Well, finally here it is. The last piece was installed a couple of weeks ago, Michelle O'Michael's "Moon River" , so I was able to finish the video of the complete installation. Because the video has each artist's name and title of their piece, I'm not typing in all eighteen pieces, like I did for the 2007/08 exhibition's video. Maybe just a few highlights from the show, and hopefully, no one will feel slighted. The heaviest and tallest piece in this year's exhibition is by Dixie Jewett's piece "Salute to the Sun", weighing in at 3,000 lbs. and standing a proud 11.6'. Dominic Benhura's piece "Ostrich" came from Zimbabwe and was carved from a solid piece of stone. Dominic has a sculpture in Nelson Mendela's Foundation Center. Todi Kurtzman's "Monument in Right Feet Major" was cast in Thailand and shipped to America and then trucked to Palm Desert. LT Musardseed's "Dragonfly" is a smaller version of a 30' piece that was exhibited in the Coachella Music Festival, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History and LA Arts Festival. People are seen almost daily having their picture taken by the two pieces on El Paseo. Boaz Vaadia's "BA'al & Yizhaq" looks like chipped slate, but actually is cast bronze with a rare silver patina on it and if water gets on the piece; it'll turn white.
Mark Stephenson was the curator for this year's exhibition, which had a record 200+ entries from around the US, Canada and Australia.
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