[DAC] Fwd: Save the date for the Public Art Unveiling at Edward Everett Square!!!

[Paul Hansen]

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>> Date: May 21, 2007 3:16:52 PM EDT
>> To: Paul Hansen <paul.hansen at umb.edu>
>> Subject: Save the date for the Public Art Unveiling at Edward  
>> Everett Square!!!
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>>>> Save The Date for Edward Everett Square Dedication...And Buy a  
>>>> Brick!
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>>> Dorchester's Clapp Pear, first grown in Dorchester in the  
>>> 1840's.  Artist Laura Baring-Gould at work on the public art  
>>> piece for Edward Everett Square at Asia Fine Arts Foundry,  
>>> Authuya Thailand.
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>> On June 16th at 2:30 pm the Mayor will unveil the artwork (the  
>> eleven foot tall bronze Clapp Pear!)
>> and street and landscape improvements in Edward Everett Square.
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>> IT?S NOT TOO LATE TO BUY YOUR EDWARD EVERETT SQUARE BRICK!
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>> BUT,
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>> IF YOU WANT IT IN BY THE UNVEILING ON JUNE 16, NOW IS THE TIME TO  
>> ORDER!
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>> (See attached brochure, or download a form from  
>> www.edwardeverettsquare.org )
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>>> Saturday, June 16th, 2007
>>> 2:30 pm
>>> Edward Everett Square. Dorchester, MA
>>>
>>> The project has been a twelve-year effort to transform Edward  
>>> Everett Square into a place safer for traffic and pedestrians,  
>>> and beautified by art expressive of Dorchester's history and  
>>> human experience.  The Edward Everett Square Committee and City  
>>> of Boston will be sending out an invitation shortly.  However, I  
>>> wanted all of to be aware of the dedication date and location,  
>>> and know  that you are invited to help all of us celebrate this  
>>> great achievement.  Artistic and otherwise.
>>>
>>> I am sure a celebration party will follow.
>>>
>>> Attached above is also information on our brick inscription  
>>> project whereby people (neighbors, citizens, businesses,  
>>> community organizations, unions and friends ) are inscribing a  
>>> brick to honor a friend or celebrate a connection which will  
>>> become part of the community voices of Edward Everett Square.    
>>> Funds raised from this project will pay for ten additional art  
>>> works as well as bring meaningful local history and connection   
>>> to the sidewalks of Dorchester for all to read and consider.
>>>
>>> Inscriptions to date have included "Hal and Amigo lived here",  
>>> "50 years on Columbia Road", "For my beloved cat Oscar" "To Donna  
>>> and John thanks for all that you do". and "USW District 4, Women  
>>> of Steel NE Council".    The quotes are wonderful, and the  
>>> process of voicing community history with the words of those who  
>>> live there is truly a reclamation of place and expression.  Union  
>>> and neighbor response has been great, and it would be fantastic  
>>> to include quotes about art, artists, writers and poets as well  
>>> as anything you might like to offer.
>>>
>>> Information about inscribing a brick ($100) is above.
>>> Text is below to describe the project and details of the dedication.
>>>
>>> Thanks for all your encouragement and support during this  
>>> challenging, and thrilling, process. I will send out invitations  
>>> as soon as I get them.
>>>
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>>>
>>> Laura Baring-Gould.
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>>> Edward Everett Square Dedication
>>> The City of Boston and the local community have collaborated to  
>>> transform Edward Everett Square into a place safer for traffic  
>>> and pedestrians, and beautified by art expressive of Dorchester's  
>>> history and human experience.  The City $2.2 million capital  
>>> construction renovations have brought traffic-calming, new  
>>> sidewalks and landscaping.  The community's public art has been  
>>> conceived and created by public artist Laura Baring-Gould.  The  
>>> art features the bronze, eleven-foot tall "Clapp's Favorite  
>>> Pear", first cultivated in Dorchester and viewed as a metaphor  
>>> for the sustenance Dorchester has provided for the lives of  
>>> millions of its residents from many different places over many  
>>> centuries.  Smaller individual sculptures commemorating community  
>>> history and designed by Ms. Baring-Gould are designated for  
>>> future installation.  Ongoing community inscriptions on bricks  
>>> form a further integral element of the art project and celebrate  
>>> the stories, the memories and the roles of people and  
>>> organizations in the history of Dorchester.  The Edward Everett  
>>> Square Project creates a new community landmark and gateway  
>>> monument to Dorchester
>>>
>>> Mayor Thomas M. Menino
>>> City of Boston Public Works Department
>>> The Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund Commissioners
>>> The Edward Everett Square Project Committee Chaired by John J.  
>>> McColgan Jr.
>>> Artist Laura Baring-Gould
>>> Dorchester Historical Society
>>> Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen Union Local 3 Apprenticeship  
>>> Training Program
>>>
>>> Cordially invite you and your family to attend the dedication
>>> Of the Public Works Improvements and Public Art in Edward Everett  
>>> Square
>>>
>>> June 16th, 2007
>>>
>>> 2:30 PM
>>>
>>> at Edward Everett Square
>>> Dorchester, MA
>>>
>>> In association with the
>>> Mayor's Office of Arts, Tourism & Special Events
>>> Julie A. Burns, Director
>>> Dorchester, MA
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Laura Baring-Gould
>>> Artist
>>> 204 Summer Street
>>> Somerville, MA 02143
>>> Home/studio: 617 625-7406
>>> Cell: 617 947-9580
>>>
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