A full walking guide with a map and information about each SculpTour piece is available at City Hall and in a display box just outside City Hall on Charleston Market Street.2012 SculpTour unveiled
What stands 4-foot to 10-foot tall, weighs more than 4,600 pounds cumulatively, and is made mostly of steel, but also aluminum, wood, and bronze? It's the 15 public art pieces that comprise the 2012 Suwanee SculpTour.
Presented this year by QuikTrip, SculpTour is Suwanee's walkable outdoor exhibit of original sculptures. Displayed nearly year-round in and around downtown Suwanee, SculpTour is designed to be a public art encounter that serves as a quality of life enhancer, economic development tool, and community identifier.
Administered by Suwanee's Public Arts Commission, the inaugural Suwanee SculpTour exhibit was installed last year and taken down this April. The 2012 exhibit, which features 15 sculptures created by 11 artists, representing Georgia and five other states, will be installed in time for the May 19 Arts in the Park festival.
"We learned a lot from our first year," says Suwanee Public Arts Commission Chair Linnea Miller, "and we are poised for even greater success and impact in this coming year. SculpTour 2012 will surprise and delight visitors with 15 diverse sculptures that represent different styles, materials and genres. We believe that this diversity is representative of our vibrant community and offers an opportunity for Suwanee to continue to give its citizens and visitors a unique, shared experience through exposure to the arts."
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2012 SculpTour pieces include:
Pilgrim – by Charlie Brouwer of Willis, Virginia
Audubon Watcher – by Jim Collins of Signal Mountain, Tennessee
Intersection – by Robert Coon of Vero Beach, Florida
U Circle 58 – by Al Garnto of Blairsville, Georgia
Wind Sculpture Weathervane – by Al Garnto of Blairsville, Georgia
Winged Glory – by Jack Howard-Potter of New York City
Wallwalker – by Jack Howard-Potter of New York City
Oracle – by Aaron P. Hussey of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Header – by Gregory Johnson of Cumming (the only repeat artist from 2011)
Gyres – by Cynthia Knapp of Atlanta
Swept – by Marc Moulton of Statesboro, Georgia
Smoke – by Marc Moulton of Statesboro, Georgia
Wrapped Around You – by Davis A. Whitfield IV of Mountain City, Tennessee
Sun Drop – by Davis A. Whitfield IV of Mountain City, Tennessee
Reaching – by Justin Wilson of Riverdale, Georgia
QuikTrip is the presenting sponsor of this year's SculpTour, and the Gwinnett Convention & Visitors Bureau is providing funding support for the audio tour/podcast that will be available via iTunes in July. No public funds are used for the lease or purchase of SculpTour pieces.