Blue Bay Sculpture Garden, Sculpture garden in Boca Samí, Curaçao.
The Blue Bay Sculpture Garden occupies about 2,000 square metres in front of and beside Landhuis Blauw, a former plantation house at the Blue Bay Golf & Beach Resort in Boca Samí. A sculpture trail runs from the resort entrance to the manor house, with more than 40 works by 29 artists in 2022, made from local materials.
The garden's foundation began in May 2017 with a ceramic totem by Ellen Spijkstra. The collection of Caribbean art has grown steadily since that initial installation.
The foundation, set up in 2017, also uses the garden for art education: its board writes lesson letters in Papiamentu and Dutch for secondary schools. The trail runs from the resort entrance to Landhuis Blauw, a former plantation house, and in 2025 a work by Tirzo Martha was added.
The garden offers free access and the pathways are laid out to guide visitors from the resort entrance to the beach restaurant. Wear comfortable shoes and allow time to view all the works displayed along the designated trails.
Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands toured the garden in November 2021, guided by artist Ellen Spijkstra; at the princess's request, sculptor Yubi Kirindongo was also present. The 2021 addition Pacific Song, Nic Jonk's second work here, shows whales whose tails form a heart.
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