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  • Friday, September 25, 5:30 pm – Sculpture Show Preview Party

    The famed “Stone Show” formerly in Hardwick, Massachusetts, is expanding and moving to Tower Hill Botanic Garden to become “The Sculpture Show.” The show will be larger and more inclusive in every way, with contributions from more than a dozen skilled artists from throughout New England and New York. See stunning works in metal, wood, cast stone and carved stone, set amongst the incomparable beauty of Tower Hill’s exquisite gardens and woodland trails—especially breathtaking during the fall foliage season. The preview party and reception with the artists will be on Friday, September 25, beginning at 5:30pm. Buy Sculpture Show Preview Party tickets. $25 for Tower Hill Members, $30 for non members. Enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvre and a cash bar, and enjoy a guided tour of the show, as the lights are turned on for the first time to illuminate the sculptures for a spectacular effect. We’ll inform you about special related programming throughout this event. The show is co-sponsored by New England Garden Ornaments of Sudbury, Massachusetts, and by Shadows and Light, of Conway, Massachusetts.  The show continues and will be open through November 1, from 10 am – 5 pm, and open Wednesday evenings until 8 pm.

    Participating Artists I Artists Bios
    Tim deChristopher I James DiSilvestro
    Thomas Kellner I Wendy Klemperer (photo below)
    Jill Nooney I Morris Norvin
    Tom O’ Connell I Pat Plourde
    Joseph Wheelwright I Carl White
    Gampo Wickenheiser I Jerry Williams Jeane Wolfe

  • Saturday, April 25 – Sunday, April 26 – Fruitlands Opening Weekend

    Fruitlands Museum, home to the eclectic collection of Native American, Shaker, and American art, celebrates its 95th season with the much-anticipated opening of The Nature of Apples: Art & Memory. This new exhibition of thematic paintings drawn from a private collection, features the enduring beauty of this American icon and its role in the farming economy of Central Massachusetts’ Nashoba Valley. Continuing through November 2009, the exhibit shows artists ranging from Currier & Ives to renowned Provincetown contemporary painter Karl Knaths. A fascinating enhancement to the exhibit, Farmers Voices is a collection of compelling recorded oral histories by local farmers and orchard growers, collected and produced by exhibit cosponsor Freedom’s Way Heritage Association.

    Continuing at Fruitlands is sculptor Joseph Wheelright’s astonishing Tree Figures installation, featuring eight monumental, lifelike figures, created from actual trees. With their own distinct personalities the figures are carefully sited throughout the property and greet the visitor in grand style. Wheelwright has exhibited at the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, MA and the Boston Sculptors Gallery. Also on view is Branching Out, a thirty-year retrospective of Wheelwright’s smaller sculptures in the Ell Gallery at Fruitlands Farmhouse.  102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard, Massachusetts. For more information, log on to www.fruitlands.org.

  • Sunday, February 15, 1 – 2:30 pm – Winter Tree Ramble

    Meet Joseph Wheelwright and enjoy a tour of his spirited Tree Figures.  Set amid the winter landscape of the Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Massachusetts, discover the intermingling of nature and art.  Joe’s tour will end with a discussion about his career and new book.  Free to members of Fruitlands Museum, $10 general public.  102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard, MA.  For more information or directions, call 978-456-3924, or log on to www.fruitlands.org.