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Meet Internationally Acclaimed Sculptor Nancy Schön at Kolbo!

Join us on Sunday, June 7th, from 2:00–3:30 PM for an afternoon of art, storytelling, and insight. Nancy's sculptures are on display now through June 23rd. Kolbo is one of the only galleries that carries her work, so don't miss this opportunity! 

It’s hard to compact so much of a lifetime into a short missive but I will try.    

My name is Nancy Schon, and I am the sculptor of Make Way for Ducklings in the Boston Public Garden. I have learned over my 97 years that public art is powerful. It is profound. It attracts adults and children and has many attributes, such as sharing a lesson and having an emotional imprint that makes people laugh or cry. Whatever it’s imprint, it leaves some sort of impression. Art has always left an historical footprint. 

Over the course of my 97 years, I have created sculptures from a focus on the intimacy of children to the urgency of political anger, and then full circle to love. It’s almost a spiral pattern: beginning with what was close and known (children), expanded outward through institutional work and public spaces, then turned sharply toward confrontation (political anger), before arriving at something both universal and essential (love). Each phase seems like it was answering what the moment demanded of me or what was demanded of the moment.
My most recent sculpture is a 4 1/2-foot heart which speaks to LOVE -- what the world needs now!! I believe one person can make a difference by spreading the message of my sculpture.
Another notable part of my long creative career is exhibited at Kolbo Fine Judaica Gallery, and I am delighted to share it with the Kolbo community. By way of background, it was 2012 when Larry Hardoon, co-owner of Kolbo Fine Judaica Gallery, graciously invited me to have an exhibition there. And now, I have been invited to have another show to which I have enthusiastically said…I would be honored.

Here is a bit about the unique collection of my work at Kolbo. In 1979, my husband’s sabbatical took us and our four children to Israel. It was there I created some 21 small “Yerushalaim Bronza” sculptures, a series called Israeli Encounters. Living in Jerusalem, I found each day brought new adventures. The long and colorful clothes people wore seemed like costumes to me. The new sights, sounds, and smells were so enchanting that I knew I had to capture them in some way. People doing what they normally do in their everyday life was special to me. These sculptures I created are a record of the people I saw and the encounters I had.

I welcome this opportunity to share these unique and meaningful sculptures for this special exhibit and would be honored to have them fill your hearts and grace your homes.