Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting Opening + Art & Nature Day
Schedule
Sat, 07 Feb, 2026 at 10:00 am
UTC-06:00Location
12580 Rott Rd, Sunset Hills, MO, United States, Missouri 63127 | Sunset Hills, MO
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Laumeier Sculpture Park is celebrating 50 years of engaging the community through art and nature. Join us for the FREE opening anniversary event on Saturday, February 7, featuring the debut of our new exhibition, "Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting" and our first Art & Nature Day of 2026.
Arranged chronologically by decade, "Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting" invites visitors to move metaphorically through Laumeier Sculpture Park’s history. In celebrating five decades of temporary and ephemeral exhibitions and artist commissions, "Being Again" reflects Laumeier’s ongoing relationship with artists, the landscape, and the community.
Art & Nature Day invites people of all ages to explore the deep connections between art, nature, and community through hands-on activities and creative play.
SCHEDULE:
10 p.m.–4 p.m. / Exhibition Opening / Aronson Fine Arts Center
Celebrate the opening of "Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting."
11 a.m.–2 p.m. / Drop-In Puppet Making Workshop/ Kranzberg Education Lab
Create your own unique puppet alongside members from the Puppet Guild of Greater St. Louis! Families and friends can connect while learning about Laumeier’s history with puppetry arts.
11 a.m.–2 p.m. / Family Play Space / Kranzberg Education Lab
Come play with us! Stop by our Family Play Space to explore loose parts play activities, hop across colorful steppingstones, and enjoy open-ended creative play for all ages.
12 p.m.–12:30 p.m. / Gallery Talk / Aronson Fine Ars Center
Join Curator Dana Turkovic at noon as she provides insight into "Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting."
1–2 p.m. / Interactive Indoor Gallery Tour / Aronson Fine Ars Center
All ages are invited to investigate selected works from Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting through hands-on activities, alongside Laumeier’s education team.
To learn more: www.laumeiersculpturepark.org/50years-begin-again
"Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting" is supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Henry Luce Foundation, the Whitaker Foundation, Ken and Nancy Kranzberg, Joan and Mitchell Markow, the Two Sisters Foundation, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, and Mary Ann and Andy Srenco. Additional support is provided by St. Louis County Parks and Recreation, the Regional Arts Commission, the Missouri Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
ARTWORK CREDITS:
Cildo Meireles, Proposal Drawing for "Two Trees," 1995. / Alice Aycock, "Hundred Small Rooms," 1984. Black and white photograph. / Meg Webster, Proposal Drawing for "Pass," 1991. Graphite and colored pencil on tracing paper. / Ernest Trova. Photo of the artist in his studio, ca. 1977. Black and white photograph. / Bernard Williams, "Empire Flight," 2013 (de-installed 2014). Color photograph.
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