COMING JANUARY 2025 – Sean Kenney’s Nature POP! Made with LEGO® Bricks
Sean Kenney’s Nature POP! Made with LEGO Bricks is set to make its world premiere at McKee Botanical Garden from January 24 to May 4, 2025. This new exhibition from acclaimed artist Sean Kenney features over 40 sculptures made from more than 800,000 LEGO pieces and explores the beauty of nature through highly stylized, colorful displays that stand in striking contrast with their surroundings.
Produced by Imagine Exhibitions, Nature POP! blends art, science, and innovation in the display of the artist’s newest, never-before-seen sculptures. Known for his ability to make striking works of art using simple LEGO toys, Kenney pushes the boundaries of the medium in this new exhibition through his use of vibrant colors and a bold, graphical style. Inspired by the Pop art movement, Kenney’s work on Nature POP! plays on that movement’s principles by blurring the boundaries between austere and the everyday and draws from a belief that everything is interconnected.
Nature POP! invites guests to consider how just as LEGO bricks are interconnected, so is everything in nature. The intricate displays explore the relationships that exist in nature, whether that be the delicate balance between predators and prey, the commonalities between species as they care for their youth, or the impact that humankind has on the natural world. Supporting content enhances the experience with scientific facts about the creatures presented in the displays.
Most importantly, the exhibition allows visitors to appreciate both nature and the sculptures as something beautiful, and to inspire them to go home and create something wonderful themselves. Presenting a playful spin on traditional sculptural art, Nature POP! is an accessible experience for all ages.
THANK YOU TO OUR NATURE POP! EXHIBITION SPONSORS
PRESENTING SPONSOR
Polar Bear & Cubs – Stephanie Hurtt
SIGNATURE SCULPTURE SPONSORS
Zebra – The Benedict Foundation In Honor of Nancy Benedict
Snow Leopard – James and Priscilla Morphy
Dragonfly – James and Laurie Carney and Jean and Jim Ueltschi
Grandfather & Granddaughter Gardening – Olympia Cook
Lion – Tall Pine Charitable Foundation
Buck – Ted and Carol Price
Fawn & Doe – June Prein
Woodpecker – Elizabeth W. Frappier
Dodo Bird – Bob and Tina Di Scipio
Pangolin – Virginia and Warren Schwerin
Galapagos Tortoise – Dace and King Stubbs
Lawnmower – Aiello Landscape
Fox – Dick and Betsy DeVos
Eagle – Barb and Dave Kaytes
Rose – Sheila Marshall
SIGNATURE MURAL SPONSORS
Butterfly Mural – Kate and Bill Freeman in Celebration of Marion de Vogel’s Passion for the Garden
Tree Frog Mural – Dick and Sally Brickman
Zebra Mural – Sheila Marshall
Horse Mural – Gavin Ruotolo
Ladybug Mural – Sue, Kit & Annie Barrow
Spider Mural – John C. and Mary P. Kurtz
HOST COMMITTEE SPONSORS
“A Friend”
Harry and Ilona Benham
George E. Warren Corporation
Lizzie Hallinan and Jay Petersen
Catherine C. Kirby
Sheila Marshall
Matt and Olivia McManus
The Rogers Family
Sandy and Randy Rolf
Liz and Hap Schroeder
Glenn and Emily Tremml
Anne D. Wallace and Dan Downey, ONE Sotheby’s Int’l Realty
Steven and Rochelle Wolberg
Judy & Allen Zern
