See your ideas come to life in Cloud Nest, the colorful geodesic art dome coming to Shute Park in fall 2025! Artist Becky Borlan is looking for your insights, hoping to learn more about Hillsboro’s favorite local and native plants which will inspire the design of the sculpture.
Drop-in to upcoming workshops to participate in activities and share more with Becky about plants or flowers that you look forward to seeing all year, a particular bloom that sparks joy, or a botanical display that outshines the rest.
Prepare to get hands on for about 15-20 minutes with an art-based activity, and take your creation home! These workshops are free and open to all ages, interests, and abilities.
Upcoming Events:
Wednesday, March 19
4 to 6 pm
Shute Park Aquatic & Recreation Center
Friday, March 21
1 to 3 pm
Shute Park Library
Saturday, March 22
11 am to 2 pm
Shute Park
Spanish-language interpreters will be available at each event.
About Cloud Nest
Cloud Nest will be a 24-foot-high powder-coated steel dome with colorful, laser-cut translucent panels installed near the playground area at Shute Park in fall 2025. The design was inspired by papel picado, Buckminster Fuller, geodesic domes, a soccer ball, quilts, and traditional plazas and town squares.
Read more about the process used to select the artist and funding for the project.
About Becky Borlan
Based in Baltimore, Maryland, Becky likes to utilize light and color to spark reverence and wonder in her work. She wants her installations to be playful, vibrant, and whimsical. Becky applies the curiosity of a child to question everything. She dabbles with different materials. She paints with the expressive parts of color theory, and “loops, bobs, weaves together forms to unite them into a concise and clear invitation to explore without judgment.”
About Shute Park
Shute Park is Hillsboro’s oldest park and one of its most used and recognized. The park with a large playground and stage that hosts a free summer concert series is at the center of a campus of City of Hillsboro facilities, including Shute Park Library, Hillsboro Community Senior Center, and Shute Park Aquatic & Recreation Center. The park is active throughout the year supporting general recreation along with a variety of cultural festivals and events that attract both residents and visitors.
