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Curt Brill’s “Seated Diana” in the foreground and Hector Ortega’s “Constrained Geometries # 2” can be seen in the SculptureTucson sculpture park.

Two works by Rotraut Klein-Moquay can be seen as part of the “Rough Terrain” exhibition in SculptureTucson’s sculpture park.

Several sculptors from Tucson will speak about their large format works, which will be part of an exhibition at the Brandi Fenton Memorial Park on Saturday May 1st.

“Rough Terrain” shows 20 works by local and regional artists. It is the inaugural exhibition of SculptureTucson’s Sculpture Park, located next to their offices in the park in the former home of artist Howard Post at 3482 E. River Road.

The sculpture park, which opened a few months ago and complements the nonprofit’s Sculpture on the Street program, was designed to showcase the work of local artists.

“There are artists in this city with a lot of great sculptures that they haven’t placed anywhere,” said Steve Kimble, one of the founders of SculptureTucson. “We said, ‘Don’t let us have them in their backyards. Let’s have them out there for people to see. ‘”

Julia Arriola, a Tucson artist, will speak about her exhibit, Savanna Silhouette: Dedicated to Missing Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, which was made in the form of a dress made of 18-gauge steel, copper, brass, and found objects at 12:30 pm clock

She will be followed by Hector Ortega, who will speak about his piece “Constrained Geometries # 2” at 1:30 pm

“For us as sculptors, there aren’t many options here in this state,” Ortega said in a video posted on SculptureTucson’s Facebook page. “To see SculptureTucson really take the lead and make something of it… is priceless to me and other artists; to have a place where we can realize our visions and what we are realizing. “

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