Tour the Contemporary Sculpture Path of Forest Hills Cemetery, 95 Forest Hills Avenue, Jamaica Plain, with the Forest Hills Educational Trust’s Executive Director Cecily Miller, looking at Victorian sculpture and architecture along the way. Discover the ways contemporary artists were inspired by this unique landscape to explore themes of nature, history, family, memory and the mysterious world of the spirits. Forest Hills is a historic cemetery located in Boston, Massachusetts. Designed in 1848 as a 250-acre park and arboretum as well as a burial ground, it helped inspire Frederick Law Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace a generation later. Visitors discover a grand Victorian landscape filled with treasures of 19th century art and architecture, a green oasis shaded by magnificent canopy trees, and a sanctuary for birds and urban wildlife.
The non-profit Forest Hills Educational Trust presents innovative cultural programs in this extraordinary setting, including: exhibitions of contemporary art, concerts and poetry readings, walking tours, the Buddhist-inspired Lantern Festival and a traditional Mexican Day of the Dead. This walk will begin at 2:00 pm and costs $9. For directions and more information, log on to www.foresthillstrust.org.
