Alexander Bustamante, Adopt the Landscape
Franconia Sculpture Park
29836 St. Croix Trail, Shafer, MN 55074
The Adopt the Landscape project is a site-specific public participatory project using local plants, found objects and sculptures to make mini landscape/environments for the public to adopt, care for, and to consider the ecological, economic, social, and historical dimensions.
Alexander Bustamante is a first-generation, multidisciplinary artist whose practice reflects on the roles that race, class, and economics play in communities of color. They hold an MFA from CUNY Hunter College and an BFA from the School of Visual Arts.
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The mission of Franconia Sculpture Park is to foster an inclusive community to create and contemplate contemporary art inspired by nature and our ever-evolving world. Founded in 1996, Franconia operates a 50-acre outdoor museum, active artist residency program, and a depth and breadth of arts programming for a diverse and engaged public.
Franconia Sculpture Park resides on the ancestral Dakota lands of the Wahpekute in Mni Sota Makoce, along the St. Croix River which also holds significance by the Ojibwe and other Native peoples. We recognize, support and advocate for all Native nations and will actively center Native voices in our work.