Post by Logan on Apr 9, 2016 2:49:52 GMT -6
Erin Tocknell walks through a sculpture Friday, April 8, 2016 during the kick-off celebration for the opening of the Sculpture Fields at Montague Park.
Photo by Angela Lewis Foster /Times Free Press.
$1.2 million, 33-acre Sculpture Fields open in Chattanooga after a year and a half of work
It's open. After nearly a year and a half of work, a $1.2 million investment and several thousand truckloads of dirt, Sculpture Fields at Montague Park is now open to the public seven days a week.
Commanding a 33-acre plot of man-made hills and winding footpaths, the park in the 1100 block of East 23rd Street is now home to 27 large-scale sculptures made of steel and concrete and perched throughout like monolithic, frozen creatures on grassy plinths. And more are to come.
Only phase one has been completed, but over the next few years, additional phases will bring dozens more sculptures, improved landscaping, and a visitors center.
The founder and curator of the park, internationally-renowned sculptor John Henry, kicked off the two-day grand opening at 6 p.m. Friday with the help of Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke, See Rock City CEO Bill Chapin and the keynote speaker, Tony Jones, president of the Kansas City Arts Institute.
Read more: www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2016/apr/09/chattanooga-sculpture-fields-open-montague-park/359383/