Owensboro Museum of Fine Art expands and enhances the cultural environment of the region through a permanent collection of American, European and Asian fine and decorative arts dating from the 15th century to the present. Major traveling exhibitions; visual and performing arts; interpretive events and educational programs for children and adults occur throughout the year.
Holiday Forest:
Christmas in Northwest Kentucky
Running concurrently with REGIONAL TREASURES is the 32nd Annual Holiday Forest, Christmas in Northwest Kentucky, an exhibition of fifteen trees crafted by organizations throughout the eleven county region. These trees and special decorations interpret the theme of REGIONAL TREASURES. The exhibition also features a schedule of interpretive events called “County Days” showcasing special cultural assets of each.
A CELEBRATION OF PUBLIC ART
A CELEBRATION OF PUBLIC ART officially opens the museum’s two new sculpture parks featuring two monumental works of art.
Featured are Ryan Sculpture Park, a new community green space adjacent to the museum at 10th and Frederica Streets and the Contemporary Art Park across the street from the museum at 9th and Frederica Street.
Ryan Sculpture Park showcases the first buffalo sculpture in Owensboro’s Bronze Buffalo Trace, INTO THE WIND, a one and one-third life size bronze bison by Texas artist T. D. Kelsey.
Kelsey has an international reputation as a wildlife sculptor and is featured in the collection of many major museums, including the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Wyoming; National Museum of Wildlife, Wyoming; C. M. Russell Museum, Montana and was recently the subject of a one-person exhibition at the Thomas Gilcrease Museum, Oklahoma. He is a member of the National Sculpture Society and the Cowboy Artists of America.
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LITTLE MO
monumental polychromed steel sculpture, 2006
Peter Reginato (b. 1945)
New York
Collection of Owensboro Museum of Fine Art
A Gift of the Alton and Margaret Puckett Private Foundation |
The Contemporary Art Park will be the permanent site for a monumental painted steel construction, LITTLE MO, by New York artist Peter Reginato. It is the sixth monumental outdoor sculpture purchased from the Owensboro Public Art Commission’s national competition, the Riverbend Sculpture Biennial.
Reginato’s signature polychromed metal assemblages are featured in numerous sculpture gardens across the nation and in public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Texas; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina; Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida; Hirschorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and Corcoran Gallery of Art, both Washington D.C.; Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts and Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. |
