2022-23 AAOSE Sculptures on Display

Hilde DeBruyne, Steven Maeck, Gail Chavenelle, Zach Bowman, Albert Rhea, Tim Adams, and Jon Kamrath were the featured artists in the 26th Ames Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition (AAOSE) sponsored by the Public Art Commission (PAC). The public selected "Symmetry" by Tim Adams as Best in Show. Tim shared that his sculpture was "created with five symmetrical petals to mirror the math of nature." He furthered that "all flowers and nature have mathematical patterns that determine their shape and growth. Known as the Fibonacci sequence or Fibonacci numbers, the seeds, petals, pistils, leaves and its veins are all formed using this mathematical formula. The mathematical sequence is created by adding the two preceding numbers together. The sequence starts with 1123581321 and goes on forever and ends up infinity! The next time you observe a flower—there’s math at work!"