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Bridges
The Art of Connections
October
Bridge, by Carrie Crane
April
22 – May 13, 2007
Goddard
House
1199 Main Street, Worcester
In
its fifth annual art show, Goddard House explored the countless
ways people make connections: physically, metaphysically, spiritually,
culturally, and symbolically. Bridges included the diverse
works of 26 local artists, including photography, painting, sculpture,
pen and ink, engraving, collage, mixed-media, and fiber.
The Artists: Michael Backunas, Pat Bock, Emily
Boosahda, Chris Buelow, Carrie Crane, Susan Cummings, Linda Davis,
Mary Dewey, Katie Dewey-Rosenfeld, Stephen DiRado, Chris Greene,
Kathleen Hendrick, Elizabeth Shropshire Ichton, Tom Kellner, Chuck
Kidd, Mary-Ellen Latino, Rose LeBeau, Dan McCann, Abigail Rorer,
Ron Rosenstock, Donalyn Schofield, Susan Sedgwick, David Snay,
Marcella Stasa, Mary Walter, Francis Warner.
Bridges
included 55 works of art by 26 established and emerging local
artists. Below is a sampling from the exhibit:
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Morning Light, Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy 2005
Photograph
Ron Rosenstock |
Edgartown,
MA August 23, 2000
Silver Gelatin Print
Stephen DiRado |
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Two Guys
Sculpture
Tom Kellner |
Elm
Park Bridge
Silver Gelatin Print
David Snay |
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Journey
Oil on Canvas
Chris Greene |
North
to Zion
Photograph
Chris Buelow |
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Full
Circle
Quilt
Mary Walter |
Cat’s Pajamas
Musical doll with mask and toys
Marcella Stasa |
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Champagne
and Chocolate Opening Reception
April
22, 2007
Bridges opened on a glorious spring day to an enthusiastic crowd
of local art lovers. Guests sipped champagne and enjoyed an enticing
assortment of chocolate delicacies, as well as the engaging sounds
of Chet Williamson's Chromatic Swing duo. Below are some scenes
from the event:
A
Community Connected: The Bridges of Worcester
April
29, 2007
William
D. Wallace, Executive Director of the Worcester Historical Museum,
gave a fascinating slide show presentation about the history of
Worcester's bridges and how they connected the city's neighborhoods
with each other and with the outside world. Among many other things,
we learned about the early bridges over Lake Quinsigamond connecting
Worcester and Shrewsbury (first a floating log bridge and then
a gravel casueway) and how the creation of the Blackstone Canal
and the subsequent railroad expansion stimulated much bridge building
throughout the city. As always, his talk was not only very educational,
but also amusing at times, such as when he noted that Worcester's
development as an industrial center in the early 1800s could be
attributed to three reasons: the Blackstone Canal, the railroads,
and the insane asylum! We are grateful to the Worcester Historical
Museum for loaning us a scaled model of the Mid-Hudson Suspension
Bridge that crosses the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie, New York.
The steel wire used to construct the bridge in 1929 was made by
Worcester's American Steel & Wire.
Poetry
Reading
May 9, 2007
Members
of the Worcester County Poetry Association read original poems
and verse from favorite poets about bridges and connections. The
following poem was written and read by R. Joyce Heon of Lunenburg.
She was inspired by the above photograph of Ponte Vecchio in Florence,
Italy by Ron Rosenstock.
STONE
- WING - BONE
rib me now
from here and back
and arch my footfalls
over and over
the two sides
of a foot strike
like the faith-filled span
above what flows away
memory
so rippled with
all the stones beneath
and the way the light
isn't there
anymore, but sure
to bubble over
under a bridge's dark
ancient
and everyday
the sun-struck stone
beneath my feet
across borne
journeyman's breath
like stones on stones on
until the keystone sets
its weight against forever
Click
here for: The Art of Beginnings:
April 23 – May 14, 2006
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