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Museum Day: Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park
Grand Rapids, MI
Saturday, April 5, 2008
10:00am - 6:00pm
Admission Fee (includes transportation and admission. Remember to bring your lunch or some spending money for lunch at the café):
$10.00 (for Undergraduate students)
$15.00 (for Graduate Students and Faculty and Staff)

Come join us on our trip to the Frederik Meijer Gardens! This expansive park of over 100 acres features nature trails, large scale sculptures (both permanent and visiting) and much more. On this trip you will be able to explore many artists' work in a beautiful outdoor setting. You will have an afternoon to yourself to explore the Gardens, the Sculpture Park, and a magnificent seasonal butterfly house.

If you would like to eat lunch during the trip, there is a café onsite with many options. You may also bring your own lunch to eat on the bus or in a designated area of the Gardens.

Featuring: George Rickey Kinetic Sculptures

Inspired by Alexander Calder's mobiles and David Smith’s cubic sculptures, George Rickey (1907 – 2002) combined his love of engineering and mechanics to introduce the notion of kinetic sculpture to America in the mid-twentieth century. Kinetic sculpture, or sculpture that moves, is unique in that it's constantly changing. Air currents, water and light all work to make kinetic sculpture form endless compositions.

Also featuring: Art of Africa: Objects from the Collection of Warren M. Robbins

Art of Africa is the first major museum presentation of its kind in West Michigan - containing more than 80 objects representing the rituals and religious ceremonies of approximately 30 cultures of sub-Saharan Africa. Religious beliefs and cultural ideals find artistic expression not only in masks and figures created primarily for ceremonial purposes, but also in the utilitarian objects of daily life.

And: Colossal Calder Sculpture

Alexander Calder's "Two Discs" reaches over 25 feet tall. The colossal sculpture stands on five angled legs which curve gracefully upward. It is composed of several tons of black painted steel and bolts, the two highest angles continue pointing skyward. As disks on vertical elements were a common motif in Calder's art, the two circular elements add variety to the piece, but also its name.

For more info: Frederik Meijer Gardens