"Claude" at the Dunwoody Nature Center 

Designed By: Amy Hattori

Artists:  Walton High School National Art Honor Society 2019-2020

Piano Donors: Dale and Patti Greig

Location:  Dunwoody Nature Center

Claude is under the pavilion along Wildcat Creek, across from the Meadow.

Claude's Story

Every public piano installation is a collaboration. The piano that became Claude was donated to Play Me Again Pianos by Dale and Patti Greig. Then this project sponsored by Walton High School Visual Art Teacher, Kathleen Petka, inspired Amy Hattori, Co-President of the National Art Society (NAHS) for 2018-19, to create a design for it based on Claude Monet’s iconic water lilies series. Working through the pandemic, NAHS Co-Presidents for 2019-20 Aliza Qureshi and Carey Thomas brought Hattori’s design to life by coordinating the prep work, painting and sealing of the piano.

Claude’s location is amazing, and Hattori’s Monet inspired design is a perfectly lovely addition to the bank of Wildcat creek. Unlike a portable instrument, it's not practical to pickup an acoustic piano and play it among the trees  -- but you can play Claude in a veritable forest, and it's a breathtaking experience.  If you haven't played Claude yet, you really should.  It's an experience not to be missed!

Walton High School
George Walton Comprehensive High School, also known as Walton High School, is a public high school located in Marietta, Georgia. It is in eastern Cobb County and is a charter school in the Cobb County School District and a School of Excellence. The mission of Walton High School is to educate students so that they are well prepared to meet the challenges of their post-secondary goals. Walton pledges its resources to the development of the whole student, addressing academic, social, emotional and career needs while fostering attitudes of good citizenship, cultural awareness, lifelong learning, and compassion. For more information, visit www.WaltonHigh.org.

About the Dunwoody Nature Center
The Dunwoody Nature Center inspires the love of nature and cultivates environmental understanding and stewardship and has been a meeting place in the community for nature enthusiasts, students, Boy and Girl Scouts, gardeners, community volunteers, and for those who just need a place to relax in the middle of a bustling city. Every year more than 20,000 people visit the Nature Center to participate in its programs and thousands more stroll the 22 acres of protected greenspace. The Dunwoody Nature Center is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that is supported from programming, memberships, grants, corporate sponsors and donors.  The Dunwoody Nature Center is located at 5343 Roberts Drive; Dunwoody, GA 30338 and is free and open to the public sun-up to sun-down, seven days a week.  For more information, visit www.DuwoodyNature.org.

Claude's Birthdate:  May 22nd, 2021
Installation #24

Share Your Claude Stories

If you have a story with Claude that you'd like to share, please do so, we'd love to hear from you! We'd also enjoy seeing your pictures and videos.

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