Submit Your Photos Now: Contest Ends Oct. 9
Family-Friendly 'Halloween at the Art Park' Event on Oct. 29
Meaning Beyond Reason Fireside Book Launch
Anthony Caponi Book Tour
New Closing Hours Now through October

Caponi Art Park and United Way

Is your workplace involved in an Employee Giving Campaign through United Way? Please consider supporting Caponi Art Park's mission through a United Way donation. Simply designate Caponi Art Park as your charitable organization on your company's donation form.

Here's what you need to know:
Name: Caponi Art Park and Learning Center
Address: 1205 Diffley Road, Eagan, MN 55123 

Thank you for considering Caponi Art Park during the United Way Employee Giving Season. We look forward to sharing what we accomplished with your support.

Submit Your Photos Now: Contest Ends Oct. 9

There are only a few more days left to visit the art park and enter your photos! Youth and adults are invited to submit up to 5 photographs of the Art Park now through this Sunday, Oct. 9 to our 4th annual photography contest and exhibition. Cash prizes will be awarded in both adult and youth (14 and under) categories, and select images will be displayed in an exhibition at the Eagan Community Center from October 27 to January.

All are invited to attend the opening reception and awards ceremony on Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. at the Community Center.

Stay tuned for details! Check out the above slide show of adult photo entries so far this season; you can view youth entries on our Flickr site.

Family-Friendly Halloween Event on Oct. 29

Wear your costumes and celebrate Halloween at Caponi Art Park on Saturday, Oct. 29 from 1-4 p.m. Take a short trick-or-treat tour of the art park's spooky sculptures with a costumed guide, play in a giant pile of leaves, and make a halloween craft. Hot apple cider, popcorn and s'mores will be available. This event is free, with a $2 per person suggested donation.

New Closing Hours Now through October

Caponi Art Park is open to the public Tuesday through Sunday from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. through October 31. The park will close November 1 through April 30.

Meaning Beyond Reason Fireside Book Launch

Have you heard?

Anthony Caponi, the founder and artistic director of Caponi Art Park and Learning Center, has published his third book, a collection of essays entitled Meaning Beyond Reason.

All are invited to meet the author and hear a passage from his new book at the Meaning Beyond Reason Book Launch this Sunday, October 9 from 1-4 p.m. Gather around the outdoor fireplace in the sculpture garden at 2 p.m. for s'mores and a book reading.

Anthony Caponi Book Tour

Anthony Caponi will speak on ideas presented in his latest collection of essays, Meaning Beyond Reason, published in 2011.

Meaning Beyond Reason Book Launch: Sunday, Oct. 9 at 1-4 p.m. at Caponi Art Park, Eagan
Writers Discussion Group (open to the public): October 19 at 6:30 p.m. at Rural American Arts Center, Plainview
Meaning Beyond Reason Book Signing: Saturday, Nov. 12 at 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Barnes and Noble, Eagan
Talking Art with Tony Caponi: Thursday, Nov. 17 at 7-8:30 p.m. in the Lodge at Camp Sacajawea, Apple Valley (register with Dakota County Parks)
Book event hosted by Twin Cities TOSCA: Details coming soon.

Thank You 2011 Sponsors!