{"id":1230,"date":"2018-04-25T16:27:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T20:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/art-museum\/?p=1230"},"modified":"2018-05-02T16:18:48","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T20:18:48","slug":"enjoying-isday-at-the-sculpture-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/art-museum\/2018\/04\/enjoying-isday-at-the-sculpture-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Enjoying #ISDay at the Sculpture Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1239\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/art-museum\/files\/2018\/04\/sculpt-park-star-crossed.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1239\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/art-museum\/files\/2018\/04\/sculpt-park-star-crossed-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/art-museum\/files\/2018\/04\/sculpt-park-star-crossed-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/art-museum\/files\/2018\/04\/sculpt-park-star-crossed.png 745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Star-Crossed by Nancy Holt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Miami University Art Museum displays nine sculptures on its grounds. The collection of public sculpture was influenced by many of the movements in art that characterized the 20th century. The sculptures display examples of geometry, materials, and expressionism. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1241\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1241\" style=\"width: 178px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/art-museum\/files\/2018\/04\/sculpt-park-tribe-named-miami.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1241\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/art-museum\/files\/2018\/04\/sculpt-park-tribe-named-miami-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/art-museum\/files\/2018\/04\/sculpt-park-tribe-named-miami-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/art-museum\/files\/2018\/04\/sculpt-park-tribe-named-miami.png 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Tribe Named Miami, A Surveyors Stake, A Town Named Oxford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Sculpture Park at the Miami University Art Museum is a work in progress. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Star-Crossed<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Nancy Holt was the first sculpture to be installed, in 1979. Since its installation eight additional sculptures have been added, the most recent being <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Tribe Named Miami, A Surveyors Stake, A Town Named Oxford<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. L<\/span>andscape architect Elizabeth Weisner Robecheck developed a site plan for future sculpture. Included in the plan was the \u201cSeats of Awareness&#8221; project. This project specified benches and seating designed by artists. Artists from Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky were invited to participate in a juried competition. The most recent addition to the Sculpture Park,\u00a0<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Tribe Named Miami, A Surveyors Stake, A Town Named Oxford<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in 2008, was a part of Miami\u2019s bicentennial. It memorializes the Native American presence in what would become Southwest Ohio as well as the establishment of Miami University.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Miami University Art Museum and Sculpture Park invites you to enjoy some contemplative time amongst the sculptures on the Museum\u2019s grounds when International Sculpture Day is celebrated on April 28.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Share photos of the Sculpture Park on April 28 using the hashtag, #ISDay.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Miami University Art museum and Sculpture Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UE0gwDdBKP0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Miami University Art Museum displays nine sculptures on its grounds. 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