They include students, professors, and working artists. When he's not organizing and overseeing the Herman Iron Pour, Dyrhaug teaches at a college in Lamar, Texas. He said the Herman Iron Pour is unique in Minnesota. He noted that there are iron pours in the Twin Cities, for example, but artists have to be invited. This is hands-on.
People come here, cast iron, and leave, with one casting left behind.
That piece is the community sculpture for the park, which the visiting artists play a huge part in making. The first annual Herman Iron Pour came together in 1995. Dyrhaug admitted that after that first year, he was happy just to have done it once. He figured that was a good point. About 40 artists participated in 1995.