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  • Saturday, May 3 – Sunday, October 12 – Art in Motion: 25 Years of Sculpture by George Sherwood

    Explore an extraordinary collection of kinetic sculptures, masterfully crafted by artist and engineer George Sherwood. Art in Motion spans an impressive 25 years of Sherwood’s artistic journey, showcasing 17 intricate stainless-steel sculptures that move in the wind and reflect the sunlight. Drawing inspiration from patterns and perspectives in nature such as birds in flight, ripples and reflections on the surface of water, and floral forms, each sculpture captures the dynamic forces of nature and reflects the beauty of our living world. Art in Motion invites visitors to find moments of tranquility and joy while considering the subtle, ongoing changes taking place in the natural world around us. For details, visit https://nebg.org/art-in-motion/

    Each sculpture featured in New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill’s Art in Motion is unique and interacts with its surroundings in its own special way. The pieces vary in shape, size, and movement, ranging from smaller more intimate sculptures to large-scale works reaching up to 21 feet. A collection of Sherwood’s work, Wind, Waves and Light, was featured at New England Botanic Garden in 2019. A few favorites from this collection return as part of Art in Motion along with pieces not previously displayed at the Garden and one new, never-before-seen sculpture. Discover them all this spring, summer, and fall!

  • Saturday, February 12 – Sunday, March 20 – Prismatic, An Orchid Exhibition

    Inspired by color and light, Tower Hill Botanic Garde has combined dazzling plant displays and vibrant art installations to bring you this year’s orchid exhibit, Prismatic! This experience begins as soon as you enter the lobby and continues throughout Tower Hill’s indoor spaces, including the Limonaia and Orangerie, which are adorned with 1,400 colorful orchids and sparkling works of art. Your journey also includes a walk through a rainbow in the Milton Gallery and a view of a shimmering George Sherwood sculpture in the Cafe.  

    This year’s theme is Prismatic. So, what do prisms have to do with orchids? The answer is light! Prisms capture light, which depending on the type of prism, separate visible light into spectral colors, like you see in rainbows. Plants, including orchids, utilize the energy of light for photosynthesis, which helps create the beautiful blooms you will enjoy during this exhibition. Combining these two elements allows us to create an exhibit that accentuates the power of light and highlights the beauty it is responsible for. This is an experience you will not want to miss!  

    Free with admission to the garden. Admission tickets must be reserved online in advance. All who are able must wear masks indoors at Tower Hill Botanic Garden until further notice. Tower Hill is following the mask guidance provided by the CDC. Click to reserve your admission ticket

  • Saturdays, May 4, June 15, July 13, and August 10, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Curator Tour of Wind, Waves and Light

    This unconventional Tower Hill Botanic Garden exhibition features large-scale, stainless steel sculptures that move and change with the wind. View the sculptures and learn more about their connections to art, science, and nature. An artist and engineer, George Sherwood creates kinetic sculptures that evoke shimmering leaves, flocks of birds, schools of fish, and waves of light and water.

    American sculptor George Sherwood explores aesthetic systems of space, time, and the dynamic relationships of objects in motion. The choreography of each piece is governed by a set of basic movements, facilitated by an arrangement of aerodynamic surfaces connected by rotational points.  His work is usually made of stainless steel, the reflective qualities of which integrate the sculpture into its environment. For his outdoor works, wind speed and direction, shades of light, time of day, precipitation, and seasonal color transform the qualities of light and movement of the sculpture.

    An award-winning American sculptor, Sherwood was born and raised in the coastal town of Fairfield, Connecticut. He now lives and works in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and holds degrees in both art and engineering. Sherwood’s initial interest in the art of movement began during the 1970′s. Drawn to and inspired by physical theater groups such as Mummenschanz, Pilobolus, and The Celebration Mime Theatre, he developed a theatrical performance consisting of large animated props, sculptures, and masks that were manipulated by the performers. After earning an engineering degree in the 1980′s he turned his focus to Concept Development for LEGO Futura the Research and Development arm of LEGO. Working with advanced technologies and as a liaison with the MIT Media Lab, he was part of a team that helped developed preliminary concepts leading to the development of Mindstorms and Virtual LEGO construction software. It was during this time that he was introduced to the wind-powered sculpture of George Rickey, a pioneer in kinetic sculpture. A growing passion to create his own sculpture led Sherwood to pursue this as a full-time career.

    Sherwood’s work is in permanent collections, including The Currier Museum, The Dana Farber Cancer Institute 20th and 21stcentury Contemporary Art Collection in Boston, The Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, The Atlanta Botanical Garden, and the Contemporary Sculpture Path at Forest Hills Educational Trust. Public projects include the city of Salt Lake City, Utah; The Christian Science Center in Boston, Massachusetts, and the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Hanover, New Hampshire. Solo exhibitions include the Currier Museum, Manchester, NH (2010); Saint Gauden’s National Historic Site in Cornish, NH; The Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston, MA (2010); and Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY. In 2007 he was awarded the Lillian Heller Award for Contemporary Art at Chesterwood in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

    For more information visit https://www.towerhillbg.org/wind-waves-light-exhibit/