The Donald Forster Sculpture Park
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Guelph Community Guide 2007-08 - Sculpture Park Article
The Donald Forster Sculpture Park adjacent to the building is open year round, dawn to dusk, and contains 35 permanent sculptures by Kim Adams, Beth Alber, Walter Bachinski, Mary Anne Barkhouse & Michael Belmore, Catherine Burgess, Jane Buyers, Michael Davey, Tom Dean, Susan Detwiler, Andreas Drenters, Kosso Eloul, Fastwürms, Ted Fullerton, Frances Gage, Rodney Graham, John Greer, Verne Harrison, Andrew Hunter, Frances Loring, Diane Maclean, William Noah, Evan Penny, Reinhard Reitzenstein, Brian Scott, Cynthia Short, Carl Skelton, Michael Snow, Derek Sullivan, Tony Urquhart, Robert Wiens, Florence Wyle and Gu Xiong.
Open hours for the Art Centre, the Gallery Shop/Art Sales and Rental: Tuesday to Sunday noon to 5:00 p.m. Free parking is located behind the building. Open evenings for scheduled events and mornings for pre-arranged group tours.
Description and History:
In 1983 the Art Centre grounds were developed into the Donald Forster Sculpture Park to be used for permanently sited sculptures, temporary installations of large-scale pieces and an outdoor activity space for events like children’s art classes. This on-going project features work by 32 artists. The outdoor sculpture collection is enhanced with landscaping elements such as paved areas, lighting, berms, and plantings appropriate to the design of the park and siting of individual works. The objective is to acquire sculptures which represent the best work being produced in Canada while including some examples of historical works. The Sculpture Park is a unique tourist attraction for the city and region and an important educational resource for area educational institutions. Six commissions have been funded with the generous support of du Maurier Arts Ltd. The Art Centre Volunteers have also contributed to the development of the Sculpture Park through raising art acquisition funds. This outstanding venue for permanent sculpture by Canadian artists ranks among the best and most diverse sculpture parks in Canada.
On a recent tour to Artcast Inc., MSAC staff members witnessed the casting of a bronze sculpture. Artcast Inc. is an art foundry with extensive experience casting sculptures in bronze and various other metals using the 'lost wax process'. Many of the bronze works in our sculpture park were cast by Artcast Inc. including Evan Penny's Mask and Ted Fullerton's Achilles.
MSAC On-line publication - Negotiation and Transformation: Curating the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre's Sculpture Park.
For More Information Contact:
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
358 Gordon Street, Guelph, ON, N1G 1Y1
Tel: (519) 837-0010
Fax: (519) 767-2661
E-mail:
info@msac.ca