VSNB Students Collaboration at NBOSS
with the VAE and Bennington College
In the spring of 2019, a group of students from the Village School of North Bennington were presented with the opportunity to create three large steel sculptures for the North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Show.
With the guidance of the school’s art studio, the Vermont Arts Exchange, and the Bennington College Sculpture Department, the students were presented with three themes to embark on; LANDSCAPE, WATER & MUSIC.
The process led them from observing sculpture and many drawings to building small-scale models from chopsticks, wire and pipe cleaners. The students then met at the College’s sculpture studio and with staff and students, made the models come to life in steel in large scale. Color and no color was discussed and applied as the final stage. The pieces are now on display on the Village School grounds.
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Jon Isherwood
Jon Isherwood is a sculptor who has pioneered high-tech CNC technologies, led international projects, and designed opportunities to investigate the sites where the intellectual and physical become visually entangled.
Isherwood’s work has been widely exhibited in public museums and private galleries in US, Canada, Europe and China. He is the recipient of a Jerome Foundation Fellowship, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation award and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of New York at Plattsburgh. His sculpture has recently been exhibited at Villa Strozzi, Florence, Italy, The National Archaeological museum, Florence Italy, Ping Yao II, China; The DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum Boston Mass and in Belgrave Square, London, UK.
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Matthew Perry
Matthew is co founder and executive director of the Vermont Arts Exchange (VAE). He assists Joe with NBOSS tasks from creating the program/map and siting the sculpture to helping organize the annual opening party in VAE’s front yard.
His drawings, paintings and sculptures are inspired by his surroundings whether in Vermont or through his travels in Europe, Brazil and Central America where he also has exhibited in group and solo shows.
Matthew’s sculptural pieces and installations evolve around a “sense of place”. Materials may range from rough cement to soft, natural wood. Commission work is favored as it builds not only a physical piece in a physical space but creates a relationship and dialogue between people.