Opening This Sunday: ORIGAMI IN THE GARDEN at Mounts Botanical Garden in WPB

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Jan. 2, 2024 - PRLog -- (West Palm Beach, FL – January 2, 2024) Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden is proud to announce the Grand Opening this Sunday of the next major exhibition in Palm Beach County's oldest and largest botanical garden, a beautiful 20-acre oasis located just minutes from downtown West Palm Beach.

ORIGAMI IN THE GARDEN

January 7 through May 12, 2024

Created by Santa Fe artists Jennifer and Kevin Box, 20 larger-than-life sculptures inspired by the ancient Japanese art of origami will emerge skyward throughout Mounts—each one a stunning merger of art and nature enhancing and celebrating the verdant environment.

From traditional soaring cranes and gliding planes, to galloping ponies, emerging butterflies, and even a boat, Kevin Box takes origami to another level, transforming traditional Japanese topics into museum-quality metal sculptures. ORIGAMI IN THE GARDEN features not only his compositions, but also moving collaborations with world-renowned origami artists Robert J. Lang, Te Jui Fu, Beth Johnson, and Michael G. LaFosse.

Special Grand Opening Activities on January 7

++ Ronin Taiko Japanese Drum Troupe – performances at 11 am and 1 pm

++ Origami Paper Folding, including flowers, carrots, dogs, tigers, and hearts

++ Cherry Blossom Painting

++ Origami Coloring Book

++ An on-going Collaborative Community Art Project. Visitors will have the opportunity to fold origami hearts and write a wish for themselves, the community, the Garden, or the world. All of the origami wishes will be hung from branches, creating a piece of community art in the Mounts Pavilion.

++ Food Trucks from Kona Ice and Twisted Smoke BBQ.

"Among the thoughtful and inspirational titles of the origami creations at Mounts Botanical Garden are Star Unfolding, Rising Cranes, Pegasus Unfolded, White Bison, Painted Ponies, Emerging Peace, Flying Folds, and more. One highlight of the exhibit is certain to be Master Peace, the 25-foot sculpture representing 1,000 stainless steel origami peace cranes," adds Stoller.

"The natural and yet scientific setting of a botanical garden makes it the ideal environment for an exhibit that combines art, science, and nature to entertain, educate, and inspire the senses of visitors enjoying both the art and the outdoor setting," explains artist Kevin Box. "Botanical Gardens are the most beautiful living, outdoor museums in the world. There is no better place for the exhibition of a sculptural art form like origami, which actually originates from paper and the plants that form it."

Available for Interview:

Misty Stoller, Interim Co-Director

Mounts Botanical Garden

954.292.8169 / mstoller@pbcgov.org

Media Contact:

Gary Schweikhart

PR-BS, Inc.

561.756.4298 / gary@pr-bs.net