YV ART MUSEUM

SYMPOSIUM 2022

Our eleventh annual Stone Carving Symposium held from August 1 to August 21 with participating artists David Adilman (Andover MA), Kevin Duffy (Arlington MA), Memy Ish Shalom (Israel/Newton MA), Marin Murakoshi (Japan/Newton MA), Miguel Velit (Peru), Viktor Lois (Hungary/Acton MA) and Yin Peet (Taiwan/Acton MA).

On Aug 21, we celebrated the completion of our 11th annual Symposium with an impressive crowd of over 100 attendees showing up for the multiple Exhibitions Opening and the Artists Talk. One of the highlights of this Symposium is for the first time 4 artists (Kevin, Marin, Yin & Viktor) have collaborated on carving the prominently positioned 20-ton stone on top of the pile. As Kevin so nicely articulated “as one component of 3 individual works carved on the boulder my work intends to present and inspire restfulness, serenity,and acceptance within our unstable, unpredictable environment. I hope viewers will take a moment to engage with the piece, look into the partially open eye, and allow that same eye look back at them. To reflect upon that interaction, the scale and placement of the work, and how it interacts with the ever changing light source.” This estimated 20-year “New Art Archeology” project has since gained steady support from many Towns Cultural Councils in our vicinity. Many sculptors have come back to carve more on the pile. For example, this is Kevin’s 6th year carving on the pile, Marin’s 4th year and Miguel’s third year traveling here from Peru. Each of their creations is monumental. Clearly, by now this stone pile has become a community-embraced art site.