Rooftop ArtPark
Open May through September
Please note: Rooftop ArtPark will open for the season on May 18, 2008.

Explore nature and art together in Rooftop ArtPark!
Visit Rooftop ArtPark where nature and art come together in an outdoor gallery located on the fourth floor of the Museum's roof overlooking Seventh Street. The gallery is the first new permanent gallery to be added to the Museum since opening in 1995. Rooftop ArtPark provides an outdoor venue for visitors who want to enjoy Minnesota's weather. Join us for Rooftop ArtPlay, every Saturday in June, July and August, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (weather permitting).

Exhibit Features:
Rooftop ArtPark makes Minnesota's weather an essential part of the gallery experience. In spring, enjoy warm weather after a long winter and explore shadows in the shadow dome and climb in the tree fort. During the summer, dip your hands into the cool water of the streambed, create sand sculptures in the sand cove area. As the weather begins to cool in autumn, see the changing colors of leaves from high above the treetops.


Streambed
Water cascades down rocks into a stream that empties into a pond. Change the direction of the water to create patterns, modify textures and alter the color of rocks embedded in the stream. Or, create different tones by dropping various objects into the water.

Shadow Dome
Enter the shadow dome and use the sun, real and artistic renderings of trees and plants, your body and your imagination to cast quirky shadows of all shapes and sizes. Dance under the dome, mimicking the shadows, shapes and movement of trees and plants.

Tree Fort
A 12–foot tall, four level, red cedar structure invites you to climb, balance, crawl, play and explore shadows. Enter the fort and make your way to the top level for a different perspective on friends, family and St. Paul.

A glass studio provides space for seasonal activities for creating with natural materials.



Check out these books related to the Rooftop ArtPark gallery:
Don't Step on the Sky: A Handful of Haiku, by Miriam Chaikin
Here Comes the Year, by Eileen Spinelli
In the Space of the Sky, by Richard Lewis
Shadows, by April Pulley Sayre

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