invited to contribute a piece that would be "more environmentally sensitive" and less "engineering-intense". The Ruth Lilly Visitors Center was downsized due to building constraints in the floodplain. Due to scheduling conflicts, commissioned artists Haluk Akakçe and Peter Eisenman were forced to postpone their involvement, while Jeppe Hein was added to the roster of inaugural artists. At the park's groundbreaking on September 18, 2008, Maxwell L. Anderson, director and chief executive officer for the Indianapolis Museum of Art at the time, said: The park was anticipated to open in September 2009 but was delayed due to impacts from the Great Recession. The completed park opened to the public on June 20, 2010. Landscape architecture firm DAVID RUBIN Land Collective was commissioned by the Indianapolis Museum of Art to complete a 30-year land use master plan for the full Newfields campus. Adopted in 2017, the master plan called for several developments to the park, including a new footbridge across the Indiana Central Canal and an allée to create a visual axis from Oldfields to the lake in 100 Acres. In 2019, the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation awarded Newfields a US$10 million grant to fund park upgrades, including improved pedestrian and bicyclist connectivity, additional restrooms and parking, and the creation of an endowment for continued maintenance and new art installations. In January 2023, Newfields announced the "Home Again" exhibition, including the addition of three works to the park: Oracle of Intimation by Heather Hart; The Pollinator Pavilion by Mark Dion and Dana Sherwood; and This is NOT a Refuge by Anila Quayyum Agha. The exhibition was curated by the park's first director, Lisa Freiman, who served in various roles at the Indianapolis Museum of Art until 2013. The exhibition was underwritten by a US$3 million gift from local entrepreneur and former trustee Kent Hawryluk. The three pieces are planned to be installed in June 2023 on the Hawryluk Sculpture Green. Collection Current Bench Around the Lake (2010), Jeppe Hein Free Basket (2010), Los Carpinteros Funky Bones (2010), Joep van Lieshout Park of the Laments (2010), Alfredo Jaar Stratum Pier (2010), Kendall Buster Team Building (Align) (2010), Type A Former Chop Stick (2012), visiondivision Eden II (2010), Tea Mäkipää FLOW: Can You See the River? (2011), Mary Miss Indianapolis Island (2010), Andrea Zittel NOTICE: A Flock of Signs (2013), Kim Beck Grounds Waller Bridge, a bowstring pony truss footbridge spanning the Indiana Central