#hamiltonnewjersey

[artanddesignmatters]

Rat’s Pond: Abutting the picturesque patio at Rat’s Restaurant (named one of 100 most scenic restaurants in the US), is the Rat’s Pond. Approached from the sculpture park, guests first encounter a small cascading waterfall fed by the Pond, with a view that reveals the charming French-inspired restaurant and surrounding horticulture and sculpture, including Philip Grausman’s Leucantha and David Hostetler’s Summertime Lady. The pond, built in 1999, is home to a variety of colorful Koi fish, and an ideal environment for the water lilies, iris, and other plantings contained within the water. Notice also the countless colorful blooms planted near the patio as well as weeping willows and weeping cherry trees framing the far shoreline.   GROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE IS A MUSEUM, SCULPTURE GARDEN, AND ARBORETUM WHERE ART AND NATURE ARE ALWAYS AT PLAY.   Outdoors, nearly 300 contemporary sculptures are sited across 42 landscaped acres. Indoors, temporary exhibitions from established and emerging artists are featured in six galleries. Engaging and educational programs for all ages are offered year-round, and may include lectures from top minds, hands-on workshops, tours, concerts, and performances.   Grounds For Sculpture was founded by artist and philanthropist Seward Johnson. It opened in 1992 on the former New Jersey State Fairgrounds and was a natural extension of its predecessor, The Johnson Atelier. Hundreds of artists studied and produced work at the Atelier, and Johnson saw the potential of the neighboring bygone fairgrounds as a place where artwork could be sited within the landscape, and visitors could delight in discovering contemporary sculpture.   Photo Credit: Alice Lowe for the New Jersey Art Crawl   #ArtandDesignMatters #GroundsForSculpture #RatsPond #RatsRestaurant #KoiFish #KoiPond #VisitHamiltonNewJersey #VisitNewJersey #admMuseumSupport #admSupportsTheArts #LetsGoToTheMuseum #CultureTravel #CultureTraveler #CultureTrip #sculptureGarden #HamiltonNewJersey #NewJersey #awalkinthepark #admNewJerseyArtCrawl #fishpond #ColorfulKoiFish #artists   (at Grounds For Sculpture) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-VvW1UgB8v/?igshid=1xoxcoucgg0lk

[twincitiesseen]

Back east for yet another family funeral. On our way to the luncheon after the service, my cousin stopped off at the Eet Gud (yup, you got it—pronounced “eat good”) Bakery in Hamilton, NJ, making the good stuff since 1928.

[robbiebackpacking]

One of my favorite pieces from #groundsforsculpture in #hamiltonnewjersey is #vangogh #painting. It's a cool use of #perspective and #colors #newjersey #NJ #sculpturepark #outdoormuseum (at Grounds For Sculpture)

[artanddesignmatters]

General Bronze by sculptor, Marisol Escobar, 1997 Bronze Seen at Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey Photo Credit: Alice Lowe Maria Sol Escobar (born May 22, 1930), otherwise known simply as Marisol, is a sculptor born in Paris of Venezuelan lineage, working in New York City. From 1951 to 1954 she took courses at the New School for Social Research while studying under her most influential mentor, the so-called "dean of Abstract Expressionism", Hans Hofmann. At Hofmann’s schools in Greenwich Village and Provincetown, Massachusetts, Marisol became acquainted with notions of the "push and pull" dynamic: of forcing dichotomies between raw and finished states. During this period, Marisol was introduced to New York's Cedar Tavern, the chief watering hole for many of the leading Abstract Expressionists with whom Marisol became friends, particularly Willem de Kooning. Ref: Wikipedia #ArtandDesignMatters #admSupportsTheArts #BronzeSculpture #GroundsForSculpture #MarisolEscobar #HamiltonNewJersey #MariaSolEscobar #ArtHistory #SculptureGarden #Sculpture #NewJerseyArt #ArtInNewJersey #midcentury #modernism #midcenturymodernism #modernart #twentiethcenturyart #GeneralBronze #admMuseumSupport #VisitNewJersey #CultureTravel #CultureTrip #art #admArtInPublicSpaces #ArtInPublicSpaces (at Grounds for Sculpture Hamilton NJ) https://www.instagram.com/p/BCqAi84PgEX/?igshid=1hgazpw43aq8y

[artanddesignmatters]

General Bronze by sculptor, Marisol Escobar, 1997 Bronze Seen at Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey Photo Credit: @designsbyalicelowe Maria Sol Escobar (born May 22, 1930), otherwise known simply as Marisol, is a sculptor born in Paris of Venezuelan lineage, working in New York City. From 1951 to 1954 she took courses at the New School for Social Research while studying under her most influential mentor, the so-called "dean of Abstract Expressionism", Hans Hofmann. At Hofmann’s schools in Greenwich Village and Provincetown, Massachusetts, Marisol became acquainted with notions of the "push and pull" dynamic: of forcing dichotomies between raw and finished states. During this period, Marisol was introduced to New York's Cedar Tavern, the chief watering hole for many of the leading Abstract Expressionists with whom Marisol became friends, particularly Willem de Kooning. Ref: Wikipedia #ArtandDesignMatters #admSupportsTheArts #BronzeSculpture #GroundsForSculpture #MarisolEscobar #HamiltonNewJersey #MariaSolEscobar #ArtHistory #SculptureGarden #Sculpture #NewJerseyArt #ArtInNewJersey #midcentury #modernism #midcenturymodernism #modernart #twentiethcenturyart #GeneralBronze #admMuseumSupport #VisitNewJersey #CultureTravel #CultureTrip #art #admArtInPublicSpaces #ArtInPublicSpaces (at Grounds For Sculpture) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrpL6KigIbD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cw52kg2ovor0