The weather was perfect yesterday for the Winter Carnival held at the Lynden Sculpture Gardens. The grounds, always lovely, were especially magical in the lightly falling snow. Artists and art aficionados of all ages came to be creative or simply to enjoy the creativity all around.
There was snow painting, using watering cans filled with food coloring.
Jade used a sprayer to zig zag up a hill.
Local environmental artist Roy Staab led a team who created a sculpture on the frozen pond.
Roy in front of the finished piece.
UWM students Sam, Katie, and Tina, made use of a pair of trees to create a Goldsworthy style artistic intervention.
The latest installation in the Inside/Outside series of invitational collaborations got underway during the Carnival. Here Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg, dressed in period costume, dig a "foundation" trench and fill it with charcoal.
The process is being meticulously documented in both video and still photography. Later in the day the completed charcoal foundation was to be lit and burned. I was sorry to have to leave before that happened. I think it's a wonderful concept. For more about this installation and Inside/Outside, go to the Lynden Gardens website.
The permanent collection is always on display, of course, and today's snowfall made for interesting new views of the familiar works. This is a detail of one by John Henry.
Linda Vitamas's installation for Inside/Outside is still holding up and is also made interesting with an encrusting of snow.
"Under Construction" was the collaboration that Phil Krejcarek and I did for Inside/Outside. Three of the sites where we erected construction fences and sculptural ladders remain for now. The weather is taking its toll on the fences, as expected. For more pictures of our collaboration, go to my flickr page.
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