Home | Experience the Arts | Public Art Directory | Sunset Herons

Public Art

Sunset Herons

By Dale Chihuly
Category: Sculpture

About

In 2006, the Garden presented “Glass in the Garden,” an exhibition of blown glass sculptures by renowned artist Dale Chihuly. The spectacular 928-piece Missouri Botanical Garden Blue Chandelier, 2006 is permanently suspended in the Ridgway Visitor Center atrium. Chihuly’s Walla Wallas were purchased for the Garden, where the onion-shaped glass floats in the central axis reflecting pool during warm weather months. Several graceful, amber-colored Sunset Herons were also purchased and are displayed inside the Climatron.

Dimensions: variable
Year Completed: 2006
Material: Glass
Owner: Missouri Botanical Garden


About the artist:

Dale Chihuly

b. 1941

Dale Chihuly was born in 1941 and is well known for his glass sculptures. He earned a BA from the University of Washington and an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design. He traveled to Venice on a Fulbright scholarship in 1968 where he studied glass. Chihuly’s glass sculptures can be seen all over the world, including London and in many cities across the US.