April 1 - October 31, 2008

Star 104.3
2008 Community Partner

 Ralph Berger | Barron Brown | Grace Cathey | Stephen J. Chilingirian | Jim Gallucci |Ila R. Seltzer | Julia Stout | Martin Webster |
 Reuben Andrew Williams | Robert Winkler |

Just as the kaleidoscope - a favorite childhood toy - offers a changeable scene when looking through the mirrored tube, outdoor sculpture can change the view of a landscape by its presence.  

Art may express change and at the same time offer tradition, familiarity through the use of elemental materials, and expressions of stability.  As our mountain environment changes climatically, socially and physically, so too must individuals adapt to change.

All sculptures are available for purchase through our shops Connections Gallery or The Garden Trellis. Full color brochures are also availalble.

2007/2008, Steel, 22” x 8” (each)
$800 (each)
Education Center Entrance

“My sculptures are a study of the relationship between positive and negative space, giving equal significance to both.”

2007, Steel, 5’4” x 2’3” x 1”
$750
Education Center Entrance

“Lizards are our counselors telling us about the state of our environment with their health.”

2008, Granite Gneiss, Bronze, Steel, Stainless Steel, Dimensions vary
$6,500
Education Center South Lawn

“The eight panels will push and pull the representational feeling of the butterfly life-cycle.”

2008, COR-TEN® Steel, Chrome, Wood, 8’2” x 9’8” x 6”
$8,500
Lower Entrance Bonsai Exhibition Garden

“Mysteries call out to be solved; this sculpture is based on one of the greatest mathematical mysteries ever discovered.”

2006, Powder Coated Steel, 7’½” x 3’6” x 3’6”
$17,000
Education Center Entrance Plaza Overlook

“The fan like shape brings a definition to a garden space: it creates and architectural back-drop to a bed or garden, it celebrates the plant forms as they climb reaching for the sun.”

2007, Steel, 7’6” x 14’ x 3”
$1,200
Stream Garden

“A gate may be opened or closed: a way of passage or obstruction; a means of confinement or release.”

2008, Galvanized Steel, 9’ x 12’ x 2’
$12,000
Holly Garden

2008, Powder Coated Steel, 3’ x 8’ x 5’
$8,000
Baker Exhibit Center Garden Level

2007, Stainless Steel, Copper, 7’2” x 3’ x 3’8”
$20,000
Heritage Garden

*This project is supported by a Regional Artist Project Grant from the Asheville Area Arts Council, the Madison County Arts Council, the Toe River Arts Council and the North Carolina Arts Council.

“Rhythms of nature repeat themselves through the circles of time. Spiritual sages, Native American spirits, animals and birds from the forests echo their cries, trees old and new call out stories of our history and flowers and herbs blooming in our gardens all open my heart to create art. My work is the harmony from each of these treasures and the preciousness of being present to the co-dependency of all things on this earth.”

2005/2008, Painted Welded Steel, 60”, 50”, 40”, 30”, 20” x 5”
$7,100
Education Center Knoll

“Magniflower blends the forms of an oversized stylized magnifying glass (without the glass!) and a stylized flower, positioned to frame a view of The North Carolina Arboretum’s landscape. Magniflower asks us: What has changed in the garden since last we stood on this spot?”

2008, Ferrocement, Steel Armature, (1) 3’7” x 1’9” x 8”, (2) 4’8” x 2’5” x 1’
(1) $1,400, (2) $2,100
Education Center Entrance Plaza

“This piece is intended as an exploration of the world around us. Its form evokes avian, arboreal, and even skeletal characteristics.”

2008, Mild Steel, 8’ x 7’ x 4’
$8,500
Frederick Law Olmsted Way near Gatehouse

“Two By is part of an ongoing series that explores movement, form and volume. While the basic form appears deceptively simple, as the viewer walks around the sculpture the interaction of form, highlights and shadows continuously evolve, creating different ways to experience the piece.”

2006, Cedar, Steel, 5’9” x 11’1” x 7’7”
$9,000
Stream Garden Entrance