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City of Edina • 4801 W. 50th St. • Edina, MN 55424
Contact: Krystal Caron, Communications Coordinator
Phone 952-826-0347 • kcaron@EdinaMN.gov • www.EdinaMN.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Edina Public Art Exhibit Now Open
Edina, Minn., July 30, 2015 – The City of Edina’s Arts & Culture Commission encourages the public to view
several outdoor sculpture exhibits displayed throughout the community and vote for their favorite sculpture in
the “People’s Choice Awards.”
The public art will be on display until May 2016. Public Art Edina, a working group of the Arts & Culture
Commission, encourages community members to visit each display and vote on their favorite sculpture. Twenty
public art displays can be found at 50th & France, Grandview Square Park and the Edina Promenade.
“It really is fun and it adds so much to the quality of life in Edina. It promotes Edina as a top-quality city in the
state,” explained Public Art Working Group Chair Barbara La Valleur. “I love doing it and I love working with
the artists.”
This year, the group has selected 10 new sculptures for display. They include:
La Casa Del Carbonero, by Alfonso Sierralta
Screw Tail Bass, by Andrew Arend
Letting Go, by Judd Nelson
High and Dry, by Kyle Fokken
Gravitation II, by Steve Elliot
3d6+4, by Craig Snyder
Xuberant! II, by Craig Snyder
Moose, by Jim Dehne
Horns, by Timothy Cassidy
The Gang’s All Here, by Judd Nelson
The public can participate by voting in the People’s Choice Awards. From now through Sept. 30, the public can
vote for their favorite sculpture. The first place award winner will receive $1,000, the second place award
winner will receive $750 and the third place finisher will receive $500. The People’s Choice winners will be
invited to exhibit their sculptures for an additional year for which they will receive honorariums of $500. Votes
are being collected through the Edina mobile app, Edina To Go; or in person at the Edina Senior Center,
Centennial Lakes Park, Edinborough Park or the Edina Art Center. Only one vote per voter will be counted.
All sculptures will be actively marketed for purchase by Public Art Edina to individuals and local businesses. For
more information about Public Art in Edina or for information about purchasing a sculpture, contact Michael
Frey at 952-903-5729 or mfrey@EdinaMN.gov.
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City of Edina • 4801 W. 50th St. • Edina, MN 55424