To schedule a tour for your school, civic group, or organization call 651-257-6668
or e-mail tours@franconia.org. Donations encouraged!
Click Here to schedule a tour for your School or organized group
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Come and visit with resident artists. Ask the artists, “What are you making?”
Donations encouraged and welcomed!
Click here to view the current sculptures on display |
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Meet at the information booth. Donations encouraged and welcomed!
Tours are led by resident artists.
Click here to view the current sculptures on display |
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Art-A-Whirl Opening Weekend: May 18th - May 20th
New exhibit opening! “Inside Outside”
The gallery exhibit will include sculpture, painting, and photography by well-known local artists: Jim Denomie, Aaron Dysart, Jil Evans, Alexa Horochowski, Chris Larson, Wayne Potratz, Xavier Tavera
The outside sculpture park exhibit will include work by: Bridget Beck, James Brenner, Aaron Dysart, Andrew MacGuffie, Peter Martín Morales, Peyton, Tamsie Ringler, and Amy Toscani.
Activities during Art-a-Whirl include:
Friday: Art-a-Whirl opening night reception, food, drink, people-powered spin art
Saturday: Face-painting and spin art, food and drink
Sunday: ArtOrg making steamroller prints, spin art, food and drink
Food, beer and wine courtesy of The Waffle Van and Taco Taxi.
Art-a-Whirl organized by NEMAA
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All people are warmly invited to a series of lively evenings for a free dialogue and an interchange of ideas between artists and everyone interested in art of three dimensions. Franconia Sculpture Park artists and alumni converge at the park twice a month, from June through October, for Three Dimensional Thursday Symposiums. The evenings’ events will include dinner with Franconia resident artists ($10 donation for dinner), examples of alumni and/or resident artists’ current artwork and a freewheeling discussion between artists, critics, philosophers, poets, and you!.
Please RSVP or for more information, please call 651-257-6668 or e-mail info@franconia.org. |
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Come one come all to Franconia to celebrate the longest day of the year! Enjoy dinner with Franconia resident artists ($10 donation for dinner). At sunset, there might be a dance with the disco ball rearing its infamous self.
For more information please & to RSVP, please call 651-257-6668 or e-mail info@franconia.org. |
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Placing Poetry: A Poetry Studio Sculpture
Franconia Sculpture Park celebrates Bridget Beck’s new large-scale sculpture with poetry workshops, readings by noted local and national poets, and performances by Cromulent Shakespeare Company and Thea Ennen.
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Franconia’s second annual 3-D Music series invites musical artists to
the Franconia Sculpture Park to perform bi-monthly on Saturdays from
July until October. The musicians perform in the Franconia Earthen
Amphitheater, which was completed in July of 2009. The 3-D Concert
series exposes our community to a wide range of musical artists over
the course of four months, while featuring tours and the continuous
exhibition of world-class sculpture on view at Franconia. Event
organizer Woody McBride has coordinated the diverse mix of musical
artists for the 8 performances that comprise the 3-D Concert series.
This music series encompasses a wide range of musical genres to create
a diverse family friendly art and music cultural event for our entire
community. The 3-D Concert series significantly expands the park’s
existing cultural event programming with a summer-long series of musical
performances.
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Click here to view concert poster.
This activity is funded, in part, by a grant from the East Central
Regional Arts Council with funds provided by the Minnesota Arts and
Cultural Heritage Fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State
Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on
November 4, 2008.
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Reservations required, with a non-refundable, pre-paid fee of $25 per student per class.
Limit 30 students per class. All are on Saturday. We start taking reservations June 1. Call 651-257-6668 or e-mail kidsmakesculpture@franconia.org.
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Come and be part of art history and the direct casting of metal sculptures. Cast metal artists from around the world converge on FSP for a two-week workshop at the end of July. On August 4th, we invite the public to be part of out cast metal artist workshop and create (or collaborate on) your own small sculptures. A nominal fee is charged to cover expenses. Molds are $25, $40, and $75. For more information: click here or email info@franconia.org. As our tradition upholds, Savage Aural Hotbed performs at 12:30 , 2:30, and 4:00pm .
There are a limited number of educational grants to cover the expense if you cannot afford the fee.
There will be two community scratch mold workshops on Saturday July 29th 1-4pm and Thursday August
2nd 5-9pm.
This activity is funded, in part, by a grant from the East Central
Regional Arts Council with funds provided by the Minnesota Arts and
Cultural Heritage Fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State
Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on
November 4, 2008.
   
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Day-long arts festival celebrating the artists and new sculpture installations. Parking is $5 per vehicle.
For more information please call 651-257-6668 or e-mail info@franconia.org. Thank you!
This activity is made possible, in part, by the St. Croix Valley Foundation through a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and all of our patrons. Thank you!
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Please join us for this Franconia tradition, as we toast a
beautiful year in honor of all our friends and supporters.
Please bring a pie or a bottle of wine. We’ll supply a
bonfire, coffee, cider, and some of John’s world-famous
turkey soup.
Please RSVP by calling 651-257-6668
or e-mail info@franconia.org Hope to see you here—and thank you, once again, for your support!
Bring family and friends.
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Click here to view complete 2010 Events Calendar.
Click here to view complete 2011 Events Calendar.
Click here to view complete 2012 Events Calendar. |
The grounds
of Franconia Sculpture Park are flat with mowed pathways. All
trails are passable by electrically powered chairs. A two-person,
electrically powered golf cart is available on request. Some trails
are strenuous for manual chairs.
Franconia Sculpture
Park offers upon request, assistance from an electric powered cart
to accommodate fair and equal accessibility of people with disabilities.
Public parking
and rest rooms are fully accessible. Anyone needing additional assistance
can call ahead and arrangements will be made.
For a complete list of our Supporters, please click here.
For a complete list of our Individual Patrons, please click here.
For a complete list of In Kind Support, please click here.
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Franconia Sculpture Park is a
501(c)3 organization. Your donation is
tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
 "Baseline" - William Ransom
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 "Playstation" - Bridget Beck
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 Ben Godward, 2010 Jerome Fellowship Artist
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 "Square Duck" - Eunjung Hwang
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 Kids Make Sculpture Workshop
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 Lauren Frances Moore, 2010 Intern Artist
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 "Quaker Gun" - Paul Linden
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