Sculpture Walk 15 unveiled along Kingsport Greenbelt
Kingsport Cultural Arts is excited to announce the 15th Sculpture Walk has been installed and is ready for the viewing public to enjoy.
The Sculpture Walk is a program where the city leases sculptures from artists across the country to put on display within the city. This year, Kingsport Cultural Arts is bringing five new sculptures to the Model City.
The sculptures can be found along the Kingsport Greenbelt by the Holston River. This year’s sculptures include:
“We Are the Current” by Jessica Bradsher
Bradsher is a nationally exhibiting outdoor sculptor and high school art teacher from North Carolina. Her work explores the relationship between human experience and the natural world. Often described as “drawing on the sky,” Bradsher’s sculptures trace invisible lines that inspire a sense of openness and etherealism.
“Arc of the Moral Universe” by Ray Moore
Moore is a graduate of Dobyns-Bennett High School, the University of Tennessee and the University of Memphis. He is a retired non-profit administrator and an ordained Episcopal priest living in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. Moore began working with glass in the mid 1970’s using both lead and copper foil as connecting materials, and after retiring, he and his wife formed Appalachian Warmglass.
“Bear Went Over the Mountain” by Jim Gallucci
Gallucci has been a sculptor for 40 years and works full time designing, creating and fabricating sculptures in his Greensboro, North Carolina studio assisted by a staff of five. Jim enjoys creating sculpture that is related to people, places and events and his commissions can be found in public, corporate and residential spaces throughout the country.
“Lastdance” by Hanna Jubran
Jubran is the owner of J&H Studio Inc. and is currently a Sculpture Professor and Sculpture Area Coordinator at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. Hanna’s work addresses the concepts of time, movement, balance and space. Each sculpture occupies and creates its own reality influenced by its immediate surroundings.
“Alabama Octet” by Daniel William Millspaugh
Millspaugh, a veteran of the United States Coast Guard, obtain his Bachelor of Fine Arts (Ceramics) and Masters of Fine Arts (Sculpture) from the University of Miami, which led to a career as a teacher at the university.
A talented artist, Dan’s work has been showcased around the world and remains on display to this day across the United States and countries abroad in both public and private collections. His use of mediums ranged from painting and ceramics, cast bronze, aluminum, and iron, to film, the camera and even fabric. Sadly, Millspaugh passed away in 2021 following a 20-year battle with prostate cancer.
You can also use the online Sculpture Walk Trail at www.artskingsport.org/trails. Here, you will find out the location of each sculpture, information about the artist and some insights into each creation.
The Sculpture Walk was made possible through a grant from the State of Tennessee, Tennessee Arts Commission.
