Nature Connects Lego Bricks Sculptures in the Garden

From Reiman Gardens:

What do Reiman Gardens and 400 million people have in common? We all love and have played with LEGO® bricks! Starting Saturday, April 14^th through Sunday, October 28^th, Reiman Gardens will be the first public garden in the country to display sculptures made from LEGO® bricks. There will be 27 sculptures making up 14 displays created from nearly 500,000 LEGO® bricks!

As part of our 2012 Some Assembly Required theme, the show is titled, “Nature Connects”, and the sculptures are inspired by gardens and nature. They range in size from 6 inches to nearly 8 feet, with the largest sculpture, a mother bison, made from 45,143 bricks. The sculptor, Sean Kenney, is based out of New York, and is one of only 11 LEGO® Certified Builders in the world given permission by LEGO® to build on their behalf.

At 12:00 p.m. on Friday, Sean will give a talk in the in the Lyle E. Lightfoot Forum at the College of Design at Iowa State University, entitled “A Conversation with LEGO® Artist, Sean Kenney”. He will discuss his career path, about the dynamics of his work, and how he thinks as he builds. This lecture is free and open to anyone.

Sean Kenney will also be at Reiman Gardens for guests to meet him on Saturday and Sunday, April 14^th and 15^th. From 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 14^th the artist will be available to answer questions, take photos, and sign autographs with the public. Then from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday there will be a book signing where you can purchase one of Sean’s books in the Gift Shop and have him sign it for you. On Sunday, April 15^th Sean Kenney will be available from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to answer questions, take photos, and sign autographs.

On Saturday and Sunday, there will be a continuous build station at the end of the Exhibit Hallway where guests can have fun and experiment with making creations out of LEGO® bricks. Visitors can “play and let it stay.”