CITY SCULPTURES

By Scotland's Tom Allan

This weekend celebrates the installation of new art pieces as part of the city of Nashua's International Sculpture symposium for 2018.  Before the weekend tour of the sculptures in their permanent placements, I have the opportunity to visit the three sculptors in action.

The pieces are stone - granite - me metal worked in to one sculpture.  The finished projects are, in one word, AMAZING.  The Symposium, now in its eleventh year, sponsors art all over the city.  The finished products can be seen on the main streets, in neighborhoods, along walking and biking trails, and are the cousins to similar granite and metal sculptures at the Andres Institute of Art in nearby Brookline.

Although the art is impressive, seeing these amazing creators work is even more impressive.  Mesmerizing.  Awe-inspiring.  I suddenly feel like the luckiest person in the world to catch glimpses of them working.

Nashua may not be the first place in New England that comes to mind when conversing about fine art, but you're selling yourself incredibly short to ignore it.  Walk around the city.  See the sculptures.  Touch the art.

Best of all, remember that next year this Symposium will come around again.  I'm already looking forward to 2019, and I'm kicking myself for missing it for the first ten years.