SYMPOSIUM 2020
This is our Ninth Annual Symposium. Due to the special circumstances during the pandemic COVID-19, we have decided to extend the working time period from three weeks to three months, starting in mid-July until September. Artists will come at their own convenient times to work, wear mask (of course!) and keep social distance when they encounter each other. This year, we have invited back the four artists who had participated in last year’s Symposium, Kevin Duffy (Arlington,MA), Cortni Frecha (Stow, MA), Marin Murakoshi (Newton, MA)and Mark Smith (Berlin, MA), Viktor and I will also join the endeavor.
For the safety of all, we have not staged the Opening Ceremony and Symposium Closing Exhibition; however, we are holding our spirit and energy high.
With determination, our endeavor will draw the New Art Archeology stone pile closer to its completion.
We apologize for not being able to share the artist’s carving process with you on site in person; however, Yin will be diligent in taking picture of artists working and post them in our website for your viewing.
As granite is forever, our vulnerable health should come first at this time. We promise when this art ground is reopened, you will see an amazing new world.
We do keep social distance :‑)
My work for this Symposium is a memorial to all those who have lost their lives to COVID-19, and to those destined to loose their lives, before a successful vaccine becomes available. My design is based on a classical 19th Century mourning motif of a weeping person, with their head resting upon their arm.
Special thanks to the support from the Local Mass Cultural Council of the following Towns: Acton-Boxborough, Billerica, Chelmsford, Concord, Groton, Lexington, Littleton and Westford.
Mark Smith
Kevin Duffy
Cortni Frecha
Marin Murakoshi
