The Village of Brockport and the Walk! Bike! Brockport Action Group will dedicate an original sculpture by SUNY Brockport artist Jennifer Hecker at Remembrance Park on Park Avenue on Sunday, September 10 at 2 p.m. Alicia Fink, co-chair of Walk! Bike!'s Art and Aesthetics Committee, will make the presentation and Mayor Mort Wexler will accept on behalf of the village. The committee sponsored the project and raised the $10,000 needed for completion. Most of the funds paid for the materials and fabrication of the work. The artist donated most of her artistic services. Funds were raised through the Stone Soup Auction in October. Members of the Greater Brockport community donated the art work and crafts that were auctioned. Members of the department of public works installed the sculpture. The sculpture is titled "Les Racines et les Raisons," French for "The Roots and the Reasons." Walk! Bike! organization promotes outdoor exercise. Its Art and Aesthetics Committee has the mission of making Brockport a more attractive venue for that exercise. It has sponsored the placement of benches in downtown Brockport and has commissioned and paid for two other works of community art. August 27, 2006 |
