A Tree Grows in Brookline: art from recyclable materials

November 1, 2006 - May 8, 2007
Brookline Town Hall, 333 Washington Street, Brookline

The Tree: Joan Schwartz
Avi Davis, technical consultant
newspaper, cardboard, abandoned light stand, scrap wood

November: Autumn Leaves: Barbara Vogelsang: fallen leaves, procion dye, scrap metal
December: Muriel Angelil: computer parts (pictured - mouse over for November, click for close-up))
January: Myrna Balk: vegetable bags
February: Wendy Soneson and students from Nativity Preparatory School: recycled art
March: Jim Wright:plastic bottles
April: Bette Ann Libby and Joan Schwartz: fabric butterflies and green bottle leaves

A Tree Grows in Brookline is an evolving tree sculpture built of recycled materials. It will remain in Town Hall lobby until late April 2007. Each month a member artist of Studios Without Walls will transform the tree using a different material in a new way. In creating this project the artists of Studios Without Walls hope to raise the awareness of children and adults about the importance of recycling for our community and the Earth. Students are participating in ongoing projects to help create elements of the sculpture and learn about recycling.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Brookline Commission on the Arts, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. a state agency.

April tree by Bette Ann Libby and Joan Schwartz
March tree by Jim Wright

January Tree by Myrna Balk

December Tree by Muriel Angelil