In 1995, in an effort to enhance the grounds of Sacred Heart University, the Director of The Gallery of Contemporary Art contacted Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City, New York, to discuss a cooperative program that could benefit all parties.

Socrates Sculpture Park is an outdoor park that rigorously screens applicants and grants residencies to young sculptors, enabling them to use machinery and space they couldn't afford to construct works that are subsequently exhibited in the Park for one year. At the end of the year, Socrates Sculpture Park requires that the artists remove
their works.

After the Director of the Gallery of Contemporary Art met with the Socrates Sculpture Park Director and reviewed work on display, some of the artists were invited to install their works on the Sacred Heart University campus. This accomplished two beneficial results: the arrangement provides the artists with valuable storage space and the University is able to feature a selection of significant sculpture around the campus. These works appear at strategic points throughout the campus. They are identified and described on the map pages in the Art Walk brochure.