“Cross Pollination” will be the grand opening night performance for Sculpture Fields at Montague Park, a 33-acre sculpture park destination showcasing monumental-sized sculptures from all over the world. It includes an outdoor iron furnace encircled by molten, glowing bees “flying” through the air with the aid of dancers helping the bees “pollinate” sculptural flowers that blossom into flame at the bees’ touch.
The two-day celebration kicks off Friday at 6 p.m. with welcoming remarks and keynote speech by Tony Jones, president of the Kansas City Arts Institute and one of the foremost art educators in the world on the economic impact of sculpture parks. The iron pour performance “Cross Pollination” will follow at 8:30 p.m. and features sculptors Allen Peterson, Isaac Duncan and their crew of bee dancers.
Visitors to Sculpture Fields on Saturday can enjoy:
• 8 a.m. yoga class, tai chi demonstration and a walking meditation
• 9:30 a.m. Meet the Artist Walk – many of the park’s featured artists on site
• 11 a.m. artist talk - Carl Billingsly, sculptor
• Noon - 2 p.m. Music by jazz trio “Charlie the Head”
• 2 p.m. artist talk - Terry Karpowicz, sculptor
• 2:30 p.m. Meet the Artist Walk – many of the parks featured artists on site
• 3 – 5 p.m. music by Nashville artist Rory Carroll
Food and beverage trucks will be on hand on both days.
For further information, please contact Cathy Clifford at 266-7288 or clifford@sculpturefields.org.