Arts & Entertainment

Outdoor Art Exhibit in High Gear, Maps Available and Van Tour Will Be Offered

It is the 5th summer for Art Grows Here, an outdoor art exhibit across both Hamilton and Wenham that opened on Friday.

The constructing, building, designing, painting, planning and polishing in all complete on the 25 art installations and performances planned for this year’s Art Grows Here outdoor art exhibit.

It officially opened on Friday and kicks into high gear Saturday with several of the performances at Hamilton-Wenham Library.

The exhibit's website will updated daily through the end of the exhibit on July 21. That's where you can get the "all-important map." In addition, hardcopy versions of the map are available at the Hamilton-Wenham Library, the Community House, the Hamilton Senior Center, the Wenham Senior Center and at each art site.

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Organizers are pushing to make sure the maps are recycled for the next visitor by leaving it at the last site you visit.

New this year is a tour by the Hamilton-Wenham Van on Monday, July 15 from 1-3 pm. The van seats eight passengers and is free to residents over 60 or any age with a disability and one attendant. Call the van program at 978-468-5534 to reserve a place.

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The performances at Hamilton-Wenham Public Library start on Saturday, July 13 at 3:50 p.m. plus happen on Tuesday, July 16 at 6 p.m. and Saturday, July 20 at 10 a.m.

The performances are:

July 13: Sosticks with Harry Sostek, and participatory Senegalese drumming with Mamadou Diouck

July 16: Poetry reading by Sylvia Collins, Antagonist dance by Emma Andre, vocal duet by Katie Ryan and Mary Brao, and Sosticks with Harry Sostek

July 20: Poetry reading by Sylvia Collins, Antagonist dance by Emma Andre, vocal duet by Katie Ryan and Mary Brao, and Sosticks with Harry Sostek.


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