Sculpture in the Park 2007

In 2004, Sculpture in the Park was conceived as an "Ottawa Hills Gateway Event" by the late Ottawa Hills Mayor, Jean Youngen. The site chosen for the exhibition, the triangular park at the Indian, Bancroft and Secor Road intersection, is adjacent to convenient diagonal public parking.

This exhibition is funded by the Ottawa Hills Foundation, the Village of Ottawa Hills and private donations.   More information may be found at ottawahills.org and msisculpture.com.

Sculpture has presence and can visually change with your distance and angle of viewing.   Most sculpture is free standing and gives you the freedom of examining the art from different views.   This exhibit represents realistic, abstract or constructionist artistic concepts.

Outdoor sculpture is strongly affected by its surroundings.   As you view each piece, try to imagine how it looks in all seasons, times of the day and in varied weather.   Rain, snow and ice create a different surface pattern of reflection.   The sun's angle and the presence or absence of leaves changes the reflection even further.   Background colors change from season to season.   Our sculpture is giving you an open invitation to visit them many times.

Art in the Park Committee

Chairperson
Laura Baird

Curator
Peggy Grant

Coordinator
Cindy Niggemyer

Committee
John Barfield
Daryl Blanchard
Cindy   Bodziak
Fred Cohn
Rex Decker
Ann French
Barbara Goodman-Shovers
Cyd Gottlieb (Student Representative)
Susan Hargrove
Mike Jacobs
Pat Levey
Kristin Meyerholtz
Katerina Reudi Ray
Vickie Souder
Bill Steele
Margy Trumbull
Steve Wipfli

This Exhibit was installed by Midwest Sculpture Initiative.   For More Information and Purchase Prices, Please Contact Midwest Sculpture Initiative Curator:

Ken Thompson

517-486-4591

All artists in this exhibition are represented in private/public collections and exhibitions located throughout the United States.   Three permanent pieces are included in this exhibition, "Yellow Butterfly" by Jim Havens, "Homage to Matisse" by Mike Sohikian, and "The Ark" by Andrei Rabodzeenko.