Dog Name Vote Race – October 1st
Here is an October voting race just for fun! As of October 1st, here is the voting for the name for the Big Dog: Art: 3Biscuit: 7Burlingdog: 21Burly: 33Koonepeam: 3Michelangelo: 0Rosie: 3Smithy: 30Wyman: 8 If you have not voted yet, vote here before October 9th. (Sorry, no mail-in ballots.)
6th Sculpture Arrives!
After very many emails back and forth to Ukraine, our 6th sculpture, the giant yellow cherries, called Global Warming, arrived via air freight to Logan Airport. A friendly delivery guy brought the crated work to the driveway of Sculpture Committee Chair, Jon Sachs. The work is to be uncrated and installed, hopefully, on Tuesday, September […]
Burlington Sculpture Park in Boston Globe
The Boston Globe has published a lovely online article about our sculpture park which will be in print this Sunday, September 6th. The photo of Dale Rodgers wheeling his American Dog into place is by Globe Photographer Suzanne Kreiter. The full length article was written by Globe correspondent Cindy Cantrell.
Park Feature in Burlington Union
The Burlington Union published a good, comprehensive article about the Burlington Sculpture Park. Writer Veer Mudambi did a great job of taking the rather complex story and creating a nice readable summary. You can link to the article here, or download a PDF version.
BCAT Features the Park
BCAT, Burlington’s cable access television, has visit the Sculpture Committee meetings, interviewed member and Selectman Nick Priest, and videoed installations. Here is their piece about the sculpture park, after our first work was installed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08hhettCzo4
Endeavour to be Installed 8-1-20
Chris Plaisted’s sculpture Endeavour will be installed at the Burlington Sculpture Park on Saturday, August 1st. While COVID and construction safety concerns prevent us from inviting the public, a few people could observe from a safe distance. The install should take a few hours and will start about 2pm.
3rd Install: Next Stop Shibuya
On Friday, July 31st, Philip Marshall came to Burlington and – single handed – installed his graceful steel work Next Stop Shibuya. You can hear Phil talk about the work and see the installation here. The work has a wooden and steel base, with an elegant bed of crushed stone, from which the steel towers […]
2nd Sculpture: Follow Your Heart
On Thursday, July 30, 2020, we installed our second sculpture, the colorful red work, Follow Your Heart, by Mark Wholey. You can hear Mark talking about this work here. Below, Mark Wholey poses with NESA President Dr. Elisa Adams behind sculpture and committee chair, Jon Sachs on right. During installation, a fellow drove up […]
First Installation: Peter Dellert’s Truth #1
With lots of help from the Burlington DPW, we installed the very first sculpture on Friday, July 24. Peter Dellert worked with DPW to move the work from his trailer to the right concrete base. A flock of helpers tore off the coverings of bubble wrap. Then Peter drilled holes into the concrete base and […]
Cardboard Mockups
Here is a video of the day we mocked up all sculptures in cardboard to check on best locations.