Bethel Arts proudly presents the 2025–2026 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit: Our Power, Our Planet – Sculpture Reflections.
This inspiring exhibit will debut during Bethel’s Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 26, 2025, from 6–8 PM on the grounds of the Bethel Municipal Center. In case of rain, the opening reception will be held inside the Municipal Center. The exhibit features eight sculptures by local artists and will be on display from April 26, 2025, through April 3, 2026.
Use the map below to enjoy a self-guided tour of the exhibit, which also highlights five permanent sculptures located throughout downtown Bethel.
All sculptures are available for purchase. For inquiries, please contact info@bethelartsct.org
Bethel Arts is seeking patrons of the arts
to support the 2025 – 2026 sculpture exhibition
ARTISTS and EXHIBITION MAP
1) David Skora: https://davidskora.com
Round About
My sculptures explore the possibilities of welded steel forms, creating an energetic, modernist aesthetic. Using various welding techniques and recycled/repurposed steel when possible, I strive to create sculptures with movement and emotion. The tactile and vibrant colors of the finished piece complement the geometry of the welded steel forms. I make work in the modernist tradition, focusing on composition and balance. The contrast between balance and imbalance plays an important role in understanding what my sculptures may be about.
2) John BonSignore: www.johnbonsignore.com
Toe Dancer Moment of Movement
A toe dancer appears so unapproachable, yet she emanates a fantasy of interest and desire. As an art form, I envision the toe dance as an interpretive composition that ultimately provides me with a glimpse of the underlying structure of the subject; the goal being to observe and capture a single component of a motion, using lines. Stainless steel is my medium of choice, for its infinite durability, which enhances a moment of movement and gesture in each pose; smooth, precise, with an elegant conclusion of continuous flow.
3) Francis T. Patnaude: www.francistpatnaude.com
The Universe
How we as a people on this great Earth honor our individual nature and yet realize that our world community is the base upon which this miraculous uniqueness rests, is a question we must take up. Our survival depends on it. Art done with a foundation of spirit offers the opportunity to not only be a visionary guiding light, but also a practice which directly manifests this insight.
4) Carlos Davila: www.carlos-davila.com
Tangent
The sculpture Tangent is constructed of triangular forms as a play on geometry. A triangle is a profoundly simple shape yet is the strongest. I have created public art installations in a variety of states and know that the methods and materials I have developed will withstand extremes of temperature, wind, and more.
5) Wayne RItter:
Electric Man
All the parts seen in this piece were discarded items found on the ground at a job site. I saw them lying on the ground and saw this piece in my mind, then produced a one-of-a-kind product.
Wayne is a lifelong Bethel resident who works in construction. Twenty three years ago, I turned off the television and turned on my mind and have been creating ever since. It started as a hobby but is now part of my life.
6) Inez Andrucyk: https://www.inezandr.org
Positivity Tower
This art practice investigates the illusory nature surrounding conceptual thought such as discovering meaning through imagery in moving clouds. While the amorphous nature of line, truth, and boundaries feel unstable, the sheer joy of color, movement, and space are its antidote. These artworks are devoted to the search for calm and truth. Inspiration comes from the healers who so fearlessly protect the living and our planet.
7) Bob Keating: www.bobkeatingsupports.com
Host and Guest
These are the four elements that commonly are used in my sculpture making: gravity, steel, concrete and quartz stone. I make sculpture that is by design in possession of the awareness of gravity. Because I’m aware of it, it’s important to me and I’m sensitive to it. The sculptures are rooted in gravity and not any particular place or in other words they’re comfortable where there’s gravity.
8) Justin Perlman: www.jpsculpture.com
Spring
A sculptor and fine artist living in Bethlehem, CT. The pursuit of various artistic processes has taken Justin on diverse roads as exemplified in his work. From studies in anthropology at Hampshire College he journeyed to focus on sculpture at the Art Students League of NY, under Lori Gulet, and Gary Sussman. From there he moved to Pietrasanta, Italy to work with master sculptor and artisan, Nathaniel Katz and Gino Lombardi. Seeking deeper knowledge in sculptural processes.
