FACes & PlaceS
The Arts April 2005

Sculpture New Hope 2005
by Robin Larsen

Save the date and buy your tickets early – Sculpture New Hope 2005 is coming to town on April, 30.
New Hope Arts, Inc. once again presents Sculpture New Hope – Indoors & Out - an exhibition featuring more than 70 pieces by 40 nationally and internationally recognized artists. The show will open at 2 Stockton Avenue at the corner of Bridge and Stockton Avenue across from the New Hope Ivyland Train Station in New Hope, Pa on Saturday, April 30, 2005.

This year’s exhibition offers an inspiring glimpse at the amazing diversity in the art world today with everything from classical bronze nudes and hand carved stone work to abstract steel constructions and whimsical bas relief carvings. Hundreds of artists from around the country applied for the juried exhibition. The exhibition speaks very highly of the importance of area artists in the broader American art scene with approximately one half of the exhibiting artists from Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Among the artists selected are noted sculptors who have been awarded Fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts and important foundations such as New YorkFoundation for the Arts and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. The selected artists have won numerous awards in prestigious international and national exhibitions and are included in the permanent collections of prominent museums as well as in public and private collections throughout the country and abroad.

The show includes an Indoor Exhibition at the Stockton Avenue space, donated by Tom and Alycia Scannapieco, Scannapieco Development Corp. Seven monumental scale works will be installed throughout New Hope. The Indoor Exhibition continues through May 29, 2005 and the Outdoor Exhibition will continue through April of 2006. All works on exhibit are for sale. A guide to outdoor installations will be available at the show as well as at galleries and other key locations throughout New Hope.

This New Hope Arts, Inc. project is partially funded by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, the Borough of New Hope, New Hope Chamber of Commerce, George E Michael, Inc. and through the generous donations of individual supporters, site host sponsors such as Tom and Alycia Scannapieco and site hosts as well as major sponsors Elliott Building Group, Ltd. New Hope Arts, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) corporation and all donations are tax deductible as allowed by law.

The Patrons Preview will be held from 7:00-9:00 pm. The artists will attend and the public is invited. Admission is $20/person and includes food by some of the area’s finest chefs and restaurants including Hamilton’s Grill Room, John Larsen, Pam Hueber, Kathy Bates, John & Peter’s, Triumph Restaurant & Brewery and others. For information and reservations call 215-862-3396 or Newhopearts@aol.com. Tickets are also available at Riverbank Arts in Stockton, NJ and Ed Adams Gallery in Union Square, W. Bridge Street in New Hope, PA. All proceeds benefit the 501(c)(3) not for profit New Hope Arts, Inc.Sculpture Project. Advance tickets are recommended as the event has sold out 2 years in a row.

For more information on the project and participating artists visit www.NewHopeArtsInc.org. Anyone interested in volunteering to gallery sit may call Leslie Crilley 215 862- 5463. For more information on becoming a site sponsor or business benefactor for the event please call 215-862-3396.