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Chihuly: A New Eden
Chihuly at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park: A New EdenNow held over through October 31! The popularity of this dynamic exhibition has led to the extension, allowing guests to view the fifteen sculpture sites in full autumnal splendor.
April 30 – October 31, 2010
Special Monday hours during the exhibition, 9 am–9 pm
Vote for your favorite Chihuly site in the Peter M. Wege Library
We'll publish the results here each Monday at noon.
This week's top 5 Chihuly sites...
1. The Groves and Hekman Pond
2. Waterfall
3. Cultural Commons
4. English Perennial Garden
5. Lena Meijer Tropical Conservatory
This week's category winners...
FAVORITE The Groves and Hekman Pond
IMAGINE The Groves and Hekman Pond
SURPRISE The Groves and Hekman Pond
COLOR Cultural Commons
SHAPE The Groves and Hekman Pond
BEAUTY The Groves and Hekman Pond
Dale Chihuly, the most sought-after artist in the world working primarily in glass, returns for a second exhibition this spring and summer to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Meijer Gardens. His works will be displayed at 15 sites, from the English Perennial Garden at the entryway to the Frey Boardwalk in the wetlands. Included are Chandeliers, glass towers up to 30 feet high, floating spheres, Reeds rising from the earth, the Sun, the Moon, and a rowboat full of glass. The exhibition runs through October 31.
Chihuly Programming
DVD presentation of Chihuly in the Hotshop
In 2006, the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington, invited Chihuly to work in their state-of-the-art hotshop, an amphitheater specifically designed to allow the audience to watch the action close at hand. Chihuly's residency soon became the idea for this documentary as he set forth on an ambitious program that would reflect the sum total of his work in glass over the last thirty years. All thirteen of his best-known series were revisited along with more than forty artists and gaffers who had worked with Chihuly at the time of the inception of each series. This Emmy Award-winning documentary will play continuously in the Hoffman Family Auditorium throughout the exhibition.
Curator’s Choice with Heidi Holst and Laurene Grunwald
Monday, July 12, 7 pm
Friday, August 13, Noon
Join the Curator of Arts Education and the Assistant Curator of Sculpture Exhibitions as they lead you through the colorful and surprising Chihuly exhibition. Learn the process of working with this unusual sculptural medium, why Chihuly works with teams of up to 18 people to create these complex sculptures, what influences Chihuly and why the sculptures were installed in the respective locations. Dress for the weather and be prepared to walk for 45 minutes.
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