FALMOUTH – One hundred-plus pieces of sculpture created by 27 New England artists will be sited along the trails and through the gardens and orchards of Gilsland Farm through July 25, as part of an exhibit titled “Where Nature and Culture Meet.”
The 118 pieces were sculpted by nationally recognized artists who are included in major collections and museums as well as artists who have been awarded public art commissions in the region.
The show and sale is curated by June LaCombe, who has been showing sculpture in Maine’s private and public gardens for 19 years. A percentage of all sales goes to support educational programs at the Maine Audubon Society.
The show is free and open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Weekly tours of the show are given at 4 p.m. on Thursdays.
In conjunction with the temporary sculpture exhibition, a workshop, titled “Through the Lens-Photographing Sculpture at Maine Audubon” will be offered from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 28. Thomas Urquhart and Jan Pieter van Voorst van Beest will introduce the workshop with slidesof sculpture from world travels. Both will then venture out with participants and discuss technique and style for color and black-and-white photography, focusing on some of the 118 pieces of sculpture. Cost is $5 for members, $8 for nonmembers.
Urquhart is a naturalist and environmental consultant. Van Voorst van Beest, a native of the Netherlands, is a fine art photographer who has exhibited widely.
A listing of other workshops and activities as well as maps are available during business hours. For more information, call Gilsland Farm at 781-2330.
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