J.C. Stone Sculpture Symposium

October 8-16, 2011

Maine's diverse geology has cultivated a thriving stone industry. For a century and a half, stone from Maine - limestone, granite, slate - has been shipped overseas to create architectural elements like building ornaments and columns. To honor Maine¹s robust history with stone, supplier and fabricator J.C. Stone, Inc., based in Jefferson, organized a sculpture symposium last year. The goal was simple: showcase Maine stone carved by Maine artists.

This year, the second annual Sculpture Symposium will be held for eight days in October. Sculptors will again explore J.C. Stone's ten-acre stone yard, a sculptor's paradise, and select among a variety of trademarked granite. They will then create models using paper, clay, or Styrofoam, and using their models as guides, will get to work carving the stone. On the weekends, the symposium will be open for public viewing and lunch with the artists.

Kathleen and Jamie Carle, the owners of J.C. Stone, founded the Symposium last year in collaboration with members of the Maine Stoneworkers' Guild. "There wasn't anything like this in Maine," Kathleen recalls. "It was somewhat of an unpublished art. Our philosophy was to push Maine artists using Maine stone."

Open to the Public
October 8, 9, 15, 16 : 11am - 4pm

Lunch with the Artists
October 8, 9, 15, 16: 11am - 1pm

www.jcstoneinc.com/
207.549.4729

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