Peace Garden Totem Progress

PETER W. MICHEL, Sculptor ● Sculpture in Celebration of Self, Relationship and Community

The Thea Bowman House - Memorial Peace Garden

PROGRESS PHOTOS - the painting is now complete (see below) (see completed work photos)

The doves have been set on the wall adjacent to the totem (see below)

A 12 foot tall painted aluminum sculpture - the Peace Garden Totem will be a part of the Thea Bowman Memorial Peace Garden which will be dedicated on Wednesday, September 16th at 6 p.m. at the Thea Bowman House - 731 Lafayette Street in Utica, NY. Please join us - there will be a concert and reception afterwards.


Peace Garden Totem	The unpainted 12 foot high aluminum	Peace Garden Totem - unpainted top
	totem - ready for painting


Detail at base ready for painting		The Peace Garden Totem


Getting in position for the pour	Pouring the concrete for the base	The sculpture base after the pour


Getting ready to paint - masking for the first colors		Painting in progress



Installation: Jonathan Kirk with his truck & crane	Mike Brennan		Rigging the top piece	Mackay Rippey

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The doves on the wall (click image to enlarge)

You can purchase a powder coated steel dove for your garden, the top of the wall or your desk. Call Sister Bernadette at the Thea Bowman House 315-797-0748 for details.

The Thea Bowman House has received a grant to help facilitate the Peace Garden Totem Project: This project is made possible with funds from the Art Creating Community Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts, administered by the Stanley Center for the Arts in Utica.

Peter W. Michel, sculptor ● 185 Brookside Lane ● Fayetteville, NY 13066 ● 315-632-4780 ● peter@petermichel.com