HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Tulip Time Festival has published a list of selected artists for the Klompen Garden, a public art project celebrating the 90th Tulip Time Festival.
Klompen Garden will showcase 45 pairs of artfully designed large ‘wooden’ shoes installed in city parks and tulip beds throughout the downtown Holland area.
Artists living in Ottawa, Allegan, Kent, Muskegon and Kalamazoo counties were invited to submit a design concept and sketch for this one-of-a-kind art project.
“The Klompen Garden committee members had a great time reviewing all of the submissions,” stated Elizabeth Wallace, Tulip Time event coordinator. “Of the 54 submitted concepts, 45 were selected and the variety is fun and vibrant.”
Tulip Time is supplying each selected artist or group of collaborating artists with a large pair (34”L x 12”W x 12”H) of ‘wooden’ shoes, through which each will bring their concept to life.
Of the 45 projects, a juror vote and public vote will determine the favorite klompen. The Klompen Garden juror, Kristin Jass Armstrong, Saugatuck Center for the Arts’ executive director, will select the juror’s pick. The juror’s pick will be awarded a grand prize of $1,000 and will be announced at an artist reception on April 11.
The public will also have a chance to vote from May 1-11, 2019 for their favorites of the remaining 44 klompen.
The top three public picks will be announced on May 12. Of the public votes, first place will be awarded $500, second place will be awarded $300 and third place will be awarded $200. Visit www.tuliptime.com/klompen-garden for full details.
The artists, or groups of collaborating artists selected to create this unique garden are as follows:
- Art for All, Tulips for All
- Donna and Gary Bogle, Klompen Cakes on a Klompen
- Barbara Carlson Tulips, Sunshine & Whimsy
- Amber Darsch, Color Me Well Graphics A Small Town, Big Traditions
- Amber Darsch, Color Me Well Graphics I Dance Among the Tulips
- Beth De Jong, Earth, Wind, and Spitfire
- Perla DeLeon, FIESTA TULIPAN
- Evergreen Day Center, Geo Past
- Evergreen Day Center, Walk in my Shoes
- Amanda Fickel, Shoes of a Feather
- Jackie Foss, Sew Dutch
- Jackie Foss, Starry Shoes
- Christopher Garcia, Night and Day
- Olivia Hill, Folk Art Klompen
- Susan Hill, Dorothy Goes Dutch
- Susan Hill, Traditional Delft
- Holland Area Arts Council, Color Wheel of Spring
- Kids’ Food Basket, A Community Solution
- Diane Kovacich Holland, the Jewel of Michigan’s West Coast
- Marsha Marier, Dancing Tootsies
- Marsha Marier, Nature’s Marigold Dance
- Claire Miller, Bloem Kus
- Claire Miller, Holland Hue
- Veronica Morgan, Dutch Lullaby
- Veronica Morgan, Street Scrubber
- Rozlin Opolka, Dance Among the Fireflies
- Angela Price, Keyan
- Delaney Ann Prins, Holland Traditions
- Delaney Ann Prins, Piet Mondrian goes Orange!
- Stephanie Sebright, 90 Years of Dance
- Cathryn Schofield, Flowers out of Foot Steps
- Lisa Schulist, In Full Bloom
- The Slikkers, Family Yacht Feet
- Carolyn Stich, A Punny Bouquet
- Carolyn Stich, Star Light, Star Bright
- Kimberly Smith, Glass Slippers
- Zoe Streiff, The Dutch Birdhouse
- Tulip Time Festival, Heirloom
- Kelly Vander Kley, Glass Flowers in Orange
- Kelly Vander Kley, Kleurrijk Klompen
- Priscilla Walsh, Orange you going to dance?
- Heidi Weller, De Oranje Klompen
- Heidi Weller, Klompen van Delftware
- Robert Wilson, Music to My Feet
- Robert Wilson, Vintage 90
Anyone interested in supporting this public art project for the 90th Tulip Time Festival can support Klompen Garden with a $1,000 donation. Donors will receive recognition on Klompen Garden items and will take home a pair of completed klompen after the festival.
For details, contact Elizabeth Wallace at elizabeth@tuliptime.com or (616) 396.4221 ext. 104. Follow this project on social media by finding and using #klompengarden.
