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“Roseville in Bloom,” a public art project that features 20 roses – each nearly 7 feet tall – set up around Roseville, continues through the end of October, with special fall events set. Continue reading here.

Local artist Daniela Bianchini, a native of Argentina now based in Nokomis is one of the artists chosen to participate in the Roseville in Bloom public art project, a celebration of “20 Roses in 2020.” Continue reading here.

Roseville in Bloom features 20 artist-designed rose statues throughout Roseville. One is designed by artist Cora Hays and is titled “The Power of Education.” The rose is displayed at the Kids In Need Foundation headquarters in Roseville where people can drop off donations of school supplies for students and teachers in under-resourced schools across the country. See the video here.

Downtown resident Wendy McCarty is one of 20 artists who decorated a 7-foot-tall rose statue for Visit Roseville’s public art project Roseville in Bloom–a celebration of 20 roses in 2020. Read more here.

When Shakopee native and famed designer Christopher Straub was approached by Visit Roseville nearly a year-and-a-half ago to design one of 20 roses for its Roseville in Bloom public art project, he immediately said “I’m in.” Continue reading here.

When her mother’s henna design became too repetitive, Orono artist Shakun Maheshwari decided to design her own and used the end of a match stick to slowly apply the designs when she was 10-years old. Growing up in India, Maheshwari learned how to make many different things from her mother and the other women who would gather together. Today, she is still focused on her art and is showing her first customized sculptural painting at Lake McCarrons County Park as part of the Roseville in Bloom project. Read the article here.

Across Roseville, 20 roses almost seven feet tall have sprouted up, and each is covered in whimsical, thought provoking, or community-based designs by local artists for the public art project, Roseville in Bloom. Read more here.

Artist Lili Payne’s work will appear in a public corridor of Roseville from July through Halloween. Payne, of Robbinsdale, designed one of 20 large rose statues for public art exhibition Roseville in Bloom. Continue reading here.

Northeast artist Kao Lee Thao was one of twenty selected to design and decorate nearly seven-foot-high fiberglass rose statues, all of which will be displayed in outdoor spaces throughout Roseville from July 1 to October 31, as part of the “Roseville in Bloom” public art project. Read more here.

Roseville, Minnesota, is celebrating “20 Roses in 2020” with a new art display, featuring 20 rose statues, each painted by one of 20 artists. One of the artists is Muscatine resident and contemporary artist, Kimberly McCracken. Continue reading here.

Watching animated shows on Cartoon Network in fourth grade, Kimberly McCracken fell in love with their intricately drawn art styles. Though McCracken did not make it into her school’s gifted art club, she continued to develop her skills on her own. Looking for a sign that she should continue her artistic pursuits, she entered the fifth grade art show. Her work earned first place, beating out all of the gifted art students and others who had entered. Read more here.

St. Paul had Snoopy statues. Buffalo has its bison. Roseville is going for roses. Read the article here. 

The artists, themes and locations of the 20 statues that will be placed around Roseville this summer for “Roseville in Bloom“ Read the article here.

A citywide public art project is ready to blossom in Roseville. “Roseville in Bloom — 20 in 2020” will feature 20 huge rose statues that have been decorated, illustrated, embellished and otherwise transformed by Twin Cities artists placed throughout the city starting July 1. Read the article here.

See what Goodmanson Construction has to say about their involvement in Roseville in Bloom. Read their blog post here. 

A new public art project is underway in Roseville called ‘Roseville in Bloom.’ It will showcase 20 larger-than-life roses around the city. Each sculpture is made of fiber glass and steel and is nearly 7ft tall. Local artists were selected to design the roses. They’ll be on display in different areas of the city starting July 1st. See the video here.

Put Roseville on your calendar for a visit starting in July. Roseville will be in bloom starting July 1st through October 31st with 20 nearly 7 foot tall rose statues during Roseville in Bloom. This is a great way to explore the city and perhaps discover something new along the way or stop at some familiar places. Read the article here.

Roseville in Bloom Public Art Project will Fill City with 7’ Tall Rose Statues Designed by Local Artists Including Adam Turman and Christopher Straub

Roseville, MINN. (October 30, 2019) – As Minnesota welcomes the first warm breezes of June and the earliest flowers in the garden, the City of Roseville will be awash in a different kind of rose. Visit Roseville is launching Roseville in Bloom, a free public art project featuring 20 seven-foot tall rose statues that will be decorated and transformed into unique works of art by Minnesota artists and displayed throughout Roseville from June-September 2020. The organization is currently seeking submissions by Minnesota artists (professionals and amateurs) to be the designers of the roses, joining the roster of noted local artists Adam Turman and Christopher Straub who will each design a rose. The rose statues are being created by TivoliToo, the Minnesota company that built the Peanuts on Parade characters that were displayed throughout Saint Paul.

Roseville in Bloom was inspired in part by successful statue events around the world including the Cows in Europe, Peanuts on Parade in Saint Paul and the Donkeys and Elephants in Washington, DC. Visit Roseville created Roseville in Bloom as a way of bringing visitors to the area and showcasing the talent of Minnesota artists. “We have had conversations with the city about installing more key pieces of public art in our amazing parks,” states Visit Roseville CEO Julie Wearn. “Roseville in Bloom kicks that up a notch with roses located throughout the city, allowing visitors and residents an opportunity to go on a treasure hunt to find them and discover all the unique places they are located!”

Each participating artist will receive an honorarium of $2,000 to help cover the cost of materials and execution of the project. Artists wishing to participate are asked to submit three designs by January 31, 2020, showing a front and back view, using the official Roseville in Bloom design template. Design templates and a submission form may be downloaded at https://www.visitroseville.com/in-bloom-design-submission-form/.

The artists and their design themes will be announced in early March and the painting will begin in May. Roseville in Bloom will host a multitude of events throughout the public display period; a replica rose coloring contest for kids at the Roseville Library (where a rose statue generously donated by Maguire Agency will be displayed), a Rose Party for anyone with Rose in their name, a Bee Kind flower power day, plus a school supply drive for Kids in Need Foundation (KNF) by their rose. “We are so pleased to be able to participate in this event and that would not have been possible without Ecolab, Inc funding our rose,” said KNF CEO Jeff Dalhmen. “Hosting the drive in July is perfect timing as we start seeing requests for school supplies in the July/August time period.” The foundation provides free school supplies nationally to kids most in need and is headquartered in Roseville!

Visit Roseville is thankful for local support. The 20 concrete bases—which weigh approximately 500 pounds each—will be supplied by McGough and the statues will be transported by Goodmanson Construction. The roses are set to be delivered to the Fairview Fire Station in mid-May. Artists will have the opportunity to paint their roses in that space over a 7-day period including a weekend Paint-Off event open to the public to watch the artists work. The roses will be displayed in public parks and at businesses throughout Roseville. Other confirmed Roseville in Bloom partners include Spire Credit Union, TPI Hospitality in Roseville, Doubletree by Hilton, City of Roseville and Rice & Larpenteur Alliance.

Roseville in Bloom is free and open to the public to explore the City of Roseville while viewing the creative talents of Minnesota artists. Throughout the four months of the rose displays, Visit Roseville will host free public events at the sites of the rose displays. Events will be announced early in 2020. For more information, visit www.visitroseville.com.

See what the Twin Cities Pioneer Press is saying about the Roseville In Bloom project! Read the article here!

Roseville In Bloom was featured on KSTP Eyewitness News on the morning of November 23rd, 2019. Watch the broadcast at KSTP.com!

“Gone without regional and national recognition, over the years the City of Roseville has been overlooked and even mistaken for being somewhere in St. Paul. In 2016, the Visit Roseville partnered with DestinationNext to strategically plan and determine priorities for Visit Roseville to pursue in the future to receive more recognition. After taking a self-assessment using an online diagnostic toolkit, Visit Roseville was able to establish a course of action. It was recommended that the city curate a signature event and campaign for better name acknowledgement…” 

Read the rest of the article here.

Watch Julie Wearn & artist Adam Turman talk about Roseville’s public art event Roseville in Bloom & the 20 7-foot-tall rose statues that will be going up in June 2020 on WCCO Mid-Morning from January 21, 2020.

Watch the video here.