Exhibit Gives Glimpse of Sandy Springs' Upcoming Playable Art Park

A new exhibit opens this week to give residents a sense of the upcoming Playable Art Park at Abernathy Greenway Linear Park

Folks can see models, artists’ sketches and notes in the six-week showing at the Abernathy Arts Center. An opening reception for “Maquettes, Models and Sketches: Public Art as Process,” will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m., Friday.

The exhibit will then be open during normal gallery hours: 9 a.m. -7 p.m., Tuesday-Thursday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday; 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday.

when it opens later this year. More than 120 entries were submitted by international artists before six winners were named.

The playable art includes “Twist and Shout,” a 40-foot climbable stainless steel free-play fixture; “Dragonfly,” a 60-foot sculpture with a dragon face and porthole eyes, climbing rope wings and slide; and “The Big Imagine,” a 65-foot long, 17-foot high swing set with 14 structural steel arches.