Take a trip along the Augusta Sculpture Trail with one of the experts July 10.
“I’ve given a number of tours,” said Brenda Durant, the executive director of the Greater Augusta Arts Council, who will give the tour beginning at 11:30 a.m. as part of the Second Saturday event highlighting the trail.
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People often ask where the trail starts and finishes, but there’s no official beginning. For Saturday, the tour will begin at Larry Millard’s Stepped Tower at Eighth Street and Riverwalk.
Durant said she’ll show people how easy it is to use the Otocast app, which has stories about each of the sculptures in the artist’s own words. Through the app, people can earn the “James Brown” badge for checking out all of the sculptures.
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She’ll also highlight some of the backstories along the way.
Not only will she spotlight the 10 sculptures on the trail, but she’ll also take the time to point out some of the other public art downtown including Porkchop’s Monkey Business exhibit and Cole Phail’s Spirit of Funk mural dedicated to James Brown.
“This is a fun activity you can take the rest of the family to,” said Durant.
The tour will be one of the components of the Second Saturday event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Augusta Market at Eighth and Riverwalk. Dylan Smith will play the vibraphone at the Riverwalk stage.
The Augusta Sculpture Trail started as a temporary exhibition of public artwork, but some of the pieces will become permanent parts of Augusta’s landscape. Durant said three groups have committed to purchase one of the sculptures. Two are undecided about which sculpture they will purchase, but the Georgia Cancer Center has indicated it will purchase Invasive by Jenn Garrett. Invasive is dedicated to the artist’s mother and sister who had breast cancer.
Durant said the arts council always has something going on.
The council oversees the City Gallery at the Municipal Building, where the artwork of Laurie Adamson is on display through Aug. 31.
Adamson, lives at Sanctuary Farms in Aiken, “a 26-acre farm where she creates all of her pieces in her refurbished barn studio space. Her paintings are created by pouring paint over a canvas and manipulating it with a variety of tools. Many of Laurie’s pieces include elements like glitter and horsehair to evoke a sense of movement,” according to a news release from the arts council.
Charmain Z. Brackett is the Features Editor for The Augusta Press. Reach her at charmain@theaugustapress.com.
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