Tom Fruin Postponed
At our meeting on May 27, the Lewes Arts Committee regretfully voted to postpone the Exhibition of Tom Fruin’s Watertower #7 scheduled for Canalfront Park this summer. The piece is in New York and needs to be disassembled there and then reassembled in Lewes. The various Covid-19 restrictions make this impossible to achieve within our current time constraints.
We thank the many folks who so kindly donated money to try to make this happen. You made us proud to be part of such a forward thinking community. Because we collected those donations for this endeavor specifically, all monies received will be refunded by the City of Lewes.
We love this piece, and are planning to bring it into town next summer. Those details will be decided in the fall. Meanwhile, art is everywhere. Go find it and show it to your neighbor. We will all be the better for it.
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Who knows? Something may still find its way to that park. It’s not out of the question.
Target dates are June 1st through September 1st
The City of Lewes has a very special opportunity to display a sculpture by internationally acclaimed California artist Tom Fruin in our Canalfront Park in Down town Lewes. This will be a temporary exhibition for the summer of 2020. Watertower 7 is part of Fruin’s recycled Plexiglas and Steel ICON series, which “feature scavenged reclaimed and recycled materials constructed into sculptural tributes to architectural icons around the world.” This piece sits on a pedestal and is a total of 23 feet tall and approximately 10 feet square when installed.
This is an amazing opportunity for the people of Lewes to experience art that is not only is astoundingly beautiful, but also has historical relevance since it reflects on our industrial past. The sculpture is not only the approximates the water tower we have on Schley Avenue, but it also mimics the lens of the Lightship Overfalls, which is located close to where “Watertower 7” will be installed.
We expect Tom will come to personally supervise the install and be present for a reception at the opening. We are very grateful to our curator and consultant Karin Bravin in New York for creating this connection for us.
Will You Help ?
This is a City of Lewes project administrated by the Lewes Public Arts Committee. While we have some funding for this project, we are reaching out to our community for financial support to realize this remarkable exhibition. We will receive in kind support from the City and the Lewes Board of Public Works and have received a partial grant from the State of Delaware. But these funds will not offset the cost of mounting the exhibition. We still need to raise funds locally.
May we therefore ask you to consider making a donation to this worthwhile project of public art in Lewes? Donations are tax-deductible and checks should be made out to the City of Lewes with a designation “Public Art Fund” on your check. You can either mail or drop your donation off at City Hall 114 E Third St, Lewes, DE 19958. You can also contact us through this web site and a member of our committee will be pleased to visit you in person and to retrieve your contribution.
Will you help ?