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Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park invites media to utilize our website as a resource for information about the Gardens. Press releases about new programs, events and exhibitions are regularly posted on a year round basis. Please contact us directly for up-to-the minute information, to schedule interviews, and to receive photography.
Media Contacts:
Amy Sawade - Public Relations Specialist ()Press Releases:
December 1, 2008 - Meijer Gardens Announces Exhibition by Jonathan Borofsky
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park will host an upcoming exhibition by celebrated American sculptor Jonathan Borofsky. Among the most significant figurative artists of his generation, he is widely admired for his public commissions across the globe.
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September 11, 2008 - Meijer Gardens Presents Over 40 Holiday Traditions
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is proud to host the 14th annual Christmas and Holiday Traditions Around the World exhibition taking place November 19, 2008 - January 4, 2009. The exhibition highlights over 40 international holiday trees...
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September 3, 2008 - Meijer Gardens Celebrates 3rd Annual ColorFall Exhibition
Meijer Gardens is pleased to present the ColorFall exhibition, an annual celebration devoted to the season of colorful changes. In its third year, ColorFall festivities will beginning two weeks earlier than previous years, taking place September 13...
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July 24, 2008— Meijer Gardens Announces Largest Exhibition by Jaume Plensa
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is honored to welcome Spanish artist, Jaume Plensa, for his largest exhibition in the United States to date. Best known in America as the creator of Chicago’s iconic "Crown Fountain" in Millennium Park ...
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July 24, 2008 - Meijer Gardens Hosts International Sculpture Conference
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park will host the 2008 bi-annual conference of the International Sculpture Center, October 2-4, 2008. Titled "Sculpture in Public: Part 2, Public Art," the three-day event brings together...
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May 30, 2008 - Degas in Bronze: The Complete Sculptures
Degas in Bronze: The Complete Sculptures presents a rare opportunity to view the complete set of 73 sculptures in total - one of only four complete sets in the world.
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June - August, 2008 - Summer Concer Series
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a leading Midwest cultural destination, today announced the lineup for its 2008 Summer Concert Series at the Meijer Gardens Amphitheater that includes acclaimed artists such as Sara Evans
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April 10, 2008 - Monet: The Gardener, an Exhibition of New Sorts
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, the most significant sculpture and botanic experience in the Midwest and an emerging cultural destination on the national scene, is pleased to present a groundbreaking horticultural exhibition Monet: The Gardener.
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January 21, 2008 - Meijer Gardens Chosen as Site for Major Arts Conference
The International Sculpture Center (ISC), which began hosting sculpture conferences over 45 years ago, has announced their 2008 ISC bi-annual conference, Sculpture in Public: Part 2, Public Art, which will be held October 2-4, at Frederik Meijer Gardens &
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January 15, 2008 - Nation's Largest Tropical Butterfly Exhibition
March 1, 2008 - April 30, 2008 --Foremost's Butterflies are Blooming is the nation's largest temporary tropical butterfly exhibition with more than 6,000 butterflies fluttering freely in Michigan's largest tropical conservatory.
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December 15, 2007 - Premier Art of Africa Exhibition
January 25, 2007 - May 4, 2008 -- Art of Africa is an exhibition highlighting more than 80 objects from multiple cultures across Africa. This is the only Michigan venue for this important exhibition.
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November 1, 2007 - Christmas and Holiday Traditions Around the World
November 20, 2007 - January 7, 2008--Christmas and Holiday Traditions Around the World is an amazing annual exhibition highlighting 41 different cultures and customs from across the globe.
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