JOSEPHINE SCULPTURE PARK

THE MISSION OF THE JOSEPHINE SCULPTURE PARK IS TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO EACH OTHER AND THE LAND THROUGH THE ARTS.

... it is a ... silver lining in the just the culture parking to connect people to each other and the land through the art provide creative art, the nature education to the community.

All of having the beauty of kentucky native are founding director mel even joins us now by phone to tell us more about the market well is an upcoming event welcome thank you so much for joining us this morning.

Of course, so tolls about the josephine sculpture for people who maybe don't know ... sure are opened in 2000 on and a lot of people are here to thank all gosh i've never heard of it but we're all you know grassroot nonprofit organization that started with support of my family on what was one farm and were located in kentucky, philip, you know, 30, 40 minute from where you guys are real quick.

I don't think before and it's totally worth it you get here.

Free park is 30 acres and there's about seven the works here for more over the world visiting artists to come from across the world the pretty eclectic mix of contemporary culture and mural into grammar's dream come true you want to go there and take all the dumpsters you have it all covered out ... there yet.

He noted culture contemporary art also nature you know which is a little different than some other culture that you might see another larger city that are often connected to the the home or something to be mor manicured.

You know, landscaped type of experiences where what we work on here to restore the native land so were reinforcing some areas.

There are some kentucky native format of being so even if fairly you know your jam.

You can come out and explore.

You know, just walk into the path.

You know it is a fun experience and can really because of the injury to you.

You know what i just got into the path and no no math and no no no phone and just to head out on can be really a lot of fun with the family.

Speaking o fun you guys have a big event coming up.

This is the virtual born reason tolls what this is all about and help you in concept right here started we did our first ever fundraising event almond 10 years we never got an actual event on the place.

It's free and open everything will be at your you know it became obvious that we needed to do a little something to support the growth of the park and we we bought an additional 10 acres of stork tobacco barn on it and for the we did last year.

The the bar raisin with peter bentley and jordan our you know dinner, convert the whole thing tickete event beautiful.

I and plan to do it again this year and then of course you know the world changed.

We big event so we decided to shift gears and to do a virtual concert and instead of one two-hour concert we're doing tonight and their little short concert each night features a different musical group.

So again, this really eclectic mix.

You have you have electronic dance music you have a hip-hop artist for minneapolis we have a grammy award nominated musician kia were it enabled us really to be able to bring in some huge nationally recognized part of that we really could've done in will be going live each night starting on sunday august each night starting on sunday, augus 18 7 pm on youtube and facebook and will be every night through august 16 20 ... so much fun.

Thank you so much for coming on agenda about.

We appreciate it.

Sure, you people can learn more.

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