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Restored and New Art Combine in Renovated Clarendon Avenue Playground: Bronze Birds by Juliet Kepes with Leaf-Pattern Fence by Bart Uchida

July 21, 2021 · by · in animals in art, architecture, Art, art restoration, books, bronze, children, children's literature, collaborative art projects, commuity, Contemporary Sculpture, design, families, fences, gates, granite, illustration, interactive art, landscape architecture, local birds, Nature study, parks, playgrounds, public art, Sculpture, visual art, women artists · 4 Comments

In 1980, artist Juliet Kepes designed five bronze birds for the brick walls of Clarendon Avenue Park in Cambridge. A longtime admirer of her children’s book illustration, I wasn’t aware of her range of creative work until a few years ago when I read the Cambridge Arts/ Public Art listing below. By the time I managed to visit the park in 2019, it was closed off for extended renovations after almost forty years of use. ….
Recently I learned that the renovated park had opened, so I headed there one early evening in July. The bronze birds were back, set against a stone wall that replaced their brick background. Floral plantings enhanced their new setting, with the promising addition of a flowing plant-patterned fence that certainly added to my appreciation of the whole park.

Wonders of Children’s Books Wait within the Solomon Gate, Designed by Höweler + Yoon Architecture

March 22, 2021 · by · in animals in art, architecture, Art, Artists, children, children's literature, commuity, design, families, fences, gates, granite, granite sculpture, Harvard University, history, humor, illustration, ironwork, libraries, literature, public art, Sculpture, visual art · 2 Comments

If you enter Harvard Yard from Quincy Street near its intersection with Massachusetts Avenue, watch for the rushing rabbit, grinning cat, top hat, and other small images in the tall black ironwork of the gate completed in December 2020. These might entice you to stop and look for more connections to “Alice in Wonderland” or to a world of children’s books.