Beckie’s sculpture “Time to Reflect: A Human Sundial Telling Time and Local History”, will be on display from July 2 – October 31 on Main Street in Cummington, MA.
The work is part of a juried temporary exhibition titled “Reflections”, which is part of the initiative to launch a Massachusetts Cultural District along Main Street in Cummington. The installation is a “Human Sundial”, in which the shadow of a person standing on an in-ground date path (keyed to a specific latitude and longitude) points to vertical hour markers set on an ellipse around the date path. Beckie’s piece is set on the lawn of the Kingman Tavern Museum, the museum of the Historical Commission of Cummington. Each hour marker tells an episode of Cummington history, using ceramic sculpture and signage. The installation also includes ceramic and wooden tiles created in community workshops. The piece is planned as an ongoing public art installation with both artist and community input adding to the work over the course of several years.
For more images of Time to Reflect, visit the Public Art page.