"Mosaic Momma with Feather and Square Babies", Public Sculpture for Norwich, NY

During the summer of 2011, youth workers and volunteers from "the Place" in Norwich, New York, engaged in a public art project with artist Kathy Creutzburg. The artist has two residences, Manhattan and Oxford, New York. The subsequent blog entries show a reverse timeline of how the public art project came to be at YMCA Camp Thompson. The public sculpture is constructed of poured pigmented concrete, glass and porcelain mosaic tiles, and steel structural components. The local youth engaged in every aspect of the project, from developing ideas about imaginary animals, to banging nails into concrete forms, to designing mosaic tile patterns. Each step reinforced collaboration between youth community members and provided them with a tangible product for their efforts. The project was possible due to the involvement of Paula Crawford, Heidi Foster, and the staff and councilors.