Brookside Gardens is excited to announce its partnership with Wheaton Arts Parade to bring our visitors Pyramids 2021 from June 11 through September 19, 2021. The outdoor exhibition features thirteen works of art by sixteen local artists and highlights the diversity of Montgomery County.
Pyramid Art Installation at Brookside Gardens
The pyramids are tetrahedrons, and each tells a colorful story. Use your smartphone to scan the bar code on each panel to learn more in the artists’ own words.
Pyramids 2021 was created during the early days of COVID. And, that theme is found among some of the pieces.
Along with the pyramids, yarn bombing decorates trees near the Visitor Center. You can participate in yarn bombing and other arts and crafts programs throughout the summer at Brookside Gardens.
Yarn Bomb - Edith Salazar & Felisa Federman
(1) Laura-Leigh Palmer "Butterfly Rebirth"
(2) Savannah Scollar "Together Apart"
(3) Angela Davidson "Wear a Mask" -- Sponsored by Westfield Wheaton
(4) Jessica Muņiz-Witmer "Wonders of Wheaton"
(5) Edwin Salmeron & Allyson Sanchez "El Salvador Memory" Sponsored by Maryland State Arts Council
(6) Peijisan Art & Mary Del Bianco "#6 Remix" -- Sponsored by One Montgomery Green
(7) Kelsey Joyce "Happy Dragons" -- Sponsored by The Limerick Pub
(8) Francisca Oviedo & Felisa Federman "Unity" -- Sponsored by Wheaton Studio of Dance
(9) Maria Luisa Benavides "Pure Nature"
(10) Liliana Huaman "Inti, God of the Sun"
(11) Carlos Ramos "You-Me-We-Us"
(12) Sandra Perez-Ramos " The Lunatics"
(13) Emily Yeagley "Look Within, Look Around, Look Up"
The Brookside Gardens art walk features all thirteen of the Wheaton Arts Parade (WAP) pyramids that were created in 2020 by 16 Montgomery County artists. The pyramids are regular tetrahedrons, three with 8-ft edges and ten with 4-ft edges. Each of the pyramids’ faces is its own work of art and together they tell a colorful story. One of the large pyramids is crawling with dragons. One of the 4-ft pyramids is a mosaic of scenes from El Salvador drawn from the memories of three Wheaton families. Another is covered in flowers made of non-recyclable plastics by two WAP artists and members of One Montgomery Green. The diversity of Montgomery County is on full display in these works by artists from Peru, Chile, Argentina, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Puerto Rico. Each pyramid has a sign with a QR code that you can scan with your phone and listen to a 3-5 minute audio recording by the artist explaining their design and their creative process.
When the COVID pandemic prevented the 4th annual Wheaton Arts Parade & Festival last September, WAP brought art to the streets and sidewalks of Wheaton where it could be appreciated safely. Why pyramids? Wheaton is formed by the intersection of three state highways, creating what is known as the Wheaton Triangle. The annual parade is called “Parade the Triangle” and a triangle has been featured on many of the parade posters.
The WAP Yarn Bomb traditionally decorates the trees and lampposts along the parade route. At Brookside Gardens, the Yarn Bombs hang from 14 trees near the Visitors Center where Yarn Bomb workshops will be held on Saturdays June 20, July 18, and August 15 from 10am-12pm. WAP also will have art pop-ups on Sundays, June 13, July 11, and August 8 from 1-3pm.
Wheaton Arts Parade is supported in part with funds from the Montgomery County Government, the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County and the Maryland State Arts Council.
Contact us: info@wheatonartsparade.org
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