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He said, “I’ve been searching for a long time for an appropriate way to thank and honor my parents, lan and
Brenda Clark Pounder. | selected this particular sculpture because of its title, its inscription and its location. You
see my dad has been a member of Rotary for over 20 years and has always supported its mission; service
above self. My mom was a Welcome Wagon Hostess in this community for many years and has welcomed
many families into the Nashua Community. So this location, Rotary Common, this sculpture “The Path of Truth”
is a perfect way, in my judgement, to honor my parents and also give back to the community we call home”.
As | said before, sponsorships are very personal. John Rudolph and his family sponsored “La Familia” because
of its relevance to him and his family. “La Familia” was purposely placed at Park Social in the Tree Street
neighborhood because it represents the importance of family. 50% of the families in that neighborhood are
headed by single females. The Rudolph’s are a very close knit family and they dedicated the sculpture to
John’s sister because she was a Spanish teacher.
Businesses and residents were so excited when South Nashua finally got its first sculpture that they teamed up
and sponsored “Mother & Child” by Ennica Mukomberanwa from Zimbabwe. |’m sure you recognize or you
would recognize if you could see it, several Aldermen and several of the women who are in this picture and
other prominent Nashuans.
The Greek Community sponsored the sculpture from Greece by Vasilis Vasili; and the Indian Community
sponsored Gopinath Subbanna’s sculpture from India. Out of 35 sculptures there are 8 that are not sponsored
and of course every year we get 3 additional ones. So | have pictures of the 8 that are in here and certainly if
anyone is ever interested in either sponsoring a sculpture, or bringing a meal or other volunteer opportunities,
we have plenty of them and we always welcome them. Honestly it is really from our standpoint one of the goals
of the Sculpture Symposium is to engage the community in the creation of art. So it is part of our mission as part
of what we want to do.
We are already planning for 2020; our theme for 2020 is “Whimsy” which should be very interesting. Our
opening celebration will be at Hunt Community, I’m excited to say. That will be on Thursday night May 7" and
then our closing is on Saturday, May 30" at 1:00. One more example of how the community participates in all of
that is the City trolleys are donated as part of the effort to bring people around to see all the sculptures at the
closing on Saturday.
So thank you. | want to thank everyone for making the Sculpture Symposium a success. | want to thank the City
for financial support through the Nashua Arts Commission. | want to thank so many of you in this room and
beyond who have been involved in this Symposium in some way and in many ways over the past 12 years. You
know better than most, the importance of involvement in our community because that is what you do every day.
It is why Nashua is such a great place to live. Your enthusiasm and support for the Symposium is truly
appreciated. Thank you.
President Wilshire
Thank you. We appreciate your presentation that was very interesting.
Ms. Hersh I'd be happy to answer questions if there are any questions?
