Come See Sean Kenney’s Nature Connects® at Botanica – Starting This May!

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If you or your children love LEGO®, you won’t want to miss out on Sean Kenney’s Nature Connects® exhibit, which will be coming to Botanica in Wichita this May. We’ll be bringing 14 of his sculptures to Botanica, and displaying them throughout the gardens.

If you’re interested in this exhibit, get more details below – and learn everything you need to know about the Nature Connects® exhibit at Botanica.

Sean Kenney’s Nature Connects®: Art Built with LEGO® Bricks

Nature Connects® is one of the largest projects by Sean Kenney, an American designer and artist who specializes in working with LEGO® toys. This tour, in particular, has toured across dozens of cities in Europe, North America, and Asia.

Kenney, along with his team of assistants, has built hundreds of unique, naturalistic sculptures using more than 3 million LEGO® bricks.

These sculptures have been displayed at botanical gardens, museums, and exhibitions in cities throughout the world. Other cities which will be displaying pieces from Nature Connects® this summer include Memphis, Kansas City, Richmond, Virginia, and Lisle, Illinois.

According to Kenney’s website, the Nature Connects® exhibition is designed to showcase that people and nature are “…interconnected in a delicate balance,” and that “people have a connection with nature… you are a part of nature.”

The exhibition is intended to illustrate Kenney’s artistic interpretation of many different educational topics, including:

● Animal endangerment

● The balance of our ecosystem

● Mankind’s relationship with nature

Nature Connects® At Botanica – We’ll Be Displaying 14 Sculptures

At Botanica, we’ll be displaying a total of 14 of Kenney’s sculptures. This includes some of his most famed sculptures, such as a rose, a fox and a rabbit, a swallowtail butterfly, a lawnmower, a koi fish, and much more. To see all of the sculptures which will be on display at Botanica, check out this gallery.

When Is It? How Much Does It Cost?

Be the first to see Sean Kenney’s Nature Connects® at Botanica! Join us for the Grand Opening and Fireworks Display on Friday, May 10 from 6-10 pm! Tickets are $10 for non-members and $7
for members. Learn more about what you can expect at our Grand Opening event.

Nature Connects® is open to the public May 11-September 19. Ticket prices include:

● $9 Regular Adult Admission (13 years and older)

● $8 Military and Senior Adult Admission (Seniors 62 years and older)

● $6 Regular Youth Admission (3 years old – 12 years old)

● Children 2 & Under – FREE

Don’t Miss Out On Sean Kenney’s Nature Connects®: Art Built with LEGO® Bricks At Botanica!

This summer, make sure you bring you and your family to Botanica to see this unique LEGO® exhibition. Children and adults of all ages are sure to love these unique sculptures. Don’t wait – visit our website (link to botanica.org) now to learn more and get tickets today.

Want to see more of Nature Connects®? You can view a full portfolio of Sean Kenney’s work online at his website. Take a look now, and learn more about this unique exhibition.

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