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The Art on the Green sculpture garden is an oasis in downtown Wichita Falls, adding year-round art to the beautiful grounds of the Kemp Center for the Arts.

Art on the Green sculpture garden, established in memory of Minnie Rae Wood, contains eight permanent sculptures and ten sculptures that are "invited" to spend a year on our grounds. Changed out each May under the skillful hand of Joe Ed Barrington of Throckmorton, Texas, the invitational sculpture exhibit brings renewed vitality and interest to our grounds, and the opportunity for our community to enjoy sculpture from a wide variety of artists and cultures.

The 2011 / 2012 exhibit was curated by Dewane Hughes, a native of Ames, Iowa, graduated from Buena Vista College in 1992 with an emphasis in sculpture. His graduate study was at Montana State University where he received his MFA in 1996. Since graduating, Dewane has been the Sculpture Lab Technician at the University of Iowa where he built the bronze casting foundry, as well as Assistant Professor at Graceland University, and Missouri Southern State University. He is currently an Associate Professor of Sculpture at the University of Texas at Tyler. He maintains a home and studio in the woods south of Troup, Texas, where he lives with his wife Alexis, son Frankie, and his three dogs.

Art on the Green sculpture garden is free and open to the public during normal Kemp Center hours: Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm and on Saturday, 10am - 4pm.

Following are the sculptures selected for the 2011 / 2012 Invitational exhibit, which will be on view through mid-May, 2012.