A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held Tuesday, November 12, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. in the
Aldermanic Chamber.
President Lori Wilshire presided; City Clerk Susan K. Lovering recorded.
Prayer was offered by City Clerk Susan K. Lovering; Alderman Brandon Laws led in the Pledge to the Flag.
The roll call was taken with 13 members of the Board of Aldermen present; Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja and
Alderman Ben Clemons were recorded absent.
His Honor, Mayor James W. Donchess, and Corporation Counsel Steven A. Bolton were also in attendance.
President Wilshire
| did hear from Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja, she will be joining us at our next meeting; she had a commitment this
evening.
COMMUNICATIONS
From: Lori Wilshire, President, Board of Aldermen
Re: Special Board of Aldermen Meeting
There being no objection, President Wilshire accepted the communication and placed it on file.
DISCUSSION
Nashua Sculpture Symposium — presented by Kathy Hersh. Thank you for being here this evening.
Kathy Hersh Thank you very much for having me and | apologize that we are going to be seeing small pictures
instead of large pictures. But I’d be happy to come back if you ever want to see it again. Anyways, sculptures,
no because you know why, | have to come over to impress.
The Nashua International Sculpture Symposium has created many sculptures throughout Nashua that are
enlivening our parks, can everybody pretty much see it; making our drive more pleasant; representing important
Nashua values, like family; celebrating our industrial history, embracing our diverse cultures, offering a place to
relax, giving us something to ponder, providing games like mancala, and welcoming immigrants to Nashua.
Each year in May, since 2008, sculptors have come to Nashua from around the world to create a sculpture as a
gift to the City. People like Sarah Mae Wasserstrum from Israel and Luben Boykov from Bulgaria, and Michele
Golia from Italy; all whose sculptures are at Rotary Common. People like Amgalan Tsevegmid from Mongolia,
Lasha Khidasheli from the Republic of Georgia, and Kim Sunjin from Korea. They look like a very serious,
conscientious group but they really had a lot of fun and silly moments when they were here in Nashua.
The Symposium work site is at the Picker Artists at 3 Pine Street in the Millyard, this is home 6 days a week, for
3 weeks for the sculptures as they create they sculptures. They love having visitors, like these children from the
Ledge Street School, Gerard Oroo Motondi from Kenya, loved to sing his Kenyan song to the children and
Jocelyn Pratt from New Zealand was very happy to give everyone pieces of her marble that created her
sculpture that is now at Bicentennial Park.
