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| Welcome to the web site of The Hollycroft Foundation, sponsor of THE SCULPTURE MILE exhibitions. Visitors may now download our complete exhibition catalogue, however a free hard copy is also available at a dozen public libraries and at various businesses in the towns nearest the exhibition.
GEOGRAPHICALLY : The towns from west to east along the shore are: Guilford, Madison, Clinton, Westbrook, Old Saybrook, Lyme, Old Lyme. Then traveling north to Essex (Centerbrook & Ivoryton). |
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present a sales catalogue revealing the prices of the sculptures in the exhibition |
present the sculptor, Bruce Paul Fink, along with his work. In this case, a beautiful carnivorous flower! |
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What Hollycroft has managed to do in Madison is amazing. Despite some early efforts to censor or undermine the exhibition (not uncommon with innovative art projects), thousands of townspeople and tourists have experienced a unique museum-quality exhibition by some of America's most important sculptors. People who would not take the time to travel to a museum to look at art have experienced a major permanent (annually refreshed) exhibition where "touching" is encouraged and there are no intimidating guards to chase away curious children.
 The sculptures in the Madison range from the traditionally realistic to non-objective abstract pieces, from some monumental in scale to others that are small and intimate. They are made in a wide variety of materials including: bronze, marble, ceramic, fabricated steel, carved and fabricated wood, granite and resin. The pieces have been created by distinguished artists from Maine to North Carolina. There are twenty-three sculptures in the Madison exhibition which will continue until next spring, and then plans call for refreshing it by having a number of its pieces rotated out and replaced with new works. TOURS--Free, docent-led private tours of THE SCULPTURE MILE at Madison are available from May through October, leaving from the pavilion near the Stop & Shop parking area. Group tours can be arranged by telephoning (203) 421-196 INDIVIDUAL TOURS of THE MILE can be arranged by calling (860) 767-2624
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Thousands from the state and nation have viewed THE SCULPTURE MILEs at
Madison, Essex, Middletown, Manchester and West Haven. Below are some kudos from visitors:
"Thank you for the show we most enjoyed on the East Coast"
"I wanted to live in a town gutsy enough to have sculpture like this."
"An asset to your town, Please continue the good work."
"We deliberately drove to Connecticut after arriving in New York just to visit
"Thank you for the joy you have given me with the public exhibit of sculptures. I think
"I set up a tour for my daughter's Brownie troop. They LOVED it and it was fun and educational. Kathleen was a wonderful docent! Thank you!"
Since it's first street exhibition in Ivoryton, Connecticut in 1994, there have been numerous replications of THE SCULPTURE MILE across the nation, in addition to those mounted by The Hollycroft Foundation in other Connecticut towns and cities including: Clinton, Manchester, Middletown, Westbrook, and West Haven. For the past twelve years Madison has hosted THE MILE and the 2012-2013 edition of the exhibition is currently on display along the Boston Post Road and in Scranton Park in the large Stop & Shop shopping plaza.
FEAR NOT ART, become a friend! Join the adventure, come walk THE MILE. The Hollycroft Foundation welcomes your comments and seeks your participation and membership.
(and longtime resident of Ivoryton) The Hollycroft Foundation at: hollycroft@hollycroft.org THE SCULPTURE MILE and Its Exhibition Program The benefits are priceless....Suddenly in the limelight." The Hartford Courant
The New York Times
The Wall Street Journal
The Associated Press
by getting behind the artists and sponsors in full force." The Shore Line Times
The Boston Globe
The New Haven Register
The Source
The New Haven Advocate
Dan Kain, CBS-TV (Hartford)
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founded in 1991, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, a member of the Arts Council of Greater New Haven
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explains to students: Alec Adamson, Siena Schaller, and Sadie Blue Konstan, the inspiration for Ana Flores' sculpture of the earth Goddess "Demeter" who wandered the earth in search of her lost child. The sculpture's steel frame is purposely covered by a rare climbing plant provided by the Ivoryton Village Gardeners. |