Environmental artist Patrick Dougherty will be in residence at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University from September 3-21, 2012, building a large-scale outdoor sculpture with saplings harvested sustainably from the Saint John’s Arboretum.
St. John's is extremely fortunate to have this internationally renowned artist in their midst. Patrick weaves tree saplings into enormous, whirling, animated shapes that resemble tumbleweeds or gusts of wind, and over the course of his career he has created some 230 of them all around the world. This structure should grace the arboretum for 2 years!