The inaugural Second Saturday Art Walk on June 12 will highlight the pieces on the Augusta Sculpture Trail.
“I liked the idea of doing a year-long series,” said Coco Rubio, who is organizing the event.
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Rubio is bringing together musicians and some art activities to focus on each of the pieces along the trail. The first Second Saturday Art Walk will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Eighth Street and Riverwalk.
She N She will play at the stage overlooking the Savannah River while the debut walk will showcase Leonard Ursachi’s “What a Wonderful World,” located not far from the stage.
Rubio said he hopes to draw from the Augusta Market crowd for the first event.
Matt Porter, the Morris Museum of Art’s assistant curator of education, has created some coloring pages related to the featured sculpture, and buttons will be given out as well.
Dylan Smith, a recent John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School graduate, will play the vibraphone at the July 10 art walk. Smith will be heading to NYU in August. Dr. Rob Foster will play Aug. 14, and Eric Kinlaw will perform Sept. 11.
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The locations of the concerts will likely change during the course of the series. Rubio said he hopes harpist Vonda Darr will play near the Maestro/Forever Young statues on Eighth at Broad Streets.
The sculpture trail has 10 different pieces in downtown Augusta. The monthly art walks will last a year. What the series will end with is yet to be decided, but Rubio said he’s leaning toward some of downtown’s outdoor murals, possibly the three on Ellis Street containing lyrics to James Brown songs.
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The Augusta Sculpture Trail is a two-year art installation in downtown Augusta, according to the sculpture trail website. To provide people with more information about the sculptures, the arts council has partnered with the Otocast phone app to provide background information on each of the works as well as activities related to them such as scavenger hunts to earn badges.
Charmain Z. Brackett is the Features Editor for The Augusta Press. Reach her at charmain@theaugustapress.com.
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