
The City of Park Rapids and Park Rapids Arts and Culture Commission invite the public to an unveiling and tour of the Park Rapids Sculpture Trail at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 27. The event will start at Red Bridge Park and end in Downtown Park Rapids where six additional artworks will be installed this year. Ten new sculptures have been selected and will remain in place for a year. This year’s artists and titles of their works are: Paul Albright, Akeley, Leaf Chair #9 and Red Cedar Portal; Al Bellevue, Puposky, MR. Rocket; Tim Cassidy, New York Mills, Dimetromorph; Barb Christiansen, Ponsford, Rocky Road; Mark V. Hall, Kasota, Sprout and Shard; Tim Nelsen, Bemidji, Sprocket; James and Ryan Pedersen, Walker, and Simon Zornes, Bagley, Turtle and 13 Moons. The artists will be invited to the ceremonies to talk about their work and answer questions. One sculpture, Sunrise by Patrick Shannon of Vergas, will carry over for another year and has been relocated from Red Bridge Park to Downtown. This year’s sponsors are CHI St. Joseph’s Health, Heartland Arts, Klein Insurance, Northview Bank, Northwoods Bank, Park Rapids Downtown Business Association, Park Rapids Rotary Club, Russel Skoe Family Trust, Thelen’s Excavating & Septic and Thielen Motors.