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Playable Art Park at Abernathy Greenway Coming Soon

Children can meet the two artists for the "Dragonfly" sculpture at the Sandy Springs park, 8:30-10:30 a.m. on July 28.

 

Abernathy Greenway’s Playable Art Park is taking shape. Bricks arrive Tuesday for the 50-foot-long “Dragonfly” sculpture.

Children can meet the two artists for the sculpture from 8:30-10:30 a.m., on July 28.

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. More than 120 entries were submitted by international artists before six winners were named.

Along with “Dragonfly,” which features a dragon face and porthole eyes, climbing rope wings and slide; there’s “The Big Imagine,” a 65-foot long, 17-foot high swing set with 14 structural steel arches; and “Twist and Shout,” a 40-foot climbable stainless steel free-play fixture.

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The entire project is a joint venture of Art Sandy Springs and Sandy Springs Conservancy.


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