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Featured This Week May 12-18, 2008

Cedarhurst Sculpture Park

In 1992, a newly formed sculpture committee developed a plan for the establishment of a sculpture park amid 90 acres of meadows and woods. Cedarhurst Sculpture Park, the museum's open-air gallery, was developed so that visitors may experience art in a natural setting. Beginning with support from Midwest sculptors, the park now includes work by nationally and internationally known artists, such as Fletcher Benton, Chakaia Booker, Alexander Liberman and Dennis Oppenheim.

The park received national attention from Alfio Bonanno's site-specific installation Self-Suspended/Fallen, which was featured on the cover of Sculpture magazine. The sculpture park was acclaimed for its unique loan program and dynamic growth in Sculpture Parks and Gardens of America (Kesend Publishing, 1996). Dancers, the floating sculpture by Martha Enzmann, was featured on the cover of that book.

Recent additions to Cedarhurst Sculpture Park's permanent collection include Emergence by Tova Beck-Friedman, Folded Square Alphabet U by Fletcher Benton and Dolmen by Pat McDonald. Among the works brought to the park on loan in the last few years are Venus Verde by Kathleen Holmes, Serendipity by Chakaia Booker and the Apple of Eve's Eye by Howard Kalish.

Cedarhurst offers a self-guided audio tour of the sculpture park called the Digital Docent.

This Week at Cedarhurst

May 12
Cedarhurst School of Performing Arts presents Where the Sidewalk Ends.

May 13
Totally Tubular Tuesdays

May 17 - July 27
Drawing into Sculpture: Works on Paper Relating to Cedarhurst Sculpture Park

May 17 - July 27
Carol Wilkinson: Drawings

May 17 - July 27
Walter Johnson: Watercolor Landscapes

Hours:
Tuesday-Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Richview Road, Mt. Vernon
(618) 242-1236
www.cedarhurst.org

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This Week In Mt. Vernon

May 1-31
Annual Iris Walk, 2 miles west of Wayne City on IL Highway 15. Hours are Monday - Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Closed on Sundays and for rain. For more information call (618) 895-2022.

May 15
Downtown After 5 Tour, Downtown Mt. Vernon, 5:00 - 9:00 p.m. Tour of historic buildings and reception. Admission is $10 in advance and $15 at the door. For more information call Cyndy Mitchell at (618) 242-6866. $

May 16
St. Mary's Good Samaritan Golf Par-Tee Invitational at Green Hills Golf Club. Shotgun start at 10:30 a.m. For more information call (618) 241-2217. $

May 17
NAACP Pancake Breakfast at 8:00 a.m. Place TBD. For more information call (618) 244-7192.

May 17
Composting Class at Renee's Hidden Gardens, 206 Tenth Street, Bluford, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. This class will teach you how to make your own organic rich compost with materials from home. Refreshments provided. For more information, or to sign up in advance call (618) 732-0084.

May 17-18
Jefferson County Historical Village, 1411 North 27th Street, open Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and Sunday 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Authentic log cabins and museum. Free admission. For more information call (618) 246-0033.

Made in Mt. Vernon

Shop Made in Mt. Vernon for unique gifts made by local artists. Shown above is hand made jewelry by Meredith Tilley. Earrings starting at just $12!

Stop by and check out the rest of the collection at 200 Potomac Blvd. inside the visitors center.

Mt. Vernon Convention & Visitors Bureau
200 Potomac Blvd. Open M-F, 8-5 & Sat. 12-5
618-242-3151 www.mtvernon.com tourism@mvn.net

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