Scouts visit new sculpture in Summerlin

The Brownies of Troop 272 and the Cub Scouts of Pack 812, Bear Den 1, recently received a firsthand lesson in outdoor art at The Hills Center Business Park in Summerlin at the invitation of Triad Development, developer of the business park, and The Howard Hughes Corp., developer of Summerlin.

Southern California artist Jon Seeman visited with the children when his 1,500-pound steel sculpture "Engaging Curve" was installed in the business park, which is under development and adjacent to the Summerlin Library and Performing Arts Center.

Seeman, who was commissioned by Triad Development to create the sculpture, told the children his inspiration came from the shapes in Summerlin.

"The circular shape of the roundabout traffic circles and winding, scenic streets in the community are echoed in the sculpture," he said. "When creating a custom piece, I try to mimic the dominant shapes in the surrounding environment."

The sculpture was assembled from six different pieces created in Seeman's Laguna Beach, Calif., studio and trucked to Southern Nevada. It is the largest sculpture Seeman has created in his more than his 20 years as an artist. Seeman and his assistants assembled the sculpture onsite and were in the process of applying a green copper finish when the children arrived.

"The kids got to the heart of the matter with their simple and straightforward questions," Seeman said. "They usually want to know how long it took you to build, how much it weighs, and what it's made of. When you get right down to it, that covers all the basics."

Summerlin, which has been ranked as the nation's best-selling master-planned community nine of the past 10 years, is unfolding in villages along the western rim of the valley. It is home to eight golf courses, nearly 100 neighborhood and village parks, nearly 100 completed miles of trails, 16 public and private schools, houses of worship, shopping centers, medical facilities, cultural facilities, business parks, and nearly 100 model homes.

Houses, townhomes and condominiums are priced from the mid-$100,000s to more than $700,000. Custom lots measuring from one-half acre to three-quarters of an acre are priced from the high $400,000s to more than $1 million, and predesigned custom homes are priced from $500,000 to more than $1 million.

Apartments offer monthly rents starting from the high $700s.

To visit the community's home finding center, travel west on Sahara Avenue, past Hualapai Way, to Town Center Drive. Or, take Interstate 215 to the Sahara exit. The center is open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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