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Gertrude Howes Park Civil Rights Tribute

“Freedom Ring”

Antoinette Prien Schultze

www.antoinettepschultze.com tel: 207 748 0807 email: [email protected]

Howes Park Civil Rights Tribute Proposal

RING, FREEDOM, RING, this sculpture proposal is a ring, a marriage ring uniting the past, today, with our future. A reminder for Americans, of our Black Americans, and their fore bearers who were and are giants in the salvation of America’s humanity. Marching forward with unending courage in the face of extreme adversity.

I chose the circle, a symbol to represent eternity, and made it into a wedding ring, a symbol of love, representing a union with our past, so that we may better see our future. Also the material that I have chosen for this tribute is called American Black Granite, clearly a quality, durable, and beautiful material to represent our Black Americans.

The horizontal and vertical strapping or bonds represent the bondage of slavery,and the compression of a people in order to strip them of their dignity as human beings. The straps are recessed and binding, connecting, and intersecting to form a weave of patterns. The raised areas of the sculptured ring are in a grid of squares representing the black people rising up in their long struggle towards equality. The thickness in the strappings become somewhat narrower as they travel upward, representing progress in this constant battle. The “Ring” is a reminder to us all, that liberty and equality require constant vigilance.

I have installed a red glass skylight in the sculpture that stretches across the top of the ring, much like diamond settings in a wedding ring. In this “Ring” the settings are rubies, a red and sparkling symbol for the love of life. The light that shines through the glass creates a warm red washing of color to the inside surface of the portal. This particular aspect of the “Ring” creates a soothing, peaceful, and inviting presentation to viewers. The ringed opening or portal is a window for the escape of parted souls, and also a window to our future, a window that unites our past with our future. This window becomes the design’s visual focal point and serves to consolidate the meaning and expressed impact that I am working to present.


INSTALLATION SITE # 1 Howes Park Civil Rights Tribute

The site picked for the Tribute is a beautiful and intimate setting for my work, as most all of my art is intimate in nature. The site is also elevated as I believe such a Tribute should be. The size of my sculpture is large, but not so large as to be unattainable and impersonal. The “Ring” can be touched, caressed, and the window can be explored, and entered, in order to experience the red washing of the skylight. The surface carvings of the sculpture provide a history of our people and the “Ring” itself is a connection to the past and to a future with justice for all. The colors of the materials that I have chosen, express and reflect America’s Black people, and are readily felt by viewers of all ages.

Sited along the pathway to the “Freedom Ring”, at site #1 are four small open ringed sculptures, or arcs reaching for justice. Each of the arcs get a little longer and larger as you approach the “Freedom Ring” high on the hill. The last arc, and closest to the “Freedom Ring” is the size of the ‘Freedom Rings” opening, a reflection of the window or portal to freedom and equality. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “ The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice”.

I have also offered a different site for consideration, Site # 2. It is the same sculpture that I am proposing for this site except that it is larger. I am suggesting this site for more visibility if this is something desired by the committee. The added open space of this site also enables more community activity.


Maine Jewish Museum Garden, solo installation June 2017 - 2020

Deland Museum sculpture walk, Florida, 2017 -18

Josephine Sculpture Park, Frankfort, KY 2015-18 installation plus 2 day work shop

Marsh, Billings, Rockerfeller Park, Woodstock VT 2016

Park Hill Orchard, Easthampton, MA 2016 installation

University of New England, Portland, ME installation 2013-2014,15

The Mount, Lenox MA installation 2013,15

Mill Brook Gallery, Concord NH 2010-17

The George Marshall Store, York ME 2014

Bicentennial exhibition, Ossining NY 2013 installation “Totem” in the NYTimes, June,2013

Art In Place, Charlottesville, VA, installation 2014, 2012, 2008,20

Emerson Umbrella Installation Concord, MA 2011-12-installation

Art In The Park, Installation, Worcester, MA 2010, 2011

Sculpture-Now, Lee, MA 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 15 installation

Burlington College, NJ 2010, 2011,12,2013 installation

Catherine Hayes Gallery, Solo show, Greenville, South Carolina 2010

Ringling College of Art, Sarasota, FL 2009, 2010,2011,12,13 14,16 installation

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Vienna, VA 2009, 2010, 11,12,13,14, 16 installations

New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH 2010

Marco Island, Florida 2008 installation

ARTSPACE-Virginia Miller Galleries, Miami FL installation Coral Gables, FL

Trudy Labelle Fine Arts, Naples, FL

Navy Pier Walk, Chicago ILL 2003 installation

“Syllogism” 13ft granite sculpture Flossmoor Sculpture Park, 2003-2008

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, NY 2006 installation

The River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN 1997-2008 installation

Latham Park, Stamford, CT 1990 - 19

Pyramid Hill Museum, Hamilton, OH 2005

Courthouse Museum, Portsmouth, NH 2008-2009 2011-2012 Brancusi Award

Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA 2004

Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA 1999, 2002

Polk Art Museum, Lakeland FL 2000, 2003

Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME 1997

Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA 1996, 1997

Portland Museum, Portland ME 1986

The Barn Gallery, Ogunquit ME 1981-2015

Mast Cove Gallery, Kennebunkport, ME 1981-2017

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS: worked with planners, committees, engineers, inter acted with public, and TV.

“Granite Mother” Barrie granite, 10’x5’x4’ for 2018, Settlers Court, North Conway, NH

“Black Granite Wave” York Hospital, York ME 4’x3’x2’ 2017

“Drummond Memorial”, granite, 7ft x 4ft x3ft Portland ME 2016

“The Mill Girl”, bronze, 10ft x 4ft x 3ft 1988 in the City of Manchester, NH

“Caprice”, marble, granite, red glass, 3ft x 22in x 19in, 2003, Cancer Research Center, Bonita Springs, Florida, 2003

“Bronze Plaque” 3ft in diameter relief, Telephone Credit Union of NH, 2003

“Buddha Bell Stone” granite, Fuller Hall, 9ft granite sign, for the NH Institute of Art, Manchester

“Evergreen” 10ft tree of knowledge, stone, at The Skowhegan Area High School, Skowhegan, ME 1990

“Black Panther” life-size mahogany carving, for the Poland Community School, Poland, ME, 1984

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

“Life Entwined” 6 ton marble sculpture, at the Ogunquit Museum of Art, 1995

“Keepsake” 10 ft granite and red glass sculpture, at Pyramid Hill Museum and Sculpture Park, Hamilton, Ohio, 2005

“Blue”, 11ft granite and glass sculpture at the University of West Alabama, Livingston Alabama, 2007

CORPORATE Collections and many private collections not shown.

Proctor and Gamble, Cincinnati, Ohio, Black and Veatch, Kansas City, MO, US Environmental Protection Agency Wash.

AWARDS -2014-Awarded an official expression of sentiment recognizing me as a prize-winning Sculptor, given at the State Capital, Augusta, Maine

Gibbons Prize, New England sculpture Association 2016

Honorable Mention, Riverfront Park, N.Charleston South Carolina 2014

2010 & 2012 Brancusi Award Courthouse Museum, Ports. VA

Judges Award, Copley Society, Boston, MA 1991

Honorable Mention Polk Art Museum, Lakeland FL 2000

Won prizes for my public art designs in granite from Boston, MA, and York Me.

Antoinette Prien Schultze 207 748 0807 www.antoinettepschultze.com

TIME LINE Howes Park Civil Rights Tribute “Freedom Ring”

Order American Black Granite ----------- Shipped to Vermont Plant from Penn. quarry. 1month from order to arrival.

Order casting of the red glass, Ross Glass StudioHyde Park, MA 5 months to complete

Plant Fabrication 5 months to complete

Purchase Stainless steel pinsTruck and set up granite to my studio in Maine ----------------- 1 monthPick up caste glass in MA

Month #7 begin carving in my studioto complete in ------------------------ 6 months Month #13 Shape and fit glass into channel ----------- 1 month Set and epoxy glass into 4 small sculptures

Month #14 epoxy glass & pins, into granite. --------- 1 month “Ring”

Month #15Prepare ground work at site for installation.Truck to site and install the sculpture ------------------- Month # 16 completewith a crane.

Sixteen Months to Complete and Install the sculpture.

The only hold up that I foresee is the quarrying and delivery of the Black Graniteto the Plant in Vermont. But they are usually timely.


Drawing #1 Antoinette Prien Schultze

Aerial Map

Depicts the relationship of pieces to each other, plus 2 choices for the site Antoinette Prien Schultze

Aerial Map

Neighborhood and Site Antoinette Prien Schultze

“Freedom Ring”

Model and Materials Antoinette Prien Schultze

SCALE ModEL 1″ = 7′

MAtERiALS American Black Granite, Red Glass

Site 1

3D Representation #1 Antoinette Prien Schultze

Site 1


Site 2 (ALTERNATE LOCATION)

View from Moreland St. - Brick Courtyard Antoinette Prien Schultze

Site 2 (ALTERNATE LOCATION)

View from Fairland St. Antoinette Prien Schultze

Budget: HOWES PARK CIVIL RIGHTS TRIBUTE “Freedom Ring”

SITE # 1

American Black Granite $10,000Plant Fabrication $18,000Red Glass Dalles 1.5”x12”x8” $7,000Stainless Steel 3/8” Pins, 5 in large staple shape $1,000 “ “ “ “ “ “ , 10, 9” long, under glass $ 300 “ “ “ “ 1/2” Pins, 8, 8” long, Foundation $ 200 “ “ “ “ 1” Pins, 4, 15” long Foundation $600 Granite & plant Fabrication, 4 small sculptures $6,000 Shipping to and from my studio $5,000 total $48,100

Both Sites. Same

Tools and Abrasive wheels $1,000Glass and Stone Epoxy $2,000Granite Base Stones, size to bedetermined for thickness, $ 3,200Artist Fee $60,000Includes studio electricity, heatCrane installation $5,000Foundation ground prep $3,500 total $74,900

TOTAL COST - SITE # 1 $123,000

SITE # 2

Granite $18,000Plant Fab. $25,000 Glass 10”x15” $10,500

Site # 2 $134,900


Sculpture Maintenance

All materials used are low maintenance.

Over time lichens and moss will find a home here and there, adding a newand lovely patina to the stone.

The sculpture can be washed once a year if desired, using only a mild soap likeDove liquid and tepid water. After washing with the soap the sculpture must be rinsedseveral times to remove all residue.

Do not use any harsh cleaning solvent on the sculpture.


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