Andres Institute of Art is a public sculpture park in Brookline, New Hampshire, United States, founded in 1996 by local benefactor Paul Andres and sculptor John Weidman.[1][2] It is the largest sculpture park by area in New England,[citation needed], with a collection of more than 80 metal and stone sculptures are distributed over 140 acres (57 ha) on Potanipo Hill, the site of a former ski area. The sculptures are situated in a variety of garden and forested situations, spread over eleven hiking trails on the hillside.[1] The trails range from easy to difficult, and the views along them change drastically with the changing of the seasons. Most of the sculptures are abstract and cryptic pieces,[3] with each year's accessions coming from both new artists and familiar ones.[4] The trails lead visitors by works such as Contempo Rustic, a couch fashioned from slabs of rock and metal, or Mbari House, a house-shaped granite-and-metal totem to peace and friendship.[5]
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| Established | 1996 |
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| Location | 98 Route 13 Brookline, New Hampshire |
| Coordinates | 42°43′43″N 71°40′11″W / 42.72861°N 71.66972°W |
| Type | Sculpture park |
| Website | http://andresinstitute.org |
Since 1998, the institute has sponsored an annual Bridges and Connections International Sculpture Symposium. Artists are invited to visit Brookline for two weeks to create sculptures for permanent display at the institute. Sculptors from Lithuania, Latvia, England, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Egypt, Greece, Chile, and many states of the U.S. have attended the event. As the artists work, the public is invited to observe and interact with them, and to join guided tours of the collection.[1][6]
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- ^ "Andres Sculpture Park - Forest of "Huh?"". roadsideamerica.com. 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
- ^ "Andres Institute of Art". The Outdoors Eagle. Peku Publications. 2010-01-11. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
- ^ "Editors Choice - Andres Institute of Art". Yankee Magazine. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
- ^ "Bridges and Connections". The Hippo. Nashua, NH: Hippo Press. 2004-04-12. Retrieved 2014-04-12.