What’s the New Buzz at Columbia’s Agriculture Park?
- "What’s the New Buzz at Columbia’s Agriculture Park?" originally appeared in the April 2025 "Art & Culture" issue of COMO Magazine.
Photos by Jodie Jackson Jr.
Late winter sunlight bathed the still-new insect sculptures at the Columbia Agriculture Park at Clary-Shy Park in mid-March. The metal critters were featured at a Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture (CCUA) ribbon cutting in October 2024.
One installation has three ladybugs attached to the entrance of a trellis walkway into the Agriculture Park. The other sculptures feature a praying mantis, butterfly, and a bee. The new additions are the creation of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, artist Stephen R. Feilbach. Two of the sculptures were donated to the park, and two of them are on display through a ten-year agreement.
The Agriculture Park is also the location of the Columbia Farmers Market, housed by the MU Health Care Pavilion at 1769 W. Ash St. In addition to the new art, CCUA will soon begin construction of a community welcome center at the park, which will feature event space, a community kitchen, and expanded food production.
