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December 21, 2011 By Fairfield Foundation

Art at the Station: Gloucester Artists’ Original Works Protect Historic Windows

Artists Amy Castleberry, Ray Friend, Leslie Belvin, Skip Hollingsworth, and Carolyn Dudley (left to right) in front of their artwork on the Edge Hill Service Station.

Collaboration is at the heart of any preservation program.  Protecting a landscape, a landmark, or an archaeological site can often benefit other community efforts, like encouraging economic development, educational outreach, and exhibiting community pride.  At the Edge Hill Service Station, our window restoration dovetails nicely with our love of the arts.  “In what way?” you might ask.  The design of this 1930 Texaco “Denver-style” station was intended to convey a familiar and reliable business, recognizable across a region, but personalized to its time and community.  In many ways, public art, whether sculpture, murals, or the landscaping of our byways, are part of our community’s identity – a symbol of who we are and what we value.

Art and Preservation, working together.

The Fairfield Foundation values art and the preservation of our community’s identity, past and present.  We are lucky to have a wonderful location with exposure to 19,000 cars a day who view our building’s lengthy facades and large windows.  As we stabilize the building, we are protecting the newly restored windows with temporary exterior covers.  Rather than unsightly sheets of plywood, though, we decided to collaborate with Leslie Belvin of Art Builds Community and Gloucester Arts on Main to find five local artists who would design original works of art that would also protect the station’s restored windows (scroll down to see each piece).  Together, we are promoting preservation and the arts.  The artwork will be auctioned in the spring of 2012, with the proceeds benefiting all involved.  The Fairfield Foundation hopes to collaborate with other non-profit organizations in our community to promote our shared goals and to improve the quality of life throughout the Middle Peninsula.

Volunteer Tom Karow (left) and Fairfield Foundation Co-Director Dave Brown in front of Leslie Belvin's artwork.

Ray Friend's Artwork

Amy Castleberry's "The Brown Boys."

Carolyn Dudley's "May 21, 1936."

Leslie Belvin's Artwork.

Skip Hollingsworth's Artwork.

Filed Under: Education, Preservation Tagged With: CAPE, Edge Hill Service Station, Restoration

Comments

  1. Joan Myles says

    December 21, 2011 at 1:04 pm

    Wonderful! Would be nice if some of this artwork could stay with
    the building.

  2. Diane says

    December 21, 2011 at 1:36 pm

    You should try to get an outdoor quality coating on those paintings and eventually sell/auction off at the end. Really nice artwork. Great idea!

    Good luck w/the project =)

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