Sculpture Symposium SESSION I

Message from the Maine Arts CommissionDear Friends,

As we approach the second round of the Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium, I am struck by thewondrous manifestation of a seedling idea—how the expertise and enthusiasm of a few can energize acommunity beyond anything in recent memory. This project represents the fruits of the creative economyinitiative in the most positive and startling way.

Discussions for the Symposium began in 2005 around a table at the Schoodic section of Acadia NationalPark. All the right aspects were aligned and the project was grass roots and supported by local residents. Itused indigenous granite; insisted on artistic excellence; and broadened the intelligence and significance of theproject through international inclusion. The project included a core educational component and welcomedtourism through on-site visits to view the artists at work. It placed the work permanently in surroundingcommunities as a marker of local support and appreciation for monumental public art. You will find no warmemorials among the group, no men on horseback. The acceptance by the participating communities of lessliteral and adventurous works of art is a tribute to the early and continual inclusion of resident involvement.It also emphasizes that this project is about beauty, not reverie for the past but a beacon toward a rejuvenatedfuture.

The Symposium is a tour de force, an unparalleled success, and I congratulate the core group and all thesurrounding communities for embracing the concept of public art. Everyone who visited the artists at work,or who benefit from encounters with the fruits of their labors now installed in towns across the region, hasexpressed a renewal in civic pride and a genuine spiritual lift. This is the power of artistic excellence. Bravo!

Sincerely,

Donna McNeilExecutive Director, Maine Arts Commission

ContentsSculptors

Dominika Griesgraber, Poland 4

Jo Kley, Germany 6

Don Justin Meserve, Maine 8

Ian Newbery, Sweden 10

Roy Patterson, Maine 12

Jesse Salisbury, Maine 14

Narihiro Uemura, Japan 16

Participating Communities & Maps 20

Education Spotlight 24

Donors 26

Special Thanks 28

Public Art for MaineCOVER PHOTO Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium sculptors and assistant from left to right: Roy Patterson, Don Meserve, Dominika Greisgraber,David Sywalski (assistant), Narihiro Uemura, Ian Newbery, Jo Kley, Jesse Salisbury. PHOTO PAGE 3, BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT Ian Newbery, Jo Kley, JesseSalisbury, Narihiro Uemura, Dominika Griesgraber; FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT Don Justin Meserve, Roy Patterson, Leah McLoud (assistant).

Schoodic Peninsula, Maine

Message from Schoodic International Sculpture SymposiumThe Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium began for me in the winter of 2003. Atsuo Okamoto, therenowned Japanese granite sculptor, was visiting me. It was bitter cold with a few inches of snow on the ground.I drove my guest out to Schoodic Point to watch the waves crash against the granite. Okamoto-san was struck bythe beauty of Schoodic, its rocks, and ocean. “You have to host a symposium here,“ he said. A seed was planted,but it would take three and a half years for it to grow into our first symposium.

In 2004, with the support of my family and Peter and Jane Weil, meetings were set up with Mary Laury,director of Schoodic Arts for All, Denny O’Brien, director of Acadia Partners for Science and Learning, andJim Mckenna, director of Schoodic’s Education and Research Center. Armed with catalogues from previoussymposia, I was able to create a vision for a public art collection in Downeast Maine communities that wouldresult from world-class artists, carving massive blocks of Maine granite in an open-air studio.

A year later, with our town sites selected and only half of our funding, six finalists were selected from over130 applicants, representing 43 different countries. When our artists arrived, we quickly bonded. There werecountless technical obstacles, but all the artists kept a positive attitude throughout. Their ambition, and theexecution of all their sculptures, exceeded all expectations. The finished sculptures confirmed that our jurorshad selected a group of extremely talented artists who could make this first symposium a success.

After such an exciting event there is always a bit of a “let down” feeling, and it was difficult for me to adjustto a slower pace of life. I was overjoyed later that year to be invited to a symposium in Aswan, Egypt. InEgypt, I was amazed to meet so many artists from countries all over the world who had heard about, andwho were interested in, our symposium. It was inspiring to see that a supportive community in DowneastMaine had created a small ripple that became visible in the international sculpture community.

Thank you for making the Schoodic Symposium a success. We are now planning for, and improving on, thenext symposium. Let’s do it again. We’re ready. The artists are ready. Join us for 2009!

Jesse SalisburyProject Organizer

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Dominika GriesgraberTransitory, Milbridge, MaineMy participation at the Schoodic Symposium, set up against the ocean’sopenness, provided an entirely new perspective that proved to be catalyticin determining the execution of my project. It was immensely beneficialto me for a multitude of reasons. Aside from contacting a rejuvenatingcreative dialogue with other artists of different cultural and aestheticbackgrounds, new insights sprang also from my contact with the localpeople who lent me their curious glances thus provoking the expansionof my project’s concept.

My sculpture, “Transitory,” created during the Symposium is intended asa reflection upon the notion of identity, marking it, revealing it, hiddenand evasive as it is, integrated nevertheless in the solemn and strongarchitectural form of a granite column, acting as an auricle, receiving andtransmitting the echoes of the vastness that lies ahead and within.

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Dominika GriesgraberWarsaw, Polandwww.flickr.com/people/dominika_griesgraberdominikagriesgraber@yahoo.com

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Jo KleySullivan Tower, Sullivan, MaineMy main art project, KleyCity, aims to connect cultural and historical ideasand aspects of different countries worldwide. The project consists ofa fast-expanding collection of tower-shaped sculptures, erected in 15countries to date.

I chose the shape of a tower as a universal icon, that is understood by anysociety and race. In many ways, I suppose, all towers can be viewed asan archetypal desire to get closer to divinity, to reach eternity, and topartake in progress. It is my ambition to invite you into KleyCity as aglobal network of towers conserving the dreams and ideas of ancient andmodern society, no matter where in the world. Everybody is welcome.

For Sullivan, I created “Sullivan Tower,” a 5.5 meter high sculpture. Ihave spent a wonderful time at Schoodic Point. I enjoyed the amazingbeautiful country, the coast, the granite and the nature. And, the mostimportant, I have made some new friends. So “Sullivan Tower” is yourhouse and it’s my house, and I hope to come back.”

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Jo KleyKiel, Germanywww.jokley.dekleycity@jokley.de

Don Justin MeserveCleat, Winter Harbor, Maine

A winter harbor is a safe haven in the worst of weather and season...thecleat and boat forms are symbols of home and safe arrival. I hope theconstant tidal motion around the sculpture will increase our awarenessof the magical forces that energize seventy percent of the earth’s surfaceand effect all of our lives on this fragile planet.

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Don Justin MeserveRound Pond, Mainewww.donjmeservesculptor.com

Ian NewberyTribute to Life, Acadia National Park, Maine

Perhaps the most significant time in history is this moment. Learningthis simple lesson takes a lifetime. If we truly understand the implicationsof this fact, we would end wars, environmental destruction, starvation,and use our riches to forward knowledge and enlightenment.

Art is a necessity of the privileged, performed by those who find it anecessity to be privileged. It would be self-deluding to claim that I am anartist to change the world into a better place. Art is simply a necessitythat occasionally communicates something important. Luckily itsometimes strikes a chord with another human being.

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Ian NewberyÖrsjö, Swedenwww.ian.shows.itiannewbery@hotmail.com

Roy PattersonSisters, Southwest Harbor, MaineThe human figure in sculpture is my significant form. I seek content thatconnects art with life. I want to see and make sculpture that is timelessand unconcerned with trends in art. I do not think sculpture has to befigurative to be timeless. I choose figurative sculpture because it speaks tome. I choose stone because it has a timeless, living presence.

The figures in “Sisters” were interpreted with abstract language. Realisticdetail and anecdotal connotations were suppressed. The intention was tocreate a presence in space, a sense of being that merges with the primalpresence of the stone.

International sculpture symposiums demonstrate the bond of creativeendeavor shared by artists from all over the world. Sculptors with widelydivergent artistic approaches work side by side. The creation of art is theantithesis of the destructive forces that cause so much suffering in theworld. Artists, art collectors, and arts organizations share the responsibilityto support and nourish creative energy. The channeling of creativeenergy is an act of peace.

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Roy PattersonGray, Mainewww.pattersonstudios.usinfo@pattersonstudios.us

Jesse SalisburyA Glimpse of the Moon, Steuben, Maine

“A Glimpse of the Moon” is my latest sculpture that explores movementand the motion of rock. The term motion used by granite quarriers isa natural seam in the rock caused by the movement of the crust. Amotionis a clue to the stone’s direction of movement and a way in to harvestthe rock.

Over the past ten years, I have practiced splitting rocks thousands oftimes. My current work is the result of years of study and experimentationsplitting rocks. I start with a large stone, split it into multiple pieceswhich are then carved. These geometric and organic forms are then putback together like a puzzle.

With my work, I am demonstrating the movement possible in whatis generally seen as a still, solid, and permanent medium. My sculpturesshow a glimpse of the movement of the crust and geological time.

I carved a quarter moon in this sculpture to also suggest time and seasonalchanges.

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Jesse SalisburySteuben, Mainewww.jessesalisbury.comjesse@downeast.net

Narihiro UemuraI Want to Ride a Cloud, Ellsworth, Maine

I used the granite that supports the American continent to make asculpture. If you look at my sculpture from the perspective of the planetit is merely a chip of stone, but I hope it will become an image that liveson in the minds of the people.

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Narihiro UemuraHyogo, Japanwww.schoodicsculpture.orgma-youko@mvb.biglobe.ne.jp

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SOUTHWEST HARBOR SULLIVAN WINTER HARBOR SERC CAMPUS STEUBEN MILBRIDGEELLSWORTH

The seven sculptures created at the first Schoodic International SculptureSymposium have been placed in six towns located in Maine’s Hancockand Washington counties. A seventh sculpture is located at the entrance to

the John G. Moore Auditorium on the grounds of the Schoodic section ofAcadia National Park. The momentum for each community’s enthusiasm fora sculpture was different and unique.

In Ellsworth, the Downtown Merchants Association took the lead. The Women’sHealth Resource Library at the Milbridge Health Center was instrumental inbringing a sculpture to its location. On Mt. Desert Island, the Southwest HarborLibrary played a major role in seeing a sculpture placed in front of its building.In Steuben, a group of individuals, many associated with the Henry D. MooreParish House and Library, came together to bring a sculpture to their town.In Sullivan, a local business, the town selectmen, and local citizens combinedtheir efforts to see a sculpture placed in its park on Route 1. Schoodic Artsfor All played a major role in Winter Harbor by organizing the communityto see a sculpture placed—in the water—in their town.

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W hen we think about what we wouldlike to pass on to our children, it isthe passion of our present lives, the

exposure to new ideas, and the encouragementof their creativity for their own new world.Schoodic International Sculpture Symposiumprovided all of these opportunities as studentsfrom pre-school to college came to experiencethe world of public art.

The younger students came not knowing whatto expect and then took in the stone sculptureswith all of their senses—smelling the stone,rubbing the surfaces and feeling the variety oftextures, and then watching to see if they

moved. One little first grader asked what story went with Jo Kley’s tower, andwhen Jo responded, “You get to write your own story,” the child’s smile was aswide as his face. Many children stood between the “Sisters” of Roy Patterson andtalked about being part of “their family.”

High school and college students alike walked around the sculptures looking atdetails, noting the work in progress, the technique and style of each sculptor,and asking both technical and philosophical questions about the works. Studentsof all ages had the opportunity to view the evolving sculptures at both groundlevel and from the balcony overlooking the site, which fostered discussion aboutviewing art and life from multiple perspectives. This forum presented manyopportunities for on-site conversations that were both preceded and followedup at schools in Hancock, Penobscot, and Washington counties. One of theyounger students commented he had never been to an “outside museum.”

We would like to express our appreciation to those schools whose teachersand administrators made this incredible experience possible for their students.The total number of students, who participated in the 2007 Symposium fromSeptember 5 to September 10, was 253. Schools that participated included:Asa C. Adams School, Orono; Ella Lewis School, Steuben; Jonesport-BealsHigh School, Jonesport; Peninsula School, Winter Harbor/Gouldsboro; SumnerHigh School, Sullivan; Cave Hill School, Eastbrook; Hancock Elementary,Hancock; Narraguagus High School, Milbridge. It is our sincere hope thatschools from a wider geographical range will also have the opportunity toparticipate in future Symposiums.

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Younger studentstook in the stonesculptures with all of their senses—smelling the stone,rubbing the surfacesand feeling the variety of textures.

Education Spotlight

John Edwards Market, Inc.David Johnson and

Charrissee KaplanElizabeth JoyceH. Lee and Ann M. JuddRagnar KampLouis and Louise KapitulikSteven Katona and Susan Lerner James and Sally Anne KelloggRoger and Priscilla KennedyDr. Barbara KentMarlene KinlinBarbara KneelandDennis KraynakChristine and Michael KuhniLaFollette GroupWilliam LawlessHomer and Elizabeth LeightonMichael and Elizabeth LoganChris A. Lutes, MDViola M. LymanStanislaus and Roberta MachnikGloria MagruderMaine Coast Memorial Hospital Nancy Manter Leon Marasco, Jr.Thomas Mayer and Jean Wilson Susan Dantonio Mayer Kristin and William McCauley Sarah Ann McDavidFrances W. MeadeMilbridge Pharmacy David M. Monsees, Jr.James and Marjorie MoodyCaroline MorrisBlair and Caro Morrison

Ruby MorrowJames Murphy and Lynn DunbarLauren MurrayMary Margaret O’DowdMajor and Mrs. William F. ObrienCharles and Kathleen OsbornClifford PalacinskiVeronica and Edwin PalmerReynolds and Pamela ParzialeMacie D. PatrickPatricia and Robert PellegriniNicole PhinneyMichael and Lynn PhinneyVeril and Randy PinkhamR.Gerry Plummer and

Suzanne LefebvreBonita PrestonVifvan ReaPaul and Dartha ReidStephen and Martha ResotkoNorman and Karin RichardsClinton and Eleanor RitchieCurtis RussetKenneth J. and Sidney SalvatoreCarolyn SawyerHenry L. SchmelzerSchoodic Insurance Robert and Ann ScottBarbara ShanahanDennis and Eileen ShellabargerClare ShepleyAnn SlaytonLucy Sloan and

Masahiro Matsuyama Donna SmithElliot Spiker and Karel Weissberg

Blair StambaughRonald StegallBarbara and Paul StewartEllen StroutLois TempletonBob and Brenda TetraultThe Davis Agency Edward and Jean ThomasH. Lee TrenholmWilliam and Patricia TreworgyGordon Trowbridge, DMDHens and Joke VanderschootElizabeth VandewaterMs. Brenda and

Dr. Kenneth WaiwoodMargaret WalkerMary Lou WeaverArthur J. Weiss, MDRobert and Carolyn WestClifford and Ann WestGary and Betsy WilleyBarry and Terry WilleyRaymond Williams, Esq.Scott WorcesterLeon and Joan YeatonGeoffrey Young and Emily Beck Mr. and Mrs. Thomas YoungGail and Bernard Yvon

IN-KIND SPONSORSAcadia National ParkCourthouse Gallery FIne ArtFieldstone, LLCFisher BellsFletcher Granite Co., LLCFreshwater Stone, OrlandGagne Precast ConcreteMark HerringtonJC StoneJody WilliamsJordan EquipmentKMW Design, EllsworthSullivan Memorial Stone WorksSullivan Granite CompanyThibodeau ConcreteDan UcciAR Whitten & Son, Inc.

Thank you to our Donors

FOUNDATIONSMaine Arts CommissionMaine Community FoundationMaine Humanities CouncilMaine Stoneworkers GuildCharles Engelhard FoundationChristian A. Johnson Endeavor FundFields Pond FoundationMarshall Dodge Memorial Fund

MAJOR SPONSORS ($2500+)Don and Ann HarwardDonna and Jim SalisburyJasper Wyman & SonEllsworth Arts

BENEFACTORS ($1000 - $2499) AnonymousCharles Alexander and

Tim McCormickRuth and Roger BillingsSusan Bruce and Rick Hauck Edith R. DixonEllsworth Tennis CenterMisha Mytar and Dan FarrenkopfSamuel M. Hamill, Jr.Shep and Melissa HarrisAlicia Rogan HeardDeborah Jones and John EngelJessie King and Alva LoweJune LaCombe Narraguagus High School,

Phil and Tessa Horton Fund Richard and Julia SchlossRagna TorkanowskyTown of Sullivan

Town of Winter HarborAnn S. Waldron Jane and Peter WeilGeraldine and Robert WilliamsSteven Wisecarver and

Barbara BrownKurt and Torj WrayWomen’s Health Resource Library,

Milbridge Health Center

PATRONS ($500 - $999) Edward McC. BlairDavid Cadigan Cynthia and Gordon DonaldsonAlan and Vicki GoldsteinJoe and Gay HaroutunianRichard and Marie HealyLisa HeywardKelco IndustriesBrenda Koskinen and

Ned AtkinsonCathy LewisMilbridge Medical Center Rowland and Joyce PritchardCraig and Barbara SnappMary and Robert Waldron

FRIENDS ($1 - $499) AnonymousAnonymousAcadia Community Women’s ClubLaurie AdamsPenny Altman and Michael MortonBarbara and Elton AndersonJeff and Marie BarrattRoger and Pearl BartoJoanne Beal

Ray and Arlyss BeckerJean D. Beckley Susan BennettMichelle and Michael BiermanDoris Masten and Ron BlauJacquelyn BoothbyMonica and Denis BouffardNathaniel BradleyKendall and Joanne BradyPeter and Sally BryantRobert and Hope BucknerA. J. BuecheRay CarboneCash tips turned over to SISS Ingrid and Michel ChalufourMonica ChipmanPeter and Sally Cohen,

in memory of Denis VibertWill and Susan CollinsDr. Linwood L. Colson IIIDoris M. CombsRobert and Laurie CurtisFrank L. DedmonJane DeWeerdBarbara Donovan Sharon and Darryl DorrGeraldine T. DorseyAlexander and Elizabeth

DoudoumopoulosJoan R. DowneyPeggy DrakePhilip and Brenda DugganPeter and Alice DustonAlice DustonMichael and Georgene DwyerRichard Elias

David and Marilyn EllwoodDirk Erlandsen and Robin TorbekDonald and Annie ErvinPeter FealyRita FernandoPatricia ForbesEvelyn Foster and Peter AndersenFred and Christine FredenburghPhilip FreyBarbara and George FullerCharles and Jane GeyerJohn and Debra GilbertJohn and Gail GilchristGreer B. GilkaKeith Goldfarb and Margaret RushDavid and Dianne GoodenoughCatherine Gribbel and

William Beautyman Susan K. GriffithsSusan Gristina Daniel GriswoldJohn GrundmanRobert and Joanne HaleJames and Barbara HannaVicky HampshireLinda W. HarrisEdward and Karen HartJean HarvellDorothy B. HayesKatherine HeidingerWillliam and Joan HeightJohn and Christina HendersonGeorge HoffmanJay and Nancy HorschakSandra IrwinDr. and Mrs. Paul Jennings

PLANNING COMMITTEEDavid CadiganDan FarrenkopfAnn HarwardDon HarwardMary LauryCathy LewisDennis O’BrienDoris MastenJim McKennaJesse SalisburyCarolyn SawyerJane WeilPeter WeilKarin WilkesBob WilliamsGerry Williams

PARTNERSAcadia National ParkSchoodic Education &

Research CenterAcadia Partners for

Science & LearningSchoodic Arts for All

2007 COMMUNITIESAcadia National Park,

Schoodic SectionEllsworthMilbridgeSouthwest HarborSteubenSullivanWinter Harbor

JURORSMark H.C. BessireSharon CorwinSusan DowlingJune LaCombeSusan Lerner

ASSISTANTSMark HerringtonLeah McLoudDan UcciJim SalisburyDavid Sywalski

VOLUNTEERS AT THE TENTTom Mayer, Volunteer OrganizerAnn BartonDick BartonGail BelangerIrvin BelangerDinny BrowningNeil BuffettMarjorie CliffordPeter CliffordDon CranePeggy DrakeRichard EliasDick GilchristGail GilchristDan GriswaldGaylynn JacksonMel JacksonCarmen JensenEllen LehtoGarry Levin

Rosemary LevinPat MateyJanet MichaudVicki ReaFran RhodesVirginia SalemmeDonna SalisburyCarolyn SawyerChris SmithDavid TamminenMary Lou WeaverAlice WhiteJody WilliamsAnn YoungKen Young

Thank you to the following for providinglunches for the sculptors, and for food,wine, and services for the SymposiumReception and Closing Ceremony:

RESTAURANTSBangkok, EllsworthBunker’s Wharf, Birch HarborCalypso, EllsworthChester Pike’s Galley, SullivanCleonice, EllsworthCrocker House, Hancock 44 North, MilbridgeFinelli’s, EllsworthFisherman’s Inn, Winter HarborJ. M. Gerrish Provisions,

Winter HarborMaine Grind, EllsworthManos Market, Hancock

BUSINESSESBartlett Estate Winery, GouldsboroFisherman’s Inn, Winter HarborHannaford Supermarket, EllsworthProspect Harbor Trading CompanyRooster Brothers, EllsworthSeal Cove Farm, LamoineShaw’s Supermarket, EllsworthStonington Sea Products, Stonington

INDIVIDUALSKen BahnJames BragdenDavid CadiganGail GilchristKazumi HoshinoDebbie KileyMari KobusJudy McKinneyJanet MichaudJody MillerRuby MorrowHelen MunseyLouise PacknessDana RiceFred TempleDeneen VentimigliaMary Lou WeaverJane WeilAlice WhiteJody Williams

DOCUMENTARYRichard Kane

CATALOGKMW Design, graphic designCraig Schoppe, photography

Schoodic International Sculpture SymposiumPO Box 22 Steuben, Maine 04680

207 546 8992www.schoodicsculpture.org

Special Thanks

BACK COVER Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium Closing Ceremony