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Thank you to our Friends, Fans, and Followers for your generosity and support! Thank you to Mary Miss for inspiring us all with her art and vision. It was a gorgeous evening to be amongst the masterworks of the collection, set within a prairie landscape.  Enjoy the photo album here Sculpture, Wine & Dine: The Prairie PartyEVENT PROGRAM  

The event program is LOADED with interesting and useful information about theNate - take a look, and share with a friend or two to help us get the word out about our mission and initiatives.

  Thank You for Joining Us at The Prairie Party!

 

It was a magical evening amongst the masterworks of the collection set within the gorgeous prairie. Here is a shared folder with spectacular photos captured by Guy Rhodes, and others:

SWD2025 photo album 

We realize that the sound and lighting was not effective for the event, and we apologize. To be cost effective we tried a method that wasn’t right for the event. We appreciate your support as we work to sustain theNate and your feedback is important to us. Please take this brief survey to share your experience.

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If you have any questions, please contact:

Lauren Healy lesolato@govst.edu  |  708.534.8390

We’re so grateful to everyone who joined us - YOU make the event special. This free public resource exists because of generous supporters like you.

We kicked off our campaign to raise $250,000 by next Sculpture Wine & Dine, Saturday, September 12, 2026 – (save the date!) Thanks to you, 20% of that goal has been reached. Please consider making an additional contribution today:

Make a Donation 

A very special thanks to Mary Miss for joining us to celebrate the conservation of Field Rotation. Because of supporters like you and the foresight of our founder, Lewis Manilow, we have been keeping pace with the conservation needs of all the artwork in the collection, inviting visiting artists, and building our education programs.

With gratitude, and on behalf of the Advisory Board for theNate and the 2025 Host Committee,

Jeff, Lauren, Sherri & the entire team

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Breaking NEWS: 

Sculpture, Wine & Dine 2025: The Prairie Party honors restoration of Field Rotation

By Victoria Gómez, Contributing Writer

theNate acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency

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We won! theNate was voted #1 sculpture park in the Nation in 2021


We are THE kid friendly, art lovers' destination with FREE admission and parking, and a free app Otocast to guide you through the 100 acres of prairie lands and the art collection.

Post your visit using #thenate tag us on Instagram @_thenate_ and find us on Facebook @thenate.gsu 

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