The Blue Bay Sculpture Garden is a

sculpture park A sculpture garden or sculpture park is an outdoor garden or park which includes the presentation of sculpture, usually several permanently sited works in durable materials in landscaped surroundings. A sculpture garden may be private, owned by a ...

situated at the Blue Bay Golf & Beach Resort in

Boca Samí Sint Michiel (also Boca Samí) is a former fishing village in Willemstad lying at the south end of Bullenbaai bay on the west coast of Curaçao. It is located to the northwest of the island's city centre. Overview The St. Michiel Bay is local ...

Curaçao Curaçao ( ; ; pap, Kòrsou, ), officially the Country of Curaçao ( nl, Land Curaçao; pap, Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuela coast ...

, on an area of approximately 2000 square metres in front of and next to

Landhuis A landhuis ( Dutch for "mansion, manor", plural ''landhuizen''; Indonesian: ''rumah kongsi''; Papiamento: ''kas di shon'' or ''kas grandi'') is a Dutch colonial country house, often the administrative heart of a '' particuliere land'' or private ...

Blauw. The Blue Bay Sculpture Garden Foundation was established in 2017. The board not only wants to foster tourism with the sculpture park, but also give an impetus to art education in Curaçao. The piece that was first placed in the park was a

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Ellen Spijkstra Ellen Spijkstra (born 3 August 1957) is a Dutch ceramic artist and photographer, resident in Curaçao. Biography Ellen Spijkstra was educated at the Academie Minerva in Groningen. In 1980 she moved to Curaçao with her husband, Eric de Brab ...

, followed by works by, among others, Giovanni Abath, Eddy Baetens, Babs de Brabander Sr, Hortence Brouwn, Avantia Damberg, Rien te Hennepe, Nic Jonk, Yubi Kirindongo, Norva Sling, Omar Sling,

Gerrit van der Veen Gerrit van der Veen (26 November 1902, Amsterdam — 10 June 1944, Overveen) was a Dutch sculptor. He was a member of the Dutch underground, which resisted the German occupation of Amsterdam during World War II. The historian Robert-Jan van Pe ...

and Brigitte Wawoe. In 2022, there are more than 40 sculptures by 29 artists. They are made from a wide variety of local materials and are located along a sculpture trail that starts at the entrance of the resort and ends at the

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, a former

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house. In January 2019 a delegation of museum

Beelden aan Zee Beelden aan Zee ("Images/sculptures by the sea") museum in the Scheveningen district of The Hague, founded in 1994 by the sculpture collectors Theo and Lida Scholten, is the only Dutch museum which specializes in exhibiting sculpture. The mus ...

visited the sculpture garden. The museum will temporarily loan monumental sculptures of international artists to the sculpture garden. In 2021, a second sculpture by Nic Jonk was added, ''Pacific Song''. It represents whales whose tails form a heart. In november 2021 princess

Beatrix of the Netherlands Beatrix (Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, ; born 31 January 1938) is a member of the Dutch royal house who reigned as Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 until her abdication in 2013. Beatrix is the eldest daughter of Queen Juliana and her husband ...

visited the sculpture garden and was shown around by

Selection of exhibited works

File:Giovanni Abath - Man of Steel.jpg, ''Man of Steel'' by Giovanni Abath File:Eddy Baetens-Johnny Walker still going strong.jpg, ''Johnny Walker still going strong'' by Eddy Baetens File:Hortence Brouwn-Big mama.jpg, ''Big Mama'' by Hortence Brouwn File:Avantia Damberg-Map of Curacao III.jpg, ''Map of Curaçao III'' by Avantia Damberg File:Rien te Hennepe-Redu.jpg, ''Redu'' by Rien te Hennepe File:Nic Jonk-Pacific.jpg, ''Pacific'' by Nic Jonk File:Ellen Spijkstra-Door de jaren heen.jpg, ''Door de jaren heen'' by

File:Gerrit Jan van der Veen - Lost monument.jpg, ''Lost monument'' by

File:Brigitte Wawoe- Eenhoorn.jpg, ''Eenhoorn'' by Brigitte Wawoe

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* {{Buildings in Curaçao Geography of Curaçao Arts in Curaçao