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On Sunday January 9, 2005 at 3PM at the Norman Williams Library Joe Hallowell will give a presentation on the process of his sculpture. He will give a talk and slide show documenting the evolution from concept to final two thousand pound metal sculpture "Collaboration" which is on loan to the library and is sited on the front property. All are welcome to the presentation and discussion. The library is on the green in Woodstock, Vermont. Sculpture Fest 2004 opened on Saturday, September 4. As usual, the show stayed up through foliage season. The theme of the 2004 exhibition was "Beyond Boundaries." The featured artists for 2004 were Mary Mead and Herb Ferris. As a special presentation, we also presented Matt Bucy's video installation, "Powers of Bush," recently shown at the Cooler Gallery in White River Junction, Vermont, and Mark Osborne's Academy Award nominated short, "More". Please join us on October 8th & 9th for hot cider and popcorn. Details on out events schedule page. "Sculpture Fest is one of the aesthetic benefits of life in this valley." Find out what else Bill Craig of the Valley News thought of Sculpturefest 2004 by going to our Reviews page. Matt Bucy's "Powers of Bush" won second prize at "Perceptions of Our President, A Juried Exhibition" at the Koo's Art Center in Long Beach, CA, juried by Kristina Newhouse. Go to our Network page for more information on the show. Sculpture Fest will hosted a tea party to welcome the new sculpture of Barbara Kaufman on Sunday, Sept. 26. The Yellow Trailer Art Gallery was at Beyond Boundaries, Sculpturefest 2004, September 19 - 21. For details check our Event Schedule page. A PDF exhibition catalog is available for download in two versions: 3.6 MB and 478 KB. The 478KB file is a faster download, but of lower quality. If you'd like a high resolution version on CD-ROM, contact Charlet. – Charlet & Peter Davenport
Peter Davenport, Co-Director of Sculpture Fest, is the one-man landscape force. Along with his duties as curator of the exhibition he aids artists in installing work, clearing sites, creating the signage, keeping everything clear for visitors as well as caring for the grounds throughout the exhibition time. Both Davenports agree that land belongs to all of us and welcome the guests who come to Sculpture Fest each year.
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Director Charlet
Davenport has
worked as an artist in Vermont since 1963. Currently her work in
ceramic sculpture is influenced by many years of acting as Director
of Sculpture Fest. Initially her ourdoor art installations were created
on fibre glass mesh and installed in public spaces (St. Gaudens Historic
National Park, The Rotunda at Dartmouth College Hopkins Center, the
bank of the Hoosic River on Williams College Campus, Slater Mill,
Pawtucket, RI, the TW Wood Art Center and a variety of other public
and semi-public spaces.) Charlet's tenth installation work, "Muse
on the Ottauquechee," a reflection on the work of Hiram Powers,
will be on exhibit at the Dana House, Elm St. Woodstock Vt. for the
summer of 2004. Materials are ceramic, wood and marble. (Left: detail
from "Muse on the Ottauquechee." photo: Dennis Grady)