2017 Cape Girardeau Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit

Thursday, April 6, 2017

The opening reception for the 2017 Cape Girardeau Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit was held on Thursday, April 6, 2017. The exhibit includes seven new sculptures along Broadway from Pacific to Main Street.

Tommy Riefe's sculpture "Portal" is lit up in the evening sky by passing traffic on the corner of Broadway and Fountain Street on Thursday evening, April 6, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Jillian Springer watches her son, Theodore Butterfield, 9, play on her interactive sculpture "Grandiloquence" near the intersection of Broadway and Frederick Street on Thursday evening, April 6, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. Springer's sculpture is one of seven new sculptures installed along Broadway as part of the Cape Girardeau Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Tommy Riefe's sculpture "Portal" is lit up in the evening sky by passing traffic on the corner of Broadway and Fountain Street on Thursday evening, April 6, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Traffic flows along along Broadway past James Johnson's sculpture, "The Seeker" on Thursday evening, April 6, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

People walk along Broadway across from Carl Billingsley's sculpture, "Eyes of Dawn" on Thursday evening, April 6, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Jeff Boshart's sculpture "T.H.E.B. Caution" is seen on Thursday evening, April 6, 2017, in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Richard Herzog's sculpture "Urban Forest" is seen on Thursday evening, April 6, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Theodore Butterfield walks along a retaining wall near hi mother's sculpture "Grandiloquence" on Thursday evening, April 6, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Andrew Arvanetes sculpture "Bird House" rests at the corner of Broadway and Main Street on Thursday evening, April 6, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

People gather for the opening reception of the 2017 Cape Girardeau Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit on Thursday, April 6, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Tommy Riefe's sculpture "Portal" is seen at the corner of Broadway and Fountain Street on Thursday evening, April 6, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
People gather for the opening reception of the 2017 Cape Girardeau Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit on Thursday, April 6, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Carl Billingsley's sculpture, "Eyes of Dawn" is seen on Thursday evening, April 6, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Carl Billingsley's sculpture, "Eyes of Dawn" is seen on Thursday evening, April 6, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Richard Herzog's sculpture "Urban Forest" is seen on Thursday evening, April 6, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Jeff Boshart's sculpture "T.H.E.B. Caution" is seen on Thursday evening, April 6, 2017, in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
James Johnson's sculpture, "The Seeker" is seen on Thursday evening, April 6, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
James Johnson's sculpture, "The Seeker" is seen on Thursday evening, April 6, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Tommy Riefe's sculpture "Portal" is seen on the corner of Broadway and Fountain Street on Thursday evening, April 6, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Tommy Riefe's sculpture "Portal" is seen on the corner of Broadway and Fountain Street on Thursday evening, April 6, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Jeff Boshart's sculpture "T.H.E.B. Caution" is seen on Thursday evening, April 6, 2017, in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Andrew Arvanetes sculpture "Bird House" rests at the corner of Broadway and Main Street on Thursday evening, April 6, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)