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Three new sculptures were installed on July 15th and 16th of 2026. They are two stone works by David Adilman and a kinetic sculpture that

We are raising funds to purchase Edwin the Dragon for the town. One great way to contribute is to buy a bunch of raffle tickets

Burlington High School student Afsa Khalifa won the competition to come up with a design for a mural for the wall on the back of

The Sculpture Park Committee has grown in its scope and is now the Burlington Public Art Committee, looking for ways to bring art to all

With super work by our DPW, led by Frank Anderson, all of our sculptures are now on the Common. The massive bases were moved by

The first two sculptures made the move to new temporary spots in from of Town Buildings on Center Street – on Friday, August 8. They

Due to the coming demolition of the old Police Station and the construction of the new one, we are moving all of the sculptures to

Four of our sculptors joined a group of fans for a talk about and walk to the sculpture park. The Burlington Public Library and High

An enthusiastic group of girl scouts gathered at the Scupture Park on May 13 to learn about the sculptures from park founder Jon Sachs. Then

A friend once asked me what would happen to the sculptures when it snows. I said I think they will look great in the snow.

Here is the NEW map of where the 16 painted pigs went. Most are in Burlington: one each at the grade schools and high school,

Here are the 10 painted pigs and the 6 piglets that adorned the Burlington Common in the summer of 2024. Most are still in town

Here is a video with ALL 16 of the winning painted pig tributes, starring the pigs AND many of the actual winners of the tributes.

On Friday, August 30th, we will be arranging ALL of the painted pigs in front of Town Hall for a giant group portait. EVERYONE is

On June 22, 2024, we unveiled all of the painted pig sculptures on the Burlington Common, with the enthusiastic help of many happy youngsters. The

Saturday, June 22, 2024 the Pigs on Parade will be open for viewing in the town center on the town common. It will be a

The call for entry has gone out to sculptures everywhere for new works for the Burlington Sculpture Park. The call is shown on Online Juried

Saturday, October 28, we hosted the Red Trouser Show at the Sculpture Park. Kids painted pumpkins, all materials supplied! People got free churros from cafe

We have gotten a limited number of special Dog-n-Cat sculptures from Dale Rogers, who create Havoc and the Lovebirds. These are available while supply lasts,

Thaddeus (Tad) Stephanak from BCAC, Burlington’s Cable Access channel, reaching out to the sculptor of Global Warming to find out how things are going during

We created a children’s song for the Welcome Back party for Follow Your Heart. Here is that song in video form and you can download

The Sketch a Sculpture event was quite a success, in spite of the cold and rain! Many hardy families showed up and kids of all

When there is fresh snow on the ground and sun comes out, Seraph the sculpture throws lovely blue colors on the snow. Of course, the

The tall blue sculpture called Seraph has been gifted to the Town of Burlington by sculptor Joseph Ferguson. It took lots of work by Sculpture

For a while we had no more steel puppies, but right in time for the Holidays, the Dale Rogers Studio had a whole new litter!

The Ice Cream Social on August 20 was a great success on all fronts.  Khara from Kaleidoscope Entertainment delighted dozens of kids with ballon animals.

The spirited young person telling us all to follow our hearts – is back.  After a nice cleaning and paint refresh, Follow Your Heart is

These young ladies, Emma and Charlotte, were inspired to dance along with Meadow Dancer while their mom captured the moment. We encourage everyone who wants

All the new sculptures in the park now have temporary paper and foam core signs up. The “real” metal signs are on order but they

On Thursday, July 14th, sculptor John Bonsignore brought his lovely work, Toe Dancer, to Burlington and we installed on its new concrete base. Come and

On Wednesday, July 6th, Burlington’s DPW oversaw the pouring of three new concrete bases for sculptures. Two of the bases will host new works (stay

On Friday, June 17, Stephen Klema, assisted by his wife Patty Weise, drove from their home in northwest Connecticut, 3 hours to Burlington to assemble

On Saturday, May 14, 2022  members of the Burlington community gathered at the Sculpture Park to celebrate the town’s purchase of Global Warming, the popular

Members of the Burlington community organized a vigil for Ukraine at the Sculpture Park. On Friday, March 18, 2022, people gathered in support of Ukraine

The other day we happened on a mother and two daughters visiting the sculpture park. The older daughter was picture shy, but the younger was

Through the generous donations of local business leaders and citizens we have collected enough funds to purchase the popular sculpture Global Warming, know as the

Sculpture Park Committee Chair Barbara L’Heureux gave a report on the progress of the Sculpture Park to Burlington Town Meeting on February 16th, 2022. She

The call for entries for the next round of sculptures for the Burlington Sculpture Park is now open through the website Online Juried Shows. Sculptors

Here is a short video look at the Performing Art in the Park event on November 6th. https://vimeo.com/643753908 A gallery of images from the day…

The Burlington Sculpture Park unveiled a new sculpture at the park at 9 am on Saturday September 4, 2021.  The latest addition to the sculpture

There will be a number of great reasons to visit The Burlington Sculpture Park during Celebrate Burlington Day on Saturday, August 7th. We will have

Stone sculptor Joshua Ruder did a talk and demonstration to a group of Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and interested kids at the Sculpture Park. He

Stone sculptor Joshua Ruder continues his work creating stone benches from boulders this week at The Sculpture Park. https://burlingtonpublicart.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/June-22-teaser.mov

https://vimeo.com/556715557 This short video shows Burlington’s DPW Highway Crew moving boulders into place for sculptor Joshua Ruder to create three stone benches in the Burlington

Havoc’s puppies came to visit the Sculpture Park and had many adventures which we were fortunate to capture on video. The puppies are sculptures made

Someone asked last summer, “What will happen when it snows on the sculpture?” We suggested they will be enhanced by the snow, beautiful in new

Here is the BCAT video about the announcement of Havoc as the new name for our edition of the Great American Dog sculpture by Dale

The winner of the Dog Name Contest was revealed at a small ceremony right at the American Dog sculpture. The winning name is “Havoc”, who

THE VOTES ARE IN! With over 960 votes from the community, a new name for the American Dog sculpture has been chosen!  The name and the

WITH A DRAMATIC SURGE, HAVOC TAKES THE LEAD!!! The race closes this Friday, October 9th at 5pm.  Go vote, but only vote once! VOTE FOR