File photo Crews work to install a large piece of the sculpture Jocelyn Pratt crafted for the 2019 Nashua International Sculpture Symposium. Sculptors will have their work unveiled at 1 p.m. today during the closing ceremony. Attendees will meet at Nashua City Hall to board trolleys, which will then take them around the city to see the three sculptures from this year’s symposium.

A visit to the Andres Institute of Art in Brookline and a conversation with Director John Weidman led to the creation of large scale sculptures for Nashua and the development of today’s symposium.

Weidman and Meri Goyette, Nashua’s longtime patron of the arts, co-founders of this project, have been instrumental in placing 36 large sculptures in and around the city as public art. Within a short period of time, the symposium was framed, setting the stage for Nashua being recognized as a center for the arts.

Nashua is the only city in the country that hosts an annual international sculpture symposium, a community event designed to elevate the appreciation and awareness of art in Nashua.

Artists from around the world chosen by Weidman are invited to spend three weeks in Nashua creating public art without cost to the city. Residents host the artists in their homes, bring meals as they work, provide transportation and volunteer.

These works created in New Hampshire granite, steel and marble are gifted to the city, and are installed in public places for all to enjoy.

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