Monarch Contemporary Art Center and Sculpture Park is a free, outdoor art gallery located along the Chehalis Western Trail near Tenino, in southern Thurston County, Washington. Opened in 1998 by sculptor Myrna Orsini, the 5-acre (2.0 ha) park features sculpture gardens. Under threat of closures in the 2010s, the grounds are considered a primitive park. In 1992, after visiting an art symposia in Europe, founder Myrna Orsini and her business partner Doris Coonrod purchased land totaling 68 acres (28 ha) for the park; an additional parcel for a shop was purchased two years later. The nonprofit park is north of the towns of Tenino and Rainer and is situated next to the Chehalis Western Trail, a rail trail that courses north-to-south in Thurston County. The park has been opened since June 1998 as "a gift to the community". The opening commenced with a rock-carving symposium which was attended by 13 artists who came from nine countries, including Lithuania, Austria, Cuba, Italy, and Canada; each artist donated a piece to the park's collection. More information...
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