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Sculpture Garden and Trail

Greeting visitors as they arrive at the Carving Studio & Sculpture Center, the Sculpture Garden and Trail grew from a symposium that honored Vermont’s Bicentennial in 1991.

The Sculpture Garden is a celebration of three-dimensional art and, in particular, Vermont marble. The Sculpture Garden provides not only a tranquil viewing space, but also a thought-provoking collection of work, with new pieces added each year. The Sculpture Garden has grown to include a .36 mile forested walking trail, completed in November 2022. SculptFest23 was the first exhibition featured along the forested trail, with 10 site-specific works installed among the marble industrial remains found along the path.

The Sculpture Garden and Trail are open to visitors year round during daylight hours.

Below is a sampling of the works currently on display.

An Observation on the Lives of Women by Josie Dellenbaugh

The Seven Sisters Stelae

“Seven Sisters” was inspired by and pays homage to the Pleiades star cluster, featured in myth and folklore for four millennia. Artist Josie Campbell Dellenbaugh attributes seven stages of women’s lives to the stellar group. The standing, black marble slabs are carved with symbols and arranged in a circle aligned with the Pleiades at the Winter Solstice.

The installation is comprised of three parts:

A. Sighting Wall, which points to the position of the Pleiades rise on the Winter Solstice

B. Outer Precinct Wall

C. The Circle of the Seven Sisters

The Outer Precinct Wall was created by master stonewaller Dan Snow in consultation with the artist.

“Seven Sisters” is a privately funded permanent installation at the Carving Studio & Sculpture Center Sculpture Garden. Conceived and created 2018-2020; Dedicated June 2021.

Other work on display in the Sculpture Garden includes:

Artist: Percy Kuta
Title: The Heart of the Whirlwind
Material: Marble
Artist: Elena Saracino
Title: Genesis
Material: Marble
Artist: Ivan Rojas Tovar
Title: Couple
Material: Marble
Artist: Stephanie Robison
Title: Moon Dog
Material: Marble
Artist: Jamie Hatch
Title: Green Mountain Recliner
Material: Steel
Artist: Evan Morse
Title: Reach III
Material: Marble
Artist: James Kangoroti
Title: Toncho Man
Material: Limestone
Artist: Margaret Otieno
Title: Man Taking the Music Home
Material: Limestone
Artist: Hector Santos
Title: Jones
Material: Marble, Slate, Copper
SculptFest
Artist: Don Ramey
Title: Tree Pose
Material: Marble
Artist: Leonidas Chalepas
Title: Two Spaces Divided by a Wall
Material: Marble
Artist: Ahn Tran
Title: Aura of Friendship
Material: Marble, Granite
Artist: Frank Sansone
Title: Chrysalis
Material: Marble
The Stone Foundation
Artist: Evan Morse
Title: Sunbather
Material: Marble
Artist: Rick Rothrock
Title: Trace
Material: Marble
Artist: Carlos Dorrien
Title: The Gift
Marble 2010 Symposium
Artist: Chris Welles
Title: Mass Displacement 2
Material: Champlain Black Marble, Earthworks
Artist: Chris Welles
Title: Mass Displacement 4
Material: Champlain Black Marble, Earthworks
Artist: Casey Wright
Title: Sea Fan
Material: Marble, Steel
Artist: Rick Rothrock
Title: Petitus Fugo
Material: Marble, Granite
Artist: Taylor Apostol
Title: Cava
Material: Marble, Serpentine, Steel
1995 Group Bench Project
Material: Marble
Artist: Persi Navarez
Title: L’observador (Guardian)
Material: Wood
Artist: Masaharu Suzuki
Title: Nizi (Rainbow)
Material: Marble
Artist: Ahn Tran
Title: Conversation with God
Material: Marble, Granite
Artist: Justin Rose
Title: Big Chief
Material: Marble
Artist: Tsuneo Narumi
Title: Hai
Material: Marble
Artist: Danny Palomino &
Alphonso Quispe
2010 Peru Exchange Stone Bench Project
Artist: Carol Driscoll
Title: Becoming Round
Material: Marble