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"Patrick Dougherty"
Frederick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park
NEW DATE! Saturday, April 14, 2007
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Admission Fee:
$7.00 (for Undergraduate students and Group Leaders*)
$10.00 (for Graduate Students and Faculty and Staff)
*Group leaders must be U-M faculty, staff, or GSIs

HOW DO I BOOK A GROUP OF 10 OR MORE?

Deadline to register for this event is: Friday, March 23.

Features the work of world-renowned artist, Patrick Dougherty, who created an installation entitled "Bottleneck" on the University of Michigan campus in 1998 as part of the environmental theme semester co-sponsored by Arts at Michigan.

Patrick Dougherty

Although his forté is outdoor projects, every once in a while he has branched out and taken on the challenge of interior spaces. This time it will be the Gardens' James & Shirley Balk Gallery, where Dougherty will create a large, site-specific work in the 2500-square-foot gallery space.

Dougherty's temporary constructions have enthralled diverse audiences across North America and, most recently, Europe. We are sure he'll enthrall you this winter with a unique masterwork, which will exist only for the duration of the exhibition.

NOTE: There will be a special viewing of a documentary of the work of Patrick Dougherty shown on the bus trip to Grand Rapids.

Also featuring the special exhibit "Foremost's Butterflies are Blooming"
"Foremost's Butterflies Are Blooming" is Meijer Gardens most popular annual exhibit and the largest temporary tropical butterfly exhibit in the nation. Visitors can escape the Michigan winter and mingle with hundreds of butterflies flying free in the 15,000 square foot Lena Meijer Conservatory.

The exhibit boasts more than 40 different species from the Far East and Central America. Each week, hundreds of chrysalises arrive at the Gardens and are painstakingly sorted, inspected, labeled, and pinned in our sealed Butterfly Bungalow. The chrysalises are then placed in a special emergence area of the Bungalow where visitors can witness through a window their magical transformation into butterflies!

Once ready to be released into the Conservatory, the butterflies are placed on the Butterfly Rest Stop where they acclimate to the environment and gain strength before taking to the air. It's a wonderful place for photos and just one of the opportunities for visitors to observe the butterflies up-close and personal. Throughout the tropical environment, butterflies can be viewed drinking nectar from the flowering plants and feeding stations, lighting on the odd nose or shoulder, and congregating along the stream beds, as well as in flight all around.

For more information on the artist: www.stickwork.net
For more information on the venue: www.meijergardens.org