East Providence Unveils Art Installation At Watchemoket Square

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI — East Providence town officers unveiled a new artwork set up Monday at the Waterfront Gateway Sculpture Backyard in Watchemoket Square.

“The Feathers A few” sculpture is a triple cluster of the debut sculpture idea, Pluma Sculptura, aka “The Feather” by artist Kirk Seese. This sculpture signifies the initially time “The Feather” has been viewed in this configuration, as a grouping of a few, Seese stated.

“With its vertical nature and colorful palette, the Feathers A few represents upward momentum, a achieving to anything greater, an inspiration for the eyes,” Seese reported. “They never inquire the viewer for everything other than to get pleasure from them for what they are.”

“There’s no hidden which means or political assertion, just natural beauty, and I am definitely thrilled to have artwork on exhibit in the beautiful point out of Rhode Island,” Seese extra.

The city is leasing the sculpture for two a long time, with an alternative to extend the lease or obtain it outright at the close of the phrase. The $5,000 leasing price is lined by the General public Art line item in the fiscal year 2020 money budget.

“We are thrilled to aspect ‘The Feathers Three,'” Mayor Bob DaSilva mentioned. “The new out of doors sculpture will be section of a broader spot-making initiative at the Square and establishes an arts district in the region of the square with the sculpture backyard as its focal issue. This is only a person of numerous initiatives to arrive in the City’s improvement of the Arts and Entertainment District.”

As the creator of the Watchemoket Sculpture Garden, East Providence Arts Council (EPAC) was included in the choice-making and artist variety method for locating a new sculpture in the park. EPAC Chair Jennifer Cahoon and EPAC Vice Chair David O’Connell served on the collection panel.

Seese was one of nine applicants who responded to the city’s proposal for community art unveiled in Oct 2021. A selection panel, consisting of East Providence artists, fabricators, and Watchemoket Sq. stakeholders, reviewed programs and picked “The Feathers A few” as their top rated option.