The first five Great Blue Herons of Texas are now proudly on display throughout the City of Dickinson. Seeded by the City’s HOT Tax and coordinated by the Dickinson Art Guild, this community partnership has been a great success. Each Great Blue Heron sculpture represents a charitable component through a donation to the preservation of… [read more]
There’s a giant squirrel on the loose, and it’s exactly how the city of Seguin wants it. The first of a series of hand-crafted squirrels was unveiled this past Sunday on the lawn of Spirit of Joy Lutheran Church. Congregation members joined the city of Seguin, its neighbors, and community members for the special unveiling of the larger-than-life concrete squirrel that has been transformed into an individually designed colorful work of art. For weeks, even …
Duck, Duck, Goose! in Stamford Downtown is an interactive sculpture exhibit, similar to past exhibits, Space Invasion, Dinosaurs Rule, and Art SHAPES, artists, through a juried selection process, will paint and decorate 24 fiberglass ducks that will be displayed throughout Stamford Downtown June through August 2023. The exhibit of interactive sculptures will once again engage… [read more]
Leadership Folsom, in collaboration with Choose Folsom, presents The Heartbeat of Folsom – a whimsical public art event in the summer of 2023. The event will feature 20 heart sculptures installed throughout the town for locals and visitors to discover and explore. Each heart art sculpture will be sponsored by a business, individual, or community… [read more]
Fiberglass livestock has been spotted “grazing” in front of local civic and commercial buildings in Webster, Dudley, and Oxford. But before you say “Eww!” — or even more appropriately “Ewe!” — rest assured that no one is trying to pull the wool over one’s eyes with this faux flock popping up in front of banks, municipal buildings, and storefronts. In fact, “Slater’s Sheep,” as they have been called, is a community art project supporting the …
Rabbits hopped into Dedham, cows grazed around Boston, and foxes will trot through Foxboro this summer as part of a public art project. The Foxboro Cultural Council is seeking five local artists to participate in the public art, tourism, and charitable event that will place five decorated, four-foot-tall foxes around the uptown area for its Fox-in-the-Boro art walk. A map will lead folks around uptown Foxboro to find each fox and recognize the participating artists …
Rocky, a tiny saw-whet owl found in a Norway Spruce tree to be set up as the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in 2020, has become something of a folk legend in the years after his discovery. Books have been written about his adventure, including one by Ellen Kalish, the Executive Director of Ravensbeard Wildlife Center in Saugerties, where Rocky recovered from his trip and was then set free. The owl’s recovery in Saugerties made him …
An auction of life-size painted sculptures of a much-loved therapy horse raised approximately $250,000 for WindReach’s educational and therapeutic programmes. Tilly, a miniature pony, died in November last year after 22 years of helping others at the Warwick-based outdoor activities centre. Tilly’s Filly Fundraiser was held at WindReach last Friday, where 20 fibre-glass sculptures, painted and decorated by well-known local artists, were auctioned off to the highest bidders. A spokesperson stated: “Tilly was loved by the masses …
After many years without a new initiative, the MCF Board committed to revitalizing the organization and formed subcommittees to imagine and lead new projects. The Art Committee soon identified a project to garner attention and enthusiasm for the MCF. The process was a collaborative effort with input from residents, MCF board members, the Munster Chamber… [read more]