Sculpture Garden at the Sheldon Museum

Please note: the Kate Pond sculpture is no longer in the Sheldon’s garden. An exhibit of Kate Pond’s work opens on June 13, 2021 including three sculptures in the garden.

Three sculptures currently in the Sheldon’s garden will be joined by three sculptures by Kate Pond on June 16, 2021.

Crane by Warren Rinehart greets visitors to the garden. Situated amongst the lilac bushes is Can-Can Girl # 4 of metal by Ferrisburgh artist Kat Clear, inspired by images of French Moulin Rouge dancers with their frou-frou skirts.  Clear transforms the metal into a lightweight, flowing sculpture that at the same time reflects the grit and tenacity of the performers.  She succeeds in her goal “to make metal look more pretty and fanciful.” Big Fish by Martin McGowan sits atop a marble wall in the middle of the garden. Pippin by Norton Latourelle sits on the Museum’s front porch where he welcomes everyone to the Sheldon.

About her sculptures, Pond comments; “My sculpture invites participation: with people, and with the sun, shadows and alignments at different seasons of the year. The position of the sun, moon and stars creates a structure, like a painter might use a rectangle as a frame of reference. Inspiration also comes from curves seen in nature: fiddlehead ferns and tendrils of vines or grasses moving in the wind.”

Kate Pond and Kat Clear have shared “pathways to sculpture.”  Kat Clear shared a studio with Kate Pond and was influenced by her.  Kate Pond comments “These talismans [I have collected] remind me of my path in the world.  I am a link in the chain of beings who have made sculpture for millennia to sort out their place in the cosmos.”

Visit this in-town, outdoor oasis today! 

All sculptures in the Sheldon Garden are available for sale with the exception of Pippin by Norton Latourelle and Crane by Warren Rinehart. Please email wbrooks@henrysheldonmuseum call 802-388-2117 or for more information.