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Show goes up September 7!

49 Artists will be installing sculptures

in the park all day on Saturday September 7.

It's a fun day to see the artists in…

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Added by Bert Snow on August 26, 2024 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Our beautiful Poster is here!

Our friends Lynne and Jay Havighurst of ArtFluence have created this beautiful poster for our 2024 show "Threads"!

Feel free to download and share.  There is a small jpg version (for social media) and a larger PDF for…

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Added by Bert Snow on August 26, 2024 at 8:39pm — No Comments

Here's the application form for our 2024 Show! (Deadline May 29).

Hello artists,

The application form for our 2024 show is live (it's online) and you can apply now!

Here's the link:

https://tinyurl.com/Maudslay24

We invite artists from (or with connection to) the Merrimack River Valley region to apply! 

Our theme this year is THREAD.

Deadline is May 29.  As in recent years, we are limited to 50 artists, and will accept the first 50 workable…

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Added by Bert Snow on May 8, 2024 at 2:48pm — No Comments

And the theme for Sculpture at Maudslay 2024 will be... THREAD!

In a lively meeting on a cool March evening, we chose the theme THREAD for our 2024 Outdoor Sculpture at Maudslay show.  We're excited - it feels like many inspirations can unravel from this word....

Added by Bert Snow on March 27, 2024 at 11:13am — No Comments

Sculpture at Maudslay 2023 "FRACTURE" is up! (And it's a great show!)

The show is UP, and looking great.  It's only up through Oct 1, so get out there and see it!   Click to check out the sculptures on our phone app.  (Photo: Gordon and Damon's ode to Bonnie Jean Malcolm, with rainbow!) …

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Added by Bert Snow on September 18, 2023 at 11:30am — No Comments

Here's how to apply to Sculpture at Maudslay 2023!

The application form for this year's Outdoor Sculpture at Maudslay show is live, so it's time to work on your application and get it in. Here's what you need to know:

1. Before you apply:  Before you click the link to fill out your application, you'll need:

- To be ready to describe what you propose to build, including title, materials, construction etc.

- If you have sketches, you'll need to scan them (or…

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Added by Bert Snow on April 7, 2023 at 3:02pm — No Comments

The theme for the 2023 show will be ... FRACTURE

After a spirited debate, with possibly the most candidate ideas ever, we have chosen the theme FRACTURE for the Outdoor Sculpture at Maudslay show. 
To paraphrase some of the discussion, it's strengths are that it can mean a variety of things, that it's a verb…
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Added by Bert Snow on February 27, 2023 at 10:15pm — No Comments

Sculpture at Maudslay is happening in 2023!

We're excited to announce that the Sculpture at Maudslay show will again be happening in 2023.

We are thankful for support from local Cultural Councils, and community members who sponsor us through our…

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Added by Bert Snow on February 27, 2023 at 4:44pm — No Comments

The 2022 Show is UP through Oct. 1; Tour Sat. Sept. 17th.

The 2022 Outdoor Sculpture at Maudslay show is UP, and it looks amazing with 46 sculptures. Open every day, with reception/tour Sept 17th 2-5. 

Added by Bert Snow on September 11, 2022 at 5:21pm — No Comments

Apply to join the 2022 show! Application deadline is May 24, but don't wait.

The online application form for the Sculpture at Maudslay 2022 show is up, and ready for your application! 
The form contains complete instructions. We ask all artists to complete the application online. If this is not possible for you, get in…
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Added by Bert Snow on April 11, 2022 at 7:54pm — No Comments

And the 2022 Sculpture at Maudslay theme is ... INTERSECT

The theme for this year's show will be INTERSECT ! 

A very interesting theme, chosen with our favorite process of many submissions, spirited debate and rounds of voting.

We think it has lots of possibilities, and look forward to…

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Added by Bert Snow on March 26, 2022 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Joyce Zarins heads panel talking about her book: SITE SPECIFIC: 20 Years of Sculpture at Maudslay

There was a great turnout for Joyce's session at the Newburyport Literary Festival, and you can watch the recording here on Facebook:

Site Specific panel at the Nbpt Literary Festival

Added by Bert Snow on April 25, 2021 at 9:07pm — No Comments

And the theme for 2021 is ... REACH

The theme for the 2021 Outdoor Sculpture at Maudslay show will be REACH.

It's a word that has many possible meanings, implications, and suggestions contained within it, and artists are invited to let it inspire their thoughts as they craft proposals for this years show.

The theme was chosen with our…

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Added by Bert Snow on April 16, 2021 at 11:32am — No Comments

Yes we are doing the show in 2021!

The Outdoor Sculpture at Maudslay show will be back in 2021, with support from our local Cultural Councils again (thanks!)  We loved putting on the 2020 show and are looking forward to getting back outside with sculpture! 

Stay tuned for the announcement of our 2021 Theme -- which…

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Added by Bert Snow on March 3, 2021 at 11:41am — No Comments

The show is ON, with new Dates: Opening September 20, Coming down October 11.

NEW DATES: Show Opens Sept 20, Ends October 11!

Great news - the state has made an exception and given us a permit to put on the show!  (We've been working and planning to put on the show all summer, and this was a final hurdle.)  So we are ON...but with some changes:

1. Artists will put up their sculptures on Saturday September…

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Added by Bert Snow on August 29, 2020 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Application for Sculpture at Maudslay 2020 - Deadline extended to JUNE 3

Be part of the Outdoor Sculpture at Maudslay 2020 show! …

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Added by Bert Snow on May 28, 2020 at 9:00am — No Comments

Our Fall 2020 Outdoor Sculpture at Maudslay show, "Passage" is Happening!

 

In this terrifically difficult moment, when so many artistic, cultural, and musical events cannot happen, we are working hard to put on the 2020 Outdoor sculpture at Maudslay show in September as we have planned.

We will be making adjustments to all aspects of the show to…

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Added by Bert Snow on April 21, 2020 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Retrospective at Firehouse POSTPONED Again

Due to the Coronavirus, we have postponed our planned 20-year retrospective of the Outdoor Sculpture at Maudslay show. …

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Added by Bert Snow on March 3, 2020 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Here's our beautiful Poster!

Here's our beautiful poster, designed by Lynne and Jay Havighurst of Artfluence

(and also Maudslay…

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Added by Bert Snow on August 31, 2019 at 9:00am — No Comments

Information on the 20th Sculpture at Maudslay show for Journalists & PR

Thanks for helping spread the word about the 2019 Outdoor Sculpture at Maudslay show - our 20th!

Here is information on the show.  At the bottom of the post are images that you can download and use, along with attributions for those images.

This year's show is our twentieth show at Maudslay: the first was 1998, and we have taken two sabbatical years since, so this…

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Added by Bert Snow on August 15, 2019 at 10:11am — No Comments

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