Today's Interview: Amanda Matthews on artwork for Lexington's Gatton Park

WEKU | By Tom Martin

Published August 21, 2025 at 7:35 AM EDT

In Lexington, they tore down a parking lot to put up a paradise. And the 10-acre Gatton Park on the Town Branch officially opens at noon on Saturday. In Today's Interview, Tom Martin talks with one of the artists commissioned to provide an installation for the Park.

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