Monday, April 2, 2012

Our World Tuesday: NCMA Park


Bill and I went on a walk at the North Carolina Museum of Art Park on Sunday.
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A mild winter and very wet spring has left the park green.
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The pond was quite full and suitable for reflections.
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Below is a work called the Conversationalist by Chakaia Booker.
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In the next shot you can see Bill patiently waiting for me to snap a shot of Lowe's Pavilion by Mike Cindric and and Vincent Petrarca.
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The central object in the next shot is Wind Machine by Vollis Simpson. The smokestack is left from the old Youth Prison which isn't there anymore.
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After a rainy evening it was pleasant on Sunday morning.
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The work below is called Collapse I by Ledelle Moe.
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Next is another shot of the Wind Machine.
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The Museum Amphitheater has concerts and movies.
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I like the butterfly backdrop.
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I took the next shot from behind the stage facing the seating.
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One more shot of the wind machine, this time shooting from below the hill so you don't see the pole it sits on.
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The next shot is on the opposite side of the pond from where I shot it in the earlier photos.
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I'll end when we were back at the parking lot ready to leave.
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15 comments:

  1. What fantastic displays on the grounds of this museum! I like the butterflies too … seem so appropriate for people on stage performing and stretching their wings. Some of the other more modern sculptures would make great props for a science fiction movie. :)

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  2. I would love visit this beautiful place and take pictures all day long! Beautiful sculptures and I love the butterfly mural!
    Léia

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  3. What lovely grounds, I'd be reluctant to leave the park to see what treasures lay inside.

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  4. What great art pieces!

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  5. I LOVED this Sunday walk. I don't think I would want to go inside (at least on a beautiful day like this one)....Everything you photographed was great, but I could not stop looking and thinking about "Collapse".

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  6. Beautiful place and such marvelous pieces of art! I love the sculptures and the butterflies! What a great time you must have had, Carver! All that and gorgeous skies as well!! Thanks for sharing the fun and the beauty!

    Sylvia

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  7. North Carolina Museum of Art Park looks like a wonderful place to have an adventure. I love parks and a sculpture park is so much fun. Never sure what I'm going to find next! Wonderful~

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  8. Wonderful park to walk around and a great spot for taking photos. It sure does look very green there!

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  9. Love your World, Carve!
    Great shots...
    Greetings from Holland,
    Anna :-))

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  10. Great tour and that wind machine is really something. Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  11. I need to give this place a try! Great, enticing photos, Carver.

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  12. Great place for a walk, the wind machine is really interesting.

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  13. This is a neat park, love the sculptures and the art work.

    Yes, its very pleasing to see the greenery!

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  14. Thanks for the tour of this wonderful park. Such interesting sculptures. That wind machine looks like it is ready to take off for parts unknown.

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  15. What beautiful museum captures, exteriors and landscape. Thank you for sharing the loveliness.

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