art tour 2008

Tommy & Nick Hames & Brock flower finders Edgebrook Park under pine tree	Sammie and Casey Kreie, Ava Arago, Alex Matthew, and John	Searching in the Rain Edgebrook Park Water doesn't stop these troopers	Anders Conroy square finder Lilac Park (hidden behive park)
The Christopher Kids Horse Shoe Finders Elliott, Holden, Oliver, Whitman, and Fisher	Oliver, Whitman, and Fisher Horse Shoe finders True hunters	Matthew and Patrick Meyer Lilac Park on the hunt	Bee Hive hunt the search continues
Hidden Parks SLP history	Long grass Hopefully no ticks	Hunters on the hunt Lilac Park	Diamond Found Jackley Park
Diamond Finder Joanne Bongaarts	Patrick Meyer Mini Art Hunt home edition	The Meyer-Bongaarts Home Art Hunt Edition	Matthew, Patrick & John Meyer on the hunt Dakota Park
Evans, Family & Karl heart finders louisiana oaks park	Brandi Frakie star finder birchwood park

FOUND Tommy & Nick Hames & Brock Edgebrook Park	FOUND Brandi Frakie Found at Birchwood Park	FOUND Camille Slegal Found at Wolfe Park	FOUND Evan, family and Karl Found at Louisiana Oaks
FOUND Heather & Holden Christopher Bronx Park	Triangle missing Lamplighter Park	FOUND Anders Conroy Beehive Park	Clover 1.5 X 1" Mixed Media painting
Circle MISSING Parkview Park	FOUND Joanne Bongaarts Found at Jackley Park

The hunt is over! Thanks to everyone who participated this year. If you enjoyed the hunt please e-mail the parktacular and let them know you want another art hunt next year!
Enjoy the photos above of families on the hunt. It was also a pleasure to meet you all at the Parktacular festival, also stay tuned to your local Sun Sailor for an article about the hunt.

This was the second Parktacular Miniature artwork hunt by Minnesota artist William Hessian. 'Splash into the Summer' in St. Louis Park by searching the public parks for tiny brightly colored original artworks. The hunt is open to all. During the hunt this page featured visual clues to help you in the hunt for artwork.

Last years Parktacular Art Hunt was an incredible success. The Parktacular art hunt is the first of six hunts across the nation in William Hessian's Art as Treasure art tour 2008. The ten "Splash into Summer" hand drawn artworks measure one inch by one and a half inches in size.

If you are unfamiliar with William Hessian's miniature artwork hunts, ten hand drawn miniature are create (see images above) and hidden in the public parks. The public is then encouraged to scour the parks for these tiny treasures, and the winners will recieve prizes at the Parktacular ceremony, simply bring your found artwork and a prize will be awarded. William is also hosting an BYOA (bring your own art) art tour kick-off party and art show on June 22nd, 2008 at Billy and the Old Man Design. The kick off party will also be the last show at Billy and the Old Man gallery before it closes its doors in this location and will also be displaying the 50 miniature artworks that will hidden in parks across the country. Check back often for more information.

Parktacular is helping raise awareness of the free hunt, but word of mouth is extremely important so please pass on the dates and times to friends, families, children, schools, teachers, park enthusiasts and anyone else that might be interested in the hunt.

Please show your support for Art as Treasure, support self representing artists, and help fund artwork in the parks, by donation (using the Paypal links at the top and bottom of this page or by following the mailing instructions above). Find out how to recieve a free bearded bunny art print for your donation. (All questions ands comments please contact William at: William.hessian@gmail.com)

Feel free to talk about the hunt with other Minnesotans here

THANKS TO MINNESOTA DONATORS:

Parktacular
Billy and the Old Man Design
Helen Kolb
Steve Kolb
Joanne Bongaarts
Jessica & Mike Haven
Chris Smith
Gemma Hessian
Argente Photography
Marcy Sexton
Matt Semke
Jesse & Lisa Valley
Dorianne McCreary
Ben Flint
Minnesota Parks


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See Completed Art Hunts