore multiple design directions. We present a wide range of ideas through clear drawings and plans. We present these ideas to the stakeholders and when a concept is selected, we develop the design with many more drawings, including color sketches, scale models and finally construction documents. There are opportunities for development and review at each phase.

We build the sculptures in-house to ensure quality and continuity of vision.

We are frequently asked to create artwork using unusual themes. Each one is a challenge, but we always rise the occasion, and we believe that pushing the parameters of our visual vocabulary has helped us grow as artists.

In 2018, we created a series of entrance sculptures for Spirit Park in Allen, Texas. Spirit Park has 4 professional-grade ball fields, as well as an entrance garden of indigenous plantings. Our task was to design and create artworks that enhanced the grounds and followed the theme and use of the park. We created 13 permanent sculptures, sited throughout the entrance garden, some depicting red hot poker plants using aluminum baseball bats (approx. 400 bats) as a sculptural material to create oversized, abstracted, indigenous plants. The sculptures are successful, and we are proud of the completed work.

We have permanent public art installations in 10 states across the country. Some states, like Texas and Florida have several May+Watkins sculptures in their permanent collections. We use materials and processes that stand up to the climate –hot, cold, wet, dry – and to public use.

May and Watkins Design, LLC
40 Hoyt Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 • (studio) 26 North Franklin Street, Athens, NY 12015 • 347 843 3451 • 917 301 3063
carol@maywatkinsdesign.com • tim@maywatkinsdesign.com www.maywatkinsdesign.com

Exhibits, Play Spaces and Public Art Installations

2021 Green Valley Ranch Park, Aurora CO

2020 PHX Housing Dept. Phoenix AZ
Desert Bloom. MCAD Chuck Heinrich Park, El Paso, TX Red Rocks. Utah School for Deaf and Blind, Springville, UT

2019 Benchmark. City of Lewisville, TX City of Denton, TX

Community Synagogue, Port Washington, NY

2018 Alexandria Aerie. Simpson Park, Alexandria, VA
Field of Dreams. Spirit Park, Allen, TX
Terrace Garden. Central Synagogue, ECC, New York, NY -

2017 Connections. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Art in Public Buildings Rooftop Fantasy. Central Synagogue, ECC, New York, NY

2016 Water Machine. Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, ECC, NYC
Witness to War. (the site of the first battle of the Revolutionary War) Old Stone House, Brooklyn, NY

2015 Rooftop Play. Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, ECC, New York, NY
Oasis 1 & Oasis 2. Memphis bus shelters, Urban Art Commission, Memphis, TN

2014 Understory. White Pass Elementary School, Randle, WA, ArtsWA Mini Golf, Children's Museum of the East End, Bridgehampton, LI

2013 Nests. Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, ECC, New York, NY 2012 Waterwonders. Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Brooklyn, NY

Sundancers. Kensington Library, NYC % for Arts, Brooklyn, NY 2011 EatSleepPlay. Children’s Museum of Manhattan, New York, NY

Wind, Water & Sun. Ocean Ave. Elementary School, Portland, ME 2010 Leaf Dance. Red Soils Campus, Clackamas County, Oregon City, OR

Sea Fancy. University of Florida, Naples, FL
2009 Concert Hall, Westerhoff Music School, Metuchen, NJ

2008 Totally Tots. Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Brooklyn, NY Entrance Sculptures. Westerhoff Music School, Metuchen, NJ

2007 Pod & Bloom. East Prospect Road Entranceway, Art in Public Places, Fort Collins, CO Dance. Kensington Library, Brooklyn, NY % for Arts, Brooklyn, NY
Binocular Man, Discovery Garden, Brooklyn Botanical Garden, Brooklyn, NY
Going Green. Brooklyn Children’s Museum Benefit, Brooklyn, NY

2006 Creative Kids Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

2005 Gateway. Sebago Canoe Club, Brooklyn, NY Riverside Train, Riverside Park, Manhattan, NY

2004 Data Waterfall. NETV, Nebraska Educational Telecommunications, Nebraska % for Art, Lincoln, NE

2003 Wind Song. Halpatiokee Regional Park, Stuart, FL
Clearing the Air. NY Transit Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Mobile Interpretive Station, National Audubon Society, New York, NY

2002 The Audubon Center at the Boathouse, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY Blossoms. Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, FL

2001 The Audubon Center at the Boathouse, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY The Discovery Center. The Junior Museum, Troy, NY
Roadway Boogie Woogie. Orlando, FL

2000 Four Mile Run Park Master Plan, Arlington, VA.
Stork Club. New-York Historical Society, New York, NY Nature’s Way, Southmoor Park, Longmont, CO Clearing the Air, NY Transit Museum, Brooklyn, NY

1999 100 Years of Amazing Kids. Brooklyn Children’s Museum Centennial Exhibition Brooklyn Children’s Museum Benefit, Marriott Hotel, Brooklyn, NY
$24: The Legendary Deal for Manhattan. New-York Historical Society, New York, NY

1998 Attraction Display. Entrance sculptures, Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Brooklyn, NY Underwater. Discovery House, East Brunswick, NJ

1997 Aquamanic. The Children’s Museum of Manhattan, New York, NY
Deep Sea Do. Children’s Clinic. Art in State Buildings Commission, Ft. Pierce, FL

Seneca Village, New-York Historical Society, New York, NY
1996 Interactives for Kids. Discovery Garden. Brooklyn Botanical Garden, Brooklyn, NY