Sculpture in the Park 2003 ::
October 19th, 2003 - April 2004

Opening Reception
Sunday, October 19th, 2003, 1 pm - 4 pm

Rockland Center for the Arts' Sculpture Park Welcomes Visitors for it's New Season The Sculpture Park at Rockland Center for the Arts (RoCA) welcomes visitors to the opening of it's third season of outdoor artwork on Sunday, October 19th, 2003 from 1:00 - 4:00pm. The show continues for ten months until April of 2004.

The outdoor exhibition is displayed in the art center's bucolic two-acre park and features the large-scale work of twenty accomplished sculptors from the Hudson Valley and Northeast regions. Leading the selection committee for the art center's park is sculptor and teacher, Eric Laxman of Valley Cottage, NY.

The development of the art center's sculpture park is part of a growing surge of interest in outdoor sculpture displays and joins the regions notable parks such as Pepsico, Storm King and Wave Hill. These have become popular destinations for sculpture aficionados and family's alike.

Many of the sculptures are designed to capture and reflect light. Among those with such reflective qualities are stainless works by Molly Mason of Port Jefferson, NY and Robert Perless of Greenwich, CT; the elegant aluminum "Wind Cubes" of Michio Ihara of Concord, MA, and folded pyramids by Anthony Krauss of Woodstock, NY. Working in steel on a monumental scale is Leah Ellen Kucera of Kingston, NY. Others sculptures display dazzling color such as the polychrome aluminum cascades by Dorothy Gillespie of New York City; playful giant puzzle pieces by Simon Draper of Cold Spring, NY; and David Hayes of Coventry, CT who does painted steel cutout constructions. Notable among the artists who use natural materials in their work are slate works by Alex Uribe of Cold Spring, NY. B Amore of Benson, VT creates low sculptures entitled "The Other Shore" and "Raft of Life" that combine natural materials like rock and wood with fragile elements of silk, glass pebbles and thin wire. Steve Spaccarelli, only 21 years old, is producing spectacular work being snapped up by collectors and galleries. His walk-in sized steel cube with hanging driftwood is harp-like and beautifully balanced. Trudy Solin and Renee Iacone whose studio is in Orangeburg, NY, work collaboratively to produce larger than life-sized figures. They will show an eerie army of 25 figures in a ceremonial installation entitled, "Gnosis - the Knowledge of Spiritual Matter". Both James Tyler of Nyack, NY and Louis Mendez of New York City create expertly crafted figurative ceramics.