HERITAGE MUSEUMS AND GARDENS, Whimsical Garden Gates Exhibit, May 19-Sept 30, 2012

              "Whimsical Garden Gates," is an outdoor exhibition of a powerful symbol of American culture and a significant garden design element – the garden gate.

Regional artists, including Angela Rose and Lauren Miklavic, were invited to create a fanciful but working garden gate to be exhibited at Heritage opening in mid-May. 

These original works of art are featured throughout the grounds and are available for purchase."

                    Welcome to Our World  10' x 2' x 6'

        
Welcome to our World, 

a gate that is, itself, a mini garden

   Designed by artist Angela Rose and 

garden designer Lauren Miklavic

 

Fabricated by Aureleo Rosano, the gate is composed of silver painted steel and anchored by twin stock tanks filled with evergreen shrubs, and violet and white plantings.  Metal tubular sculptures adorn the floral composition and tie in visually with the gate detail.  Angela and Lauren transported this gate by van all the way from Angela's studio in 
Tucson, Arizona, 

on a roadtrip that included stops in  

Santa Fe, NM, Cheyenne, WY, Chicago, IL, and Easton, PA

The gate greets you on the path leading to the exhibition hall where works by Norman Rockwell are on display throughout the summer.

 To inquire about purchasing this gate,

please contact Jan Crocker,

Exhibits Manager, 508-888-3300 x102.  

20% of the purchase price is 100% tax deductible 
and supports
  Heritage Museums and Gardens.

Appearances 2012 - Outdoor Installation Provincetown, MA.

"Appearances" is a "Green Arts Festival", bringing awareness to the majesty and fragility of our environment through art.  Sculptors from around the globe were invited to install works in the landscape along the trail at Shank Painter's Pond and Chapp's Pond, located on the east and west side, respectively, of Route 6, in Provincetown, Massachusetts.   Have a stroll and a look at this and other works in the landscape until June 3rd, 2012.

 

     This installation by Angela Rose aims to encourage the pedestrian to amble off the trail and explore the water's edge.  The sculpture's silvery color blends in with the winter remains of plants just about to turn green again for the summer season.  As the plant leafs out, the metal sculptures will become more visible.

          Angela considers available sites at Clapp's Pond with

     Dorothy Palanza, founder and co-chair of Appearances

                         

.                                              The chosen site located along the bank of Chapp's Pond.

 The installation begins as Lauren places the metal 
tubing and reclaimed aluminum cable sculptures 
directly into the soil within the Summer Sweet, a plant of similar shape and color...

                     Angela arranges from the water view, in case
             the viewer arrives by boat:
                       "Move it a little this way, please."

                  Tall enough to catch the shine of the sun and
           eye of the viewer in hopes of enticing them off the
           much traveled path and...
                                                               

                                                                             (AFTER, right side of bank)
                            ...down to the water's edge...

                                             (AFTER: left side of bank)
     If you stand at the edge of the pond and look to the
    left...you'll see the three sculptures (above) anchored in
    the water...(can you tell where the sculptures stop and
    the  reflection begins?)

     At sunset the metal sculpture blends in further, but is still 
     detected among the Summer Sweet.

                                                      Angela surveys the day's work.

Scenes from the Boston Flower Show March 2012

                                                         Water gardens with water wands...

                                                            metal sculpture in the flower bed

"Water Wands" by artist Angela Rose.  Fanciful flower sculptures, fashioned from metal tubing and reclaimed aluminum electrical cable, sparkle in steel containers with water plants.  One of the WOW Factors in "Up On The Roof" by Garden Design School, the show garden that won five awards on opening night at the Boston Flower Show March 2012 at the World Trade Center.


Water Wands and other metal tubing flower sculptures available for sale and custom order.  Please request price list by emailing Angela@AngelaRose.org

Photos from Open Studio Garden Show, Brewster, MA

OPEN STUDIO & GARDEN SHOW

Saturday, September 17th looks like it'll be a stunning day for strolling among gardens interspersed with metal sculptures at Lauren's and my 

                                           OPEN STUDIO AND GARDEN SHOW
                                           September 17th,   3-7pm
                                           8 Clipper Way
                                           Brewster on the Cape
                                           Public Invited 

Antique farm containers from Vermont combined with metal sculptures transform container gardening into mini garden artscapes.  Great as focal point to a patio party.

Two gardens will be on display at 8 Clipper Way and 12 Clipper Way (next door to each other.)

Join us for a drink and a garden art stroll before your Saturday night activities!   See you then!

Garden Delight



Two of A Kind

What I have found in the gardens of Cape Cod is a vibrant array of colors that offer a stunning backdrop in which to "plant" my loopy metal flower bursts


...constructed of reclaimed aluminum cable and conduit, the sculptures are placed amongst the plants and flowers...


...it's my way of enticing you to come outside and play!




...

Strolling



Emerge



Dancing with Daisies, (detail)

Interconnection with nature

"My aim is to offer a way of re-imagining ourselves within nature, as part of nature, rather than separate from it, that's why I position the sculptures in amongst the plants and flowers, rather than on a pedestal."