From July 25 until September 10 the public is invited to attend a free and open to the public sculpture symposium right here on the Schoodic Peninsula. In fact for several weeks you can watch a half dozen artists from all over the world create incredible sculptures out of raw granite, pieces that will be placed in several Maine towns, including Ellsworth, Milbridge, Sullivan and Winter Harbor.I just returned from my first outing there and look forward to tracking the progress of these wonderful works of art as they take shape over the next few weeks.
The Schoodic International Sculpture symposium is part of a series of symposia that began in 1959 and are held around the world. This year the participating artists are from Poland, Germany, USA (Maine), Sweden, and Japan.
The cool thing is it is absolutely free and open to the public. Plus there are workshops that you can sign up for and the ocean is just a stone's throw away!
How cool is all that, eh?
Click here for some of my early photos of the symposium.
To find directions and more details about this year's symposium just visit www.schoodicsculpture.org
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