News & Press

Patch, 10/25/2011: Halloween Finale To Close Out Caponi Season

Thisweek, 10/20/2011: Caponi Art Park ends season with Halloween event Oct. 29

Star Tribune, 10/8/2011: Sculpture's rocky road finally ends at Caponi Art Park

Thisweek, 9/15/2011: Middle Ages come alive in Eagan

Thisweek, 9/1/2011: Granite sculpture by Eagan artist Tony Caponi featured in special exhibit for Fine Art Exhibition's anniversary

Sun Current, 8/31/2011: Eagan artist Anthony Caponi submits art first shown at 1949 state fair

MPR, 8/4/2011: Art Hounds: Comic Cookbook, Mankato sculpture, and a suburban art oasis

Thisweek, 6/16/2011: The Eagan sculptor and art park founder is recognized by longstanding KARE-11 program

Sun Current, 6/15/2011: Once more unto the breach for Eagan's annual Shakespeare Festival

Star Tribune, 6/11/2011: Eagan's living work of art strives to reach the kid in everybody

KFAI Radio, 5/13/2011: MinneCulture featuring Caponi Art Park (listen below)



Eagan Patch, 5/8/2011: Caponi Art Park's Founder Celebrates His 90th Birthday in Style

Pioneer Press, 5/5/2011: Family Fun Planner: Caponi Art Park opens season with birthday party (and cake)

Fox 9 Morning News, 5/3/2011: Explore Caponi Art Park in Eagan

City Pages, 4/28/2011: Governor Mark Dayton declares May 7 Caponi Art Park and Learning Center Day

Thisweek Newspapers, 4/28/2011: Caponi Art Park founder celebrates 90th birthday

MPR News, 4/22/2011: Gov. Dayton gives Caponi Art Park its day

Sun Current, 4/20/2011: Tony Caponi reflects on life, park, as 90th birthday approaches

WCCO, 2/28/2011: Best Things To Do In Eagan

Dakota County Tribune Business Weekly, 1/27/2011: 2011 Dakota County Businesswoman Awards (featuring Cheryl Caponi)

KFAI Radio, 9/20/2010: MinneCulture featuring Caponi Art Park (listen below)



Pioneer Press, 6/4/2010: Family Outings, One-man Sculpture Garden

MPR's State of the Arts, 5/31/2010: A Voice from the Mountains

WCCO-Channel 4's Finding Minnesota 4/18/2010

ThisweekLive, 9/17/2009: "The Armorer" video and Medieval Fair article

Explore Minnesota Travel Minute, 9/1/2009: Radio spot with C.J. Johnson

METRO Magazine, Sept 2009: Artists We Love: 
Anthony Caponi


5 Eyewitness News, Sept 2008: Chik's Pics

Quotes from the Media

"I have to be honest—I expected a sculpture garden like the one in Minneapolis by the Walker. What I found was an urban gem… a piece of the country in the middle of the burbs."

— Chikage Windler, Meteorologist, KSTP Channel 5 Chik's Pics blog

"The place is so organic, the art so infused into the landscape, you might not realize you've stumbled upon a suburban sculpture oasis until you're in the thick of it."

— Stephanie Xenos, Mpls-St. Paul Magazine

"Since the late 1980's, the Caponi Art Park has been a unique sort of refuge for the public—60 acres of wooded, rolling hills that offer a seamless blend of nature and Caponi's bold, provocative and sometimes whimsical work."

— Kevin Duchshere, Star Tribune

"Thanks to the foresight and generosity of a pair of Dakota County landowners, significant tracts of undeveloped land will be preserved for future generations. The value of these gifts is immeasurable—as Cherokee humorist Will Rogers pointed out, 'They aren't making any more land.'"

— St. Paul Pioneer Press

"The community around Eagan is developing rapidly…This is an unusual opportunity for the region. We should give it every opportunity to succeed."

— Governor Tim Pawlenty, Star Tribune

"Designed as a suburban retreat, it is intended as an antidote to the stresses of a mobile, fast-paced society in which many people are losing touch with their roots."

— Mark Brunswick, Star Tribune

Press Releases

Family Fun Tuesdays 2011 Children's Program, May 23, 2011

Teen Poets Find Their Voices at Caponi Art Park Poetry Slam, May 16, 2011

Poets in the Park Brings Urban Art to Wooded Venue, May 3, 2011

Governor Declares May 7 as Caponi Art Park and Learning Center Day, April 22, 2011

Caponi Art Park Celebrates the 90th Birthday of its Founder, Anthony Caponi, April 14, 2011

Award-Winning Poet to Teach Master Class in Eagan, April 11, 2011

Caponi Art Park Receives $40,390 in Legacy Funding,
Feb. 22, 2011

Press Contact

Jenna Strank
Communications Coordinator
651.454.9412
jenna@caponiartpark.org

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