newscasting - GFS Members Newsletter - Fall 2016

newscasting Fall 2016

THE PUBLICATION FOR MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS

Exclusive First Looks:

Fall/Winter Exhibitions

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Events & Programs You Won’t Want to Miss!

New Signage and Wayfinding GFS Members and Volunteers travel to Europe!

Member Share the gift Recaps of GFS

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e hope you enjoy this issue of newscasting, which is packed with details about recent events, a behind-the-scenes look at what’s happening at GFS, and your exclusive sneak peek at our fall/winter exhibition season!

As a friendly reminder, GFS members and Guest Pass holders do NOT require timed tickets to visit the grounds — It is a benefit of your membership to drop by whenever you’d like during our open hours! Be sure to check our website for a full calendar of programs that are designed to engage and inspire you, programs GFS can provide thanks to your generous support! We look forward to seeing you soon.

Claire Cossaboon Manager, Membership ccossaboon@groundsforsculpture.org

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EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS

Another Perk for GFS Members!

Toad Hall Lounge Opens for Private Events

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The former Toad Hall Gift Shop has been transformed into the new Toad Hall Lounge. Located near the entrance to Rat’s Restaurant, the new lounge accommodates meetings and private events for up to 20 people! This exclusive new rental space is ideal for corporate meetings, presentations and seminars, as well as private entertaining for rehearsal dinners, baby showers or anniversary celebrations.

The space includes two beautifully appointed rooms. The lounge area features a fireplace and pub style seating, as well as a full bar. The board room is adorned with art glass chandeliers and can be arranged as one long table for 20 people or individual tables for 4 placed throughout the room. The space offers WiFi, surround-sound with Bluetooth connection, and an NEC 80-inch monitor with Apple TV conductivity for presentations.

The Toad Hall Lounge is available for rent to the general public, however it is offered at a discounted rate to Individual and Business Members.

Individual members at the Benefactor level receive a 20% discount on their rentals.

Business Members at the Onyx level receive a 20% discount.

Marble level members receive a 25% discount. Alabaster level and above receive a 50% discount on rental fees.

Rental fees vary by season. Please contact Janis MartinHughes at jmhughes@groundsforsculpture or (609) 249-0248 for more information.

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COVER: Philip Grausman, Leucantha, 1993, cast aluminum, 1/3, 108 x 118 x 118 inches, Grounds For Sculpture, Gift of The Seward Johnson Atelier, Inc., Photo by David W. Steele.

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Sunday, September 25, 2016 from 1-4pm A celebration of fine food and wine that helps support the exhibitions and educational initiatives at GFS! Stroll the Grounds while sampling extraordinary cuisine from the area’s finest chefs and a wide variety of wine, beer and spirits from local purveyors. GFS Members receive a $50 discount on tickets! Visit epicureanpalette.org for more info and tickets.

Save-the-Date! Thursday, October 5 Conversations on Creativity: Judy Blume Members - Only Premiere of RattleX Friday, October 7 at 6:30pm GFS and Philadelphia’s premiere contemporary ballet company, BalletX, present RattleX – a collaboration between artist Paul Henry Ramirez and BalletX choreographers, in dialogue with RATTLE. This original program draws inspiration from RATTLE’s vibrant imagery, as BalletX choreographers and dancers translate color, anatomy, and architecture into evocative movement. GFS Members are invited to this exclusive preview, beginning with a process talk lead by BalletX Founder, Artistic & Executive Director Christine Cox, Associate Artistic Director, Tara Keating, and RATTLE artist, Paul Henry Ramirez. Be among the first to see the full program premiere, and close the evening with a Meet & Mingle reception with BalletX choreographers and dancers, over hors d’oeuvres and cocktails.

Tickets $45. Call (609) 586-0616, or register at groundsforsculpture.org.

Members’ Musings In addition to supporting the arts, many GFS members are gifted artists themselves. This year’s Members’ Musings will be the 7th annual exhibition exclusively featuring artwork by GFS members! This exhibition showcases the diversity of the organization’s membership through varied artistic creations and unique inspirations. View the exhibition in the Education Gallery from October 22 – December 4!

Seward Johnson Art Salon December 7, 2016 from 11am-2pm This holiday season spend time with the visionary founder of GFS. Known to many as the artist who created the well-loved Man-on-the-Street sculptures, Mr. Johnson is equally known for his Beyond the Frame and Icons series. Enjoy an exclusive visit to Mr. Johnson’s studio, where you can view the Van Gogh Bedroom.

The afternoon continues with lunch at the Rat’s Pavilion while listening to Mr. Johnson reflect on his career, tell stories and answer your questions. Includes lunch at Rat’s and wine sponsored by Hopewell Valley Vineyards. To register for this event, please call (609) 586-0616.

Member Trip to Germany July 21-29, 2017

Member Preview Day: Fall/Winter Exhibition Season Saturday, October 22 from 10am-2pm An exclusive opening that gives members the opportunity to preview the upcoming artistic season before it opens to the public! General admission is open to GFS Members only. Members can use Guest Passes to bring additional friends or family members, or members can purchase guest tickets for $18 each. RSVP’s are not required, but specific programs require pre-registration.

Present your current membership card, or join upon entry.

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Don’t miss this special opportunity to experience the rare convergence of two extraordinary contemporary art fairs in Germany: Documenta 14, and Sculpture Projects Münster. GFS is delighted to offer its members this once-in-a-lifetime specially-designed tour that features both fairs plus three wonderful days in Germany’s vibrant capital city of Berlin!

Explore miles of sculptures at Sculpture Projects Münster – a renowned international festival that occurs only every 10 years. Discover new sculptural works by over 150 artists from 55 different countries at Documenta – a fair presented only every 5 years. The tour ends in magnificent Berlin, so rich in history and culture, and today the vital core of the European art scene.

For more info about our upcoming Members-only trips, contact Claire Cossaboon at (609) 249-0234 or ccossaboon@groundsforsculpture.org .

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Giant Pool Balls by Claes Oldenburg. Photo courtesy of Press Office Münster; Brandenburg Gate at Twilight, Photo by Jiuguang Wang

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In April, Quaker Bridge Mall, a Simon center, inducted a triad of sculptures into the shopping center as the first initiative of many on-mall activations, programs and displays of a three-year partnership with GFS. The engagement, which is part of the Sculpture Along the Way: Grounds For Sculpture Offsite Exhibition Program, is a natural evolution of the original program, which was designed to bring an educational arts experience to locations outside of its physical grounds by creating a breadcrumb trail of sculptures from Sloan Avenue in Hamilton, New Jersey to its home site on Sculptors Way. To commemorate the launch of the program, GFS Members were invited to an exclusive reception and unveiling of the sculptures onsite at the mall.

Gary Garrido Schneider, GFS Executive Director; Rein Triefeldt, Exhibiting Artist; Boaz Vaadia, Exhibiting Artist; Tom Moran, GFS Chief Curator.

Left: Vaadia and Moran lead a special preview tour of Boaz Vaadia: Sculpture.

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Right: GFS members gather for a Garden Talk with GFS Horticulturist Mike Strengari.

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On April 30, GFS Members enjoyed an exclusive members-only preview of the Spring/Summer 2016 exhibition season. Sculptor Boaz Vaadia led a special tour of his exhibition with Tom Moran, Chief Curator and Artistic Director. Artists Paul Henry Ramirez, Ayami Aoyama and Nikki Rosato each presented insightful discussions about their work, inspirations and processes. GFS Members also engaged with collections care and art-making demonstrations, a horticultural talk, live performances and film screenings. Don’t miss our next Member Preview Day on Saturday, October 22! #GFSMemberPreviewDay Left: A fully engaged audience enjoying Dr. Chopra’s lecture at GFS Right: Gary Schneider chats with Dr. Chopra about the power of creativity during a recent engagement at the 42-acre sculpture park.

Photos by David Howarth for dmhphotographer.com © 2016 Grounds For Sculpture.

Photo by Claire Cossaboon

On Thursday, May 5, GFS was honored to host Dr. Deepak Chopra for a conversation on health and well-being and the important role creativity plays in wellness. We were pleased to see so many of our members in the sold-out audience. Prior to delivering his lecture, Dr. Chopra toured Grounds For Sculpture with GFS founder, Seward

Johnson, and Cecelia Joyce Johnson, and attended an intimate reception with live music by Suzin Green for VIP’s and invited guests held in his honor. Following his presentation, Dr. Chopra was joined on stage

by GFS Executive Director, Gary Garrido Schneider, for a Q&A session, with Schneider moderating a conversation which included

questions attendees had been invited to submit in advance. Dr. Chopra offered his responses through a compassionate and humorous lens, emphasizing the role that creativity has in well-being, and citing GFS as a place of inspiration. “When you are inspired, nothing can stop you,” Dr. Chopra concluded.

In May 2016, GFS Members ventured on a tour of France – starting in the Côte d’Azur in Nice, then exploring Avignon and Aix-en-Provence, before continuing to Paris! Members enjoyed breath-taking views of the gorgeously blue seas of the French Riviera and fields of rich red poppies in Provence.

Highlights of the trip also included a special visit to artist Paul Cézanne’s studio in Aix-en-Provence, exploring both contemporary ateliers and collections of renowned impressionist paintings in Paris, as well as discovering Monet’s Bridge and famous water lilies in the village of Giverny.

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For more info about Member Trips, visit www.groundsforsculpture.org/membertrips.

View photos from our trips by searching #GFSmembertrips on Instagram!

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by Faith McClellan • Director, Collections & Exhibitions Management

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Elyn Zimmerman, Machu Picchu Diptych (right side), Peru, 1987, gelatin silver print, 30 x 80 inches, Collection of the Artist

Elyn Zimmerman, Untitled 12, 2001, ink and graphite wash on watercolor paper, 30 x 22 inches, Collection of the Artist

Upcoming Exhibitions

t’s a great honor for GFS to partner with both Ned Smyth and Elyn Zimmerman this fall, as we prepare to unveil two new exhibitions that reflect each of these artists’ substantial bodies of work to date.

Elyn Zimmerman has created numerous public stone installations, perhaps most well-known for her Elyn Zimmerman, Font, 1993, granite, commission for the National Geographic Society, See these 42 x 120 x 72 inches, Collection of the Artist.

Marabar, a plaza featuring a 60’pool and large granite exhibitions at boulders. Zimmerman’s sculptures reference her Member Preview Day attraction to archaic architectural form, a subject also on Saturday, captured in her lush black and white photographs lining October 22! the wall of the East Gallery. These photographs, taken during her travels in Peru, India, and Egypt, are joined by images of her many public sculptures, allowing the visitor to see the connection between her large scale public works and the form, light and composition seen RATTLE, a site-specific in her black and white photography. In Machu Picchu installation by Paul she highlights the shape of a ziggurat, like a staircase Henry Ramirez, tucked into the rock wall. This shape is echoed in the continues in the West articulated stone blocks in Font, on view on the grounds.

Gallery through January Beginning February 18, 2017, the exhibition continues in the West Gallery where a series of works on paper 8, 2017. from Zimmerman’s Elemental series will be on display.

New Smyth and ISC The sharp lines in a photo collage of Saturn’s rings are exhibitions are on view contrasted with soft pastels of cloudy blue skies. Water, through April 2, 2017. an element often incorporated into Zimmerman’s April Martin, You are the Bluest Light, 2015, stone sculptures, is captured in reflected tones of black Exhibition by Elyn Styrofoam, neon, and white in her large ink and wash drawings. Rather 10 x 8 x 18 inches, Zimmerman on view Samantha Diamond, than forcing a narrative, Zimmerman’s sculptures and Collection of the Artist through January 7, 2018. works on paper capture an instant in time, which she in Defective, 2015, porcelain, 20 x 15 x 4 inches, turn invites us to share in viewing her work.

Collection of the Artist Ned Smyth, also a pioneer in public art, will exhibit his work in the Museum Building. Like Zimmerman, Smyth developed a fascination with stone. In his youth, Smyth was influenced by classical architecture and sculpture while accompanying his father, a prominent art historian, on his travels in Europe. In recent years, while sorting through materials in storage during a studio renovation, Smyth came across some small stones that he collected long ago and had since forgotten.His imagination was captured by the shapes of these stones that seemed reminiscent of the classical images of his youth. In these stones, Smyth found inspiration for his recent body of work. The exhibition in the Museum focuses on Smyth’s large scale sculptural works that are enlargements of the smaller stones that he has collected for more than 35 years.

These sculptures will be accompanied by more than half a dozen large format black and white photographs that explore the texture of the stone, as well as installations of the small stones he collects, including some later cast in bronze. A series of pigment and concrete paintings, not previously exhibited publicly, will be featured on the Museum Mezzanine.

On the other end of the career spectrum, this season also includes the International Sculpture Center’s Annual Outstanding Student Achievement Award in Contemporary Sculpture exhibition. Each year the ISC selects a panel of jurors to review a large body of work from fledgling artists emerging from international art programs. From many hundreds Ned Smyth, One to Two, 2004, foam, of works we are left with 16 finalists whose works will be on display in the Domestic Arts Collection of the Artist Building. For these artists, this exhibition marks the first time they are displaying their work to such a large audience. For the viewer, we get a glimpse of the future Ned Smyths and Elyn Zimmermans.

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Pat Musick, Grupo (detail), 2002-2003, stone, steel, 17 x 60 x 40 inches, Grounds For Sculpture, Gift of The Seward Johnson Atelier, Inc.

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his fall, the Education and Engagement department is excited to continue its Conversations on Creativity series on the evening of Wednesday, October 5th, when we welcome author Judy Blume to GFS. The author, who found success with the 1970 book Are You There, God? It’s Me Margaret and has written both for young readers and adults over the course of her career, will speak with acclaimed radio personality, Leonard Lopate, who for more than three decades has hosted WNYC’s daily talk show The Leonard Lopate Show. We hope you will join us for what is sure to be a riveting evening.

In addition, a variety of programs designed to deepen connections with exhibitions on view will be taking place between September and December. Two highlights to add to your calendars now: On Friday, October 7th, GFS will present the world premiere performance of RattleX, a collaboration between contemporary artist Paul Henry Ramirez and choreographers from Philadelphia-based dance company, BalletX. This very special members-only event will begin with a pre-performance process conversation and conclude with a reception where members can meet and mingle with the artist and the company’s founder, artistic director, and dancers. The program itself will feature the choreography of four BalletX company members and is the first in what we hope will be many collaborative endeavors with this highly regarded group.

In November, members who enjoy photography will not want to miss the opportunity to zoom in on light and shadow during an intensive two-day workshop inspired by Ned Smyth’s Moments of Matter exhibition. Over the course of each session, participants will use the natural landscape and artwork at GFS as subject matter for photos in which position and strength of light, mood, and texture will be the focus.

To learn more about these and other fall/winter education and performing arts programs, please visit groundsforsculpture.org.

Photo by Michael S. Miller

Program Reflection: Discovering Myself through Stone Carving

by Gilda Periz

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rom May and June, I took the stone carving class because I love the rawness of nature, especially rocks and stones. I live in Bergen County, and this was a commitment to drive down to GFS each Saturday morning after a long week at work, but I had never done anything like this before, and I wanted to take the chance to discover what would happen. I was amazed at the process of uncovering what was inside the stone and what was inside myself. Ayami, the artist who guided us through the process, really encouraged us to each find our own relationship to the stone. She kept saying, “What you create will be your masterpiece, because it will come from what’s inside yourself.”

I didn’t believe her at first, but over the course of five weeks—through the tapping and chiseling and filing and smoothing—I uncovered something.

It felt like the stone and I worked together to reveal the shape that emerged. It was a profound

GFS is just a click away and there are lots of ways to stay in touch.

Photo courtesy of the artist.

Heather Brady • Director, Education & Engagement

Friday, November 18, at 8pm

Gilda Periz with Ayami Aoyama in the Stone Carving Studio.

experience. It’s caused me to look at the world differently, and really think about the potential lodged inside each raw form. It changed me.

Zoe Keating is a one-woman orchestra. Born in Canada and classically trained from the age of eight, she spent her 20’s dabbling in computer software while moonlighting as a cellist in rock bands. Inevitably, she combined the two and developed her now signature style. Using a cello and a foot-controlled laptop to record layer upon layer of cello, the result is lush, beautiful and other-worldly music.

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wayfinding & signage at GFS Coby Green-Rifkin • Director, Marketing Communications

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sections of the gardens with identifying descriptors, like “Rat’s Woodlands” to describe the area around Rat’s Restaurant. We’ve also added a sculpture icon to each zone to help our newer guests determine their location. The next draft of the map will contain more information—including sculpture numbers and titles.

In conjunction with the map redesign, we’re working on new signs for all of the sculptures and for a selection of the most asked about specimen trees. The new signs will sit higher than the current ground-level plaques, be mounted on stone, and better withstand foot traffic and landscapers. We estimate that we’ll begin siting new plaques this fall. Please drop us an email at feedback@ groundsforsculpture.org and let us know what you think.

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aring for an outdoor art collection presents many challenges.

Preserving this collection for future generations to enjoy means a constant battle against environmental factors such as temperature extremes, precipitation and pests. Additionally, some materials used in contemporary sculpture may not be well suited for long-term life outdoors. The curatorial Conservation in progress on John staff must plan in advance for periodic Newman’s Skyhook. Photo by Lindsey YoungLockett conservation projects so small problems can be tackled before becoming larger issues. We are fortunate to have The Seward Johnson Atelier next door, giving us access to an excellent team of riggers, welders, and paint and patina restorers, whom we can hire to help us with large projects.

GFS recently contracted The Seward Johnson Atelier to repair John Newman’s Skyhook. Autin Wright from the Johnson Atelier’s Paint & Patina department originally assisted the artist with the fabrication of this work in 1998 and was the artist’s first choice now to lead the restoration team. In May 2016, the Atelier team, consisting of Autin Wright as well as Nick Valenza and Megan Uhaze, carefully repaired the cracks appearing in the foam layer, creating a stable smooth surface. Once all the cracks were repaired, Wright and his team repainted the clouds, restoring the “sky” in Skyhook.

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John Newman, Skyhook, 1998, steel, stone, epoxy foam, epoxy resin, cable, rope, wood, paint, 240 x 300 x 156 inches, Grounds For Sculpture, Gift of The Seward Johnson Atelier, Inc.

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eriodically, GFS surveys its guests to find out what we’re doing well and what we could be doing better. We look for trends or consistent issues—and the most oft-heard requests have been in regard to improving our map and sculpture and horticulture labels. Though these were already on our “to-do” list, given the collective response from our guests, we escalated them to top priority.

A proposal was created and sent out to top wayfinding experts in the field. The winning proposal was submitted by a well-regarded firm out of New York, Two Twelve.

They started by doing an audit of our campus— looking at everything from traffic patterns both inside and out, to our maps, our signs, our roadways, and our neighbors.

Our work with Two Twelve started with the most immediate needs: maps and signage, both of which are underway now. If you’ve visited recently and picked up the first iteration of the map, you’ve seen the direction we’re going. The new map takes a fun approach to the campus, zoning different

Tray Room, 2016 © 2016 Seward Johnson, Photo by Jennifer Garey.

GFS welcomes New Board Member: Nancy Kieling

Kieling retired at the end of 2014 from the Princeton Area Community Foundation, which she led as its President and CEO for over 20 years. During her tenure building the Community Foundation, Kieling grew its assets from $300,000 to over $107 million, designed its grantmaking and scholarship programs which now exceed $10 million per year, and put the infrastructure in place to support a sustainable and successful nonprofit enterprise. Prior to her time with the Community Foundation, Kieling was a corporate lending officer in the Communications, Entertainment & Publishing Division of the Bank of New York and a regional director in the Office of Undergraduate Admission at Princeton University.

“Nancy Kieling is a great addition to our Board with the experience she has had in helping to develop and grow many not-for-profits in the Mercer County area,” says Gordon Gund, GFS Board Member. “GFS is very fortunate to have her as a trustee.”

Kieling holds a BA in history and German from the University of Wisconsin, and a MS Ed in Higher Education Administration from Old Dominion University. She also holds a certificate in Interim Executive Leadership from Support Center for Non-Profit Management/Partnership in Philanthropy.

She has received numerous awards and served as the secretary of the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce, and Chair of the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers. Kieling now consults with nonprofits eager to grow and achieve better results and sustainability.

“As a member and ardent admirer of Grounds For Sculpture, I am delighted to join its talented Board at this most interesting time of growth. I greatly admire the Board and staff leadership and look forward to supporting them,” says Kieling.

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Tray Room Features New Paintings from the Johnson Family Farm in Hopewell

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e’re sure many of you have had the opportunity to visit The Cecelia Joyce and Seward Johnson Gallery, located in the Seward Johnson Center for the Arts at GFS. The Gallery features a rotating exhibition of Johnson’s work from different periods, as well as ongoing displays featuring the artistic and creative endeavors of Johnson family members.

The Gallery also features Midnight Snack Art, a special tray room with approximately 90 painted trays by Mr. Johnson, inspired by the family homes in Hopewell, Nantucket and Key West. Most recently, one wall in the tray gallery has been curated to reflect new scenes from the family farm in Hopewell.

As a special members-only benefit, GFS Members will have an opportunity to bid on a multi-day stay at the cottages located at the Johnson Family Farm in Hopewell at the Epicurean Palette on Sunday, September 25. Visit the Tray Room to preview Mr. Johnson’s new scenes of the Hopewell Farm, and save-the-date to bid on the Hopewell Cottages: Online bidding opens on September 15 at www.bidgfs. org, and closes at 3:30pm on Sunday, September 25.

Welcome, 2016 © 2016 Seward Johnson.

Photo credit: Jennifer Garey

“I am so pleased to welcome Nancy Kieling to the Board of Grounds For Sculpture,” says Gary Garrido Schneider, GFS Executive Director. “She embodies the spirit of the community and brings leadership, expertise, and energy to the table. The majority of her career has been dedicated to helping nonprofit boards and staff build robust organizations, and we are fortunate to have her by our side as we continue to grow as a strong, sustainable organization that serves as a resource and asset for the community.”

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VOLUNTEER:

Our volunteer program is an enriching and fun way to spend free time.

We cherish—and rely on—the invaluable time our volunteers contribute. To volunteer at GFS or for more information about how you can donate your time, contact our Manager of Volunteer Services, Nancy Schomburg at nschomburg@ groundsforsculpture.org.

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Application of compost “tea” to test area.

Sculpture pictured here: Glenn Zweygardt, Allentown Council, 19931994, Pennsylvania Fox Hill granite, steel, bronze, 150 x 96 x 96 inches, Grounds For Sculpture, Gift of the Seward Johnson Atelier, Inc., In Exchange with Philip and Muriel Berman; Daniel Goode and Roger Cooke, Seat of Sound, 2007, locust, aluminum, brass, stainless steel, 119 x 182 x 183 inches, Grounds For Sculpture, Gift of The Seward Johnson Atelier, Inc.

Organic Turf Trial Lead Green Initiatives GFS’ Organic Turf trials began at the start of this year’s growing season, with the application of chelated iron, rather than broadcasting a chemical treatment, to spot-treat broadleaf weeds throughout the garden.

With the assistance of Matt Noonan, owner of Mercer County-based Natural Approach LLC Holistic Tree and Plant Care, GFS Horticulturalist Mike Strengari has overseen two applications of a compost “tea” loaded with beneficial bacteria on test plots of lawn.

The compost is intended to rehabilitate soil that receives heavy foot traffic. As part of this trial project, we collected data including standard soil tests and respiration tests, on two treatment plots and two control areas. The first visual data was collected in

mid-summer by GFS volunteers and staff. Data will be collected again this autumn, as well as again in Spring 2017 to conclude the study. GFS will post signs around the garden to identify these areas.

Our erosion mitigation project is also underway, in an effort to create a groundcover that will prevent unnecessary soil loss into the lake. Several hundred plants have been established, including many native species, such as a native woodland grass, Pennsylvania Sedge, and Eastern hay-scented fern. We’ve also planted the swale that was created to manage rainwater runoff. This project was generously supported by a grant from the American Express Foundation.

Volunteer Spotlight: GFS Volunteers Conquer Rome!

With the guidance and expertise of Andrea Fiori (GFS Docent, and Director of Arts and Culture at Cairn University), a group of eight courageous GFS Volunteers and two staff members prepared for a unique trip to Rome. The volunteers researched Roman history, geography, important sites and significant artwork. They held regular meetings (sometimes over Italian food and wine) where they shared what they had learned. In early June, after months of preparation and anticipation, the group led their own tours for six intensive days, covering the many sites and wonders of the ancient city of Rome. It was a memorable experience for GFS volunteers, who will be able to use the knowledge they gained on their trip as they guide guests at GFS.

“We got to see so many museums and churches that relate to our own Grounds For Sculpture. It was so informative and beautiful at the same time.” - Evelyn Wood, GFS Volunteer.

“The research conducted and shared by each person was informative and enhanced our understanding of the places we visited.” - Bill Stahlin, GFS Volunteer

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Workshop: Giving with Your Children – Raising Generous Children September 14, 2016 8:30am – 10:30am Location: Member Lounge Price: FREE Join Elizabeth Wagner, Vice President of Development at the Princeton Area Community Foundation, for a conversation about how we begin to talk with our families about how we support what matters to us. Space is limited for this workshop. Please call the Development Office at (609) 249-0233 to register, or register online.

Photos by David Howarth for dmhphotographer.com

➤ Mr. and Mrs. Johnson welcoming guests to their home.

Please consider joining GFS’ supporters to this year’s annual appeal. Visit GFSTomorrow.org, or call the Development Office at 609-249-0233 or 609-249-0206.

Shannon Zhang; Barry Zhang, GFS Board Member; Penelope Lattimer, GFS Board Member; Gary Garrido Schneider, GFS Executive Director; Esther Novak, GFS Board Member

An Evening at the Johnson Family Home On June 11, GFS Board members and supporters visited Seward and Cecelia Johnson’s farm in Hopewell. It was a lovely evening spent looking forward to the GFS of Tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson shared their gratitude to Grounds For Sculpture’s friends and supporters while guests enjoyed cocktails and summer air on the porch of their beautiful home. The evening concluded with an exclusive tour of the Hopewell farm, led by Mr. Johnson. Laughter and admiration filled the farm as Mr. Johnson shared wonderful stories of his life and home.

Visit us in the Member Lounge!

Thursdays - Sundays, 1:00 - 4:00pm

Located in a bright corner of the SJCA building overlooking the gardens, the Member Lounge is an inviting space for members to take a break with a complimentary cup of coffee or tea. Come and read the latest museum publications, learn about upcoming programs and trips for members, or connect with a Membership representative.

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ONE-YEAR GIFT OF MEMBERSHIP An artful gift that spans four seasons, GFS membership includes:

• Unlimited free year-round park admission, without advanced reservation!

• Great discounts at the Museum Shop, cafés, and Rat’s Restaurant

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• Free or discount registrations to workshops, special programs, and performances

• Subscription to members-only news

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Individual, Couple, Family, and Business Memberships are available. Membership package will be mailed to your recipient.

Gift notification cards are available for download.

Learn more about membership at groundsforsculpture.org/Membership, or call (609) 586-0616.

This holiday season, help spread good cheer with a visit to the Museum Shop. We’re stocking up for the gift-giving season, selecting wonderful and unique treasures that you may just want to keep for yourself! Check our website for fun pop-up events, including trunk shows, visits from local artisans, and more. Looking for something special?

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