A new permanent art installation, titled ‘Picnic,’ has been unveiled in Big Bull Creek Park, featuring a 15-foot-long depiction of a Loggerhead Shrike and a 16-foot-tall steel Eastern Meadowlark, among other giant prairie wildlife sculptures.
Restoring the Prairie
The installation is part of the Johnson County Park and Recreation District’s (JCPRD) Public Art Program and is located at 20425 Sunflower Road, Edgerton. The artwork aims to draw attention to the details of the smallest creatures that make the park and the tallgrass prairie their home.
According to Executive Director Jeff Stewart, the park is a fitting home for the artwork because it represents years of vision, land preservation, and restoration. The prairie restoration efforts being made at Big Bull Creek were one reason the artists, Don Kennell and Lisa Adler, were interested in this project.
The new artwork is part of JCPRD’s new Passport to Public Art program, a free program that invites and incentivizes park patrons to explore the district’s public art at their own pace. The program was launched with the help of a $48,500 grant from the Kansas Tourism Attraction Development Grant program.
Original reporting: Johnson County Post (Overland Park) — read the source article.
