International sculptors to descend on Saint John
Sculpture symposium to be held Aug. 2-Sept. 15
Six sculptors from around the world will spend part of their summer in Saint John, creating public art along the waterfront.
The sculptors, who hail from Bulgaria, Japan, Germany, Georgia, and Canada, were selected from 150 applicants for the region's first International Sculpture Symposium.
They will spend six weeks in August and September at Saint John's Coast Guard site, turning more than 60 tonnes of New Brunswick granite into works of art.
Cruise ship passengers, tourists, and local citizens will be able to watch the sculptors at work.
Their finished pieces will remain on display in Saint John and the outlying communities.
Jim Boyd, a sculptor from Hampton, who teaches art at Hampton High School, will be among the group.
Last summer, Boyd participated in a similar event in Prospect Harbor, Me., where six sculptors worked on 10-tonne granite pieces to be installed in various Maine communities.
Boyd was the only Canadian selected to participate in the prestigious Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium.
About 160 artists from around the world applied for the biennial event.
His three-metre-tall work, which featured a stylized leaf opposite a sail, was to be installed along the waterfront in Eastport.
The New Brunswick International Sculpture Symposium will be held Aug. 2-Sept. 15.