Article Contributed on: 7/4/2009 1:49:50 PM
Just a few minutes after the afternoon showers passed overhead, revealing a powerful summer sun, the sculpture "Open Space" was dedicated at Northwest Open Space in Northglenn on Thursday, July 2.
Manus came north from his native New Mexico for the ceremony.
"Open Space" is naturally oxidized steel and stone, 6-foot, 2-inches high, and was purchased for $9,500. According to Manus, reflecting on his Native American heritage, the piece is a contemporary vision of the mystical buffalo, given by the Great Father. The Native American tradition was to use every part of the animal for warmth, food, mortar, tools, carrying vessels, and used in ceremonies and dances.
The sculpture was part of Northglenn's Art on Parade program in 2007 and 2008. The program features on-loan, outdoor sculpture exhibited at E.B. Rains Jr. Memorial Park for one year.