Cowabunga!
CowParade, the world’s largest public art exhibit, has arrived in the Triangle! CowParade North Carolina 2012 features 81 painted and costumed cows, all whimsically transformed by regional artists, professional and amateur, from life-sized “blank canvas” fiberglass cows.
Thanks to the support of many corporate sponsors, stylized cows are grazing in high-trafficked public places throughout Chapel Hill, Durham and Raleigh now through December 7, 2012, displayed in streets, parks, storefronts and other public places as a veritable free outdoor museum of cows.
Herd locations include the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus, the American Tobacco campus and Golden Belt in Durham, and North Hills and Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh. Visitors will also find several “cows in outlying pastures” throughout the greater Triangle and beyond, as far away as Fayetteville and Wilmington.
The life-sized bovines, each with a fanciful moniker fitting her design, are about 8’ long and 5’ high and weigh approximately 125 pounds before application by the artist. The cows are additionally attached to a 400-pound concrete base so as not to “moo-ve” from their grazing locations.
CowParade North Carolina 2012, presented by Wells Fargo for the benefit of North Carolina Children’s Hospital, is conservatively estimated to attract more than 500,000 visitors to the Triangle during the three-month exhibition late this summer and early fall.
At the conclusion of the public exhibition phase of CowParade North Carolina, select bovines will be sold via live auction at a gala event in February 2013, while others will be sold through an online auction. Funds raised will benefit N.C. Children’s Hospital.
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