Ben Hartman: Heritage Tourist

Tourism is a word I use a lot at the Hartman Rock Garden. Our artist-built environment has operated as a cultural heritage tourism destination since its inception, counting hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the world over the past ninety-plus years. I have...

New Legacy Society

Legacy support is important for the longterm survival of any non-profit organization, but it is vital for organizations tasked with maintaining cultural landmarks in perpetuity. For these organizations, the long term protection of the physical asset is the raison...

Summer Internship Call

The Hartman Rock Garden is offering a paid internship this summer to students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs who wish to gain professional experience in the fields of art history, history, and museum studies. This intern will work alongside Kevin Rose,...

New Kids Tour

Back in 2020, at the height of the pandemic, our team at the Hartman Rock Garden wanted to create a program that would give children and their families a way to engage in a safe, educational outdoor activity. We had started working on this type of program years...

The Tchotchkes Return

Last summer, we announced a new project to permanently return Ben Hartman’s beloved concrete figurines to the site for the first time since the late-1990s. Ben began producing these concrete figurines in his workshop and basement in the mid-1930s using similar...