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  • Sunday, October 24, 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm – 10th Anniversary of the Contemporary Sculpture Path at Forest Hills

    Join the Forest Hills Educational Trust on Sunday, October 24 beginning at 1 pm for the 10th anniversary of the contemporary sculpture path.  Discover 28 works of temporary and permanent public art exhibited in the grand Victorian landscape of Forest Hills Cemetery.  At 1 pm there will be light refreshments, self-guided tours, and a family art tour.  At 1:15, see the unveiling Standing Ceres, and live music at the lake.  Many people mourned the loss of Kahlil Gibran’s sculpture of the goddess of harvest when it was stolen from Forest Hills in 2008.  Celebrate the return of Ceres, and welcome a new sculpture donated by the artist’s family.  Poetry readings commence at 2 pm, a flute concert in the pine forest with flutist Peter H. Bloom begins at 3, and finally, at 3:30, there will be a walking tour with participating artists, a complete list of whom may be found at www.foresthillstrust.org. All events are free, and there is a rain date of October 31, just in case.

  • Saturday, October 17, 2:00 pm – Contemporary Art Walking Tour

    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.