This Saturday May 18 at 11 am, Joseph Wheelwright and I will be leading a walking tour on the plaza, so please join us! Plan to meet us at the entrance of The Mary Baker Eddy Library, on 200 Mass Ave and we will walk and discuss the the sculptures that are installed on the plaza. We will end at the bookstore, where our catalog will be available for purchase. The tour is free and open to the public.
Image courtesy of Erin X. Smithers
With a heavy heart I am saying goodbye to my studio in Providence. For me this is the end of an era, but my studio space in Dorcester feels like a new beginning. I am painting, cleaning and working to make this space at Humphreys Street Studio feel like home.
I am fortunate to have found this studio, because I am close to the urban and natural environment which is very important to me. The community at Humphreys has been so friendly, I look forward to working alongside woodworkers, blacksmiths, stone-carvers and like any studio building- crafts people of all disciplines.
Convergence is on view in Boston at the Christian Science Center Plaza. Please join us for the Grand Opening at the Reflection Hall to celebrate the exhibition this Saturday, May 4 from 2-5 pm. Walking around the plaza is so pleasurable, as sculptures miniature to massive catch your eye. Enjoy a walk or lunch this summer to take in the variety of works by Boston Sculptors.
This Saturday tours will begin at 2:15 and 4:15 pm with the artists. Remarks with Representative Byron Rushing and Councilor Tito Jackson will begin at 3:00 pm. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Read about the show in Boston Magazine.
This work in progress, “The Space Within”, is a pair of sculptures that will be on exhibit for Convergence at The Christian Science Center Plaza. I am counting down the hours until installation because I have a lot of work ahead of me. Both house pieces are complete (whew!), now onto the center details. Just in time for spring, I will be sculpting buds and leaves over the next couple of weeks.
The Space Within
Stainless Steel and powder-coat
8’ h x 4’ w x 20” d
See a complete schedule and more works that will be on exhibit here.
Two new pieces for “Convergence” are underway at the studio this spring! The exhibition will be on view in Boston at the Christian Science Plaza May 1–October 31. The exhibit is co-sponsored by the Boston Sculptors Gallery and The First Church of Christ, Scientist.
Save the date for the the Grand Opening, which will be on Saturday, May 4, from 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Flickr image by Skyo
Wrapping up the final touches on investor gifts for a Boston company. Will be delivering them next week!
Producer of FIGMENT Boston, Jason Turgeon, created this mindmap with links to Boston connections. As a newer person to Boston, it’s very helpful seeing it organized this way.
Water Tower remains in Boston.
The Fabio Viale “Stargate” exhibition at Sperone Westwater featured hyper-realistic, large scale common objects sculpted in fine marble. I like this work which showcases the mundane, and has a shifting dialogue between commonplace and sacred. The boat pictured here is functional and I loved the way it was set within this space. Russell was eager to see this newer gallery in the Bowery, which was designed by Norman Foster. I recommend stopping by and seeing this unique gallery next time you head over to the New Museum.
Stainless Steel
96” h x 36” w x 36” d
2012
The upside-down grain bin appears to be spinning energetically, while the culmination of sculpted ‘paper’ steadies, and holds the piece upright. These sculpted pieces of paper reflect stories and bits of knowledge representing lessons from history.
I recently listened to the unedited Seth Godin interview on On Being. Krista Tippett asked about tribes, and how identity is something that we create and choose, not just for survival but for a connection that flourishes. Godin went on to discuss how tribes or groups can assist in finding others in efforts to be connected. After hearing this, I thought of this piece and I consider these floating pieces of paper as symbols of connectivity. Reflecting on how each piece is connected to the other, I like how it becomes something strong and steadying.
Listen to the edited Seth Godin On Being interview here.
