Move One Place On sculpture Bellaire Blvd

Houston, Texas, United States

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According to Evelyn's Park Conservancy, Move One Place On is a bronze Alice in Wonderland tea-party sculpture by Bridgette Mongeon in Evelyn's Park, 4400 Bellaire Boulevard, Bellaire, Texas. A 10-foot table with bronze characters invites visitors to sit among them; it was revealed in April 2018.

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Move One Place On sculpture Bellaire Blvd

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Most public sculpture says keep your distance. This one sets a place at the table. The park conservancy describes Move One Place On, in Evelyn's Park in Bellaire, Texas, as the Mad Tea Party from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Houstonia reported in 2018 that the sculptor, Bridgette Mongeon, meant each character to interact with an empty place.

The park occupies the five-acre site of the former Teas Nursery, which closed in December 2009; The Jerry and Maury Rubenstein Foundation acquired it, according to Buzz Magazines. Houstonia reported in 2018 that Jerry and Maury Rubenstein commissioned the sculpture in honour of their mother, Evelyn. The park conservancy places it in the south-east corner of the park, within the Evelyn Rubenstein memorial garden.

Houston artist Bridgette Mongeon made it for the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll's book. The conservancy describes a 10-foot table with eight-foot bronze characters, Alice, the March Hare, the Cheshire Cat, the Dormouse and the Mad Hatter, with room for six to eight living guests. Houstonia gave the length as 24 feet, with three benches, one including a built-in chessboard, and called the Mad Hatter nine feet tall. It weighs 6,000 pounds and travelled to the park from Bastrop.

Mongeon hid 150 elements from the book in the work; the conservancy cites a small Humpty Dumpty or White Queen tucked into the bronze bark legs of the table and benches. The title is the Mad Hatter's tea-party refrain, and Mongeon told Houstonia she hoped visitors would shout it and swap places. The reveal event was held on 12 April 2018.

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WHAT TO EXPECT

According to the park conservancy, a bronze tea-party table in the south-east corner of Evelyn's Park, with seats for visitors to sit among the characters and a search for hidden elements from the book. The park's own rules and posted hours apply, and dogs are not allowed under City of Bellaire ordinance.

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Evelyn's Park, 4400 Bellaire Boulevard, Bellaire, Texas; the conservancy places the sculpture in the south-east corner of the park. Public park with posted opening hours and park rules.

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