At the 46th Friends of the Public Garden Annual Meeting on April 13, Chair, Anne Brooke will announce the creation of the Henry and Joan Lee Sculpture Endowment in honor of the Lee's legacy of commitment to the parks and their sculpture. The fund's mission will be to provide for the long-term care for 42 pieces of public art in the Common, Garden and Mall, the largest concentration of public art in the city. Regular annual maintenance prevents much more costly restoration. William Lloyd Garrison should never be green again.
David Dearinger, Curator of Paintings and Sculpture at The Boston Athenaeum will be giving a presentation " Museums Without Walls: The Sculpture Collection of the Boston Common, Public Garden and Commonwealth Avenue Mall ." The Annual Meeting is Wednesday, April 13 at 5:00 p.m. at First Church in Boston, 66 Marlborough Street. Reception to follow. Kindly RSVP by April 6. 617-723-8144 or [email protected].
