A few days ago, we bid adieu to our good friend, “Star Monster,” a sculpture constructed by student artists from MSUM and last year’s winner of our annual S.P.A.C.E. sculpture contest. I’ll be frank; we loved “Star Monster,” and the public did, too. A lot of people had their photos taken with him and he was a frequent subject for our blog and Flickr stream (here and here). He was something of a temporary mascot, I suppose, and we loved being associated with such a whimsical and colorful symbol.

Our education director, Sandy, was fortunate enough to get photos of “Star Monster” as he was taken to his permanent home on the MSUM campus. He’s all grown up now. ::sniff:: On the bright side, we’ll have a brand new work on our sculpture pad within the next week or so thanks to our friends at Concordia College.

Side note: how awesome would it have been to share the road with a big, freaky work of art during your commute?