McKee Botanical Garden Exhibition

Nov 17, 08 | by frabel (Profile | Gallery | Blog)

Although glass is my hobby, and I love it, sometimes it (almost) turns into work. This was the case when I, together with my team of incredible glass artists, were finishing our latest exhibition that is now on display at the McKee Botanical Garden in Vero Beach, Florida. Good old, blood, sweat and tears, people!

However, when the installation is completed and you get to see the end result, you know what you worked so hard for. At this place I would like to thank all the Frabel Studio employees, McKee Botanical Garden employees and the countless volunteers that assisted in the set up. The whole installation kept a team of about two dozen people busy for a week.

Last week, I was at McKee Botanical Garden for the opening event of the exhibition titled: “Frabel - Reflections of Glass on Water”. I have put some pictures of this exhibition with this blog, so you can see why this title is so appropriate. For the opening event there were about 300 supporters of the Garden present and it rained compliments, which, even after this many years, still makes me uncomfortable. Mainly because I keep saying “Thank you”, “I appreciate it”, “Thank you very much”, “Thank you so much” and other ways to say “Thank you”, without continuously saying the exact same thing.

It was a beautiful and well organized event. The food was great and the sculptures were well lit up for the night display. An evening visit to the Garden really gives a completely different perspective of the sculptures, so if you are in the area, I would encourage you to go both during the day time (when the sun really makes the glass glisten) and again, if possible, at night.

Check out the McKee Botanical Garden website for opening hours and other information: http://www.mckeegarden.org
and
http://mckeegarden.org/frabel/