“Point Defiance”

Beth Nybeck
“Point Defiance”

Stainless Steel
Installed October 2016
West lawn of Leawood City Hall

Point Defiance is the most recent addition to the City’s Public Art Collection. It had been the ninth temporary installation of the “Art on Loan Program”, which provides local artists the opportunity to display their work to the residents of Leawood.

The abstract sculpture stands 7.5’ high X 7’ long X 4’ wide, constructed of stainless and mild steel.and sits on top of Kansas limestone rock base. The piece, an abstract representation of an animal, was constructed in 2009.

This new sculpture currently stands in the lawn to the west side of the front of Leawood City Hall for two years. Since its creation, Point Defiance has previously been exhibited in Iowa, Indiana, Florida and Colorado.

Beth Nybeck is a local artist rapidly gaining national attention for her large scale constructed metal sculptures which she fabricates herself. She recently completed an installation titled “Tapestry” for Johnson County located at the Johnson County Justice Annex. She has other pieces in Johnson County and around the metropolitan area.

A Fine Arts graduate of the University of Northern Iowa, Nybeck now works from her studio in the West Bottoms. The City of Leawood is honored to have her work on exhibition. Nybeck is the first female sculptor represented in the public art collection either by permanent installation or “art-on-loan”.

Nybeck is a Fine Arts graduate of the University of Northern Iowa. She live in the Crossroads area of Kansas City, MO and works from her studio in the West Bottoms.

Beth Nybeck is the first female sculptor represented in the City of Leawood public art sculpture collection.