When I decided to start taking more of an interest in my own hometown, I discovered that there are lots of things that have been going on for years and I didn't know. Some pretty cool artsy things, I might add.
This year marks the Fourth year (yep, I missed the first three) for the Salisbury Sculpture Show. Apparently, Salisbury (the town I've lived in for 40+ years) has been awakening the artist in all of us...or at least the artistic eye. This is exciting news for me! I love sculptures...I think. I figure that if I'm going to start this journey of discovering everything about where I live (it's about time), this is a perfect opportunity to get out there and do just that. So...here I go. I'm starting with one of the men that apparently spearheaded all of this.
Gallucci provided two offerings for this years show. Both are quite lovely."Jim Gallucci, a graduate of LeMoyne College (BA, English 1973) and Syracuse University (BFA, Art 1974 and MFA, Sculpture 1976), has been a sculptor for over 30 years. He has worked as an art instructor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the University of Alabama at Huntsville. He was also an Exhibit Designer for the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro, NC.Presently, Jim works full time designing and fabricating sculpture in his Greensboro studio assisted by a staff of 6. Most of the works are commissions for public, corporate, and residential spaces around the country. For six years he showed sculpture at the Pier Walk Sculpture Show in Chicago, IL. This annual show takes place on the Navy Pier and is the world’s largest outdoor sculpture show. Over 8.2 million people walk through the venue. Jim has also been selected for such international shows as the World Expo 88 in Brisbane, Australia and the 7th Henry Moore Grand Prize Exhibition at the Utsukushi-ga-hara Open-Air Museum, Hakone, Japan and UBE Japan. In 2007 Jim earned a Diploma of Nomination from the 2008 Beijing Olympics.Jim’s most recent sculptures have utilized the element of doors and gateways. He says that, “gates have been found through...(visit his website for the rest of the story)"http://www.jimgalluccisculptor.com/about.php
"Cotton Column" is located at the Trolly Barn off of Liberty Street.
"Cotton Column"
His second is located at St. John's Lutheran Church in the Corner Park and is entitled "Oak Leaf Horizon". It's right at the corner of West Innes Street and Fulton Street. I simply adore this one, but need to get a better picture of it.
"Oak Leaf Horizon"
After a day of walking all over the downtown area trying to find these things, I realized that I like doing this. It's giving me a chance to get to know Salisbury better, it's good exercise, I'm meeting some new people (parole officers count too) and I'm having fun. I also realized that I need to take more pictures so I can get these wonderful pieces to show their many different sides.
Alrighty...I will be posting the rest over the next several weeks. I'm pretty into looking up the artists and sharing links to their websites, facebook pages, etc. I think everyone should know the people that created such wonderful gifts for our little Southern town. I hope you enjoy them, but I hope you'll go out and see them in person too.
