Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Bridgeport Sculpture Completed

My Lady Liberty sculpture is now complete and was installed this September in the Soldier's and Sailor's Monument of Bridgeport's Seaside Park. The 6ft figure was commissioned by the Friends of Seaside Park of Bridgeport, CT to replace a 19th century marble figure that was lost over 30 years ago. I have posted a few newspaper and blog articles written throughout the process and installation of the sculpture.

Sculptor Emily Bedard, of Milton, VT, working in her studio on a replica of a white marble statue, "Liberty," which was part of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Bridgeport's Seaside Park until it was vandalized and lost roughly 40 years ago. Photo: Contributed Photo / Connecticut Post Contributed

Sculptor Emily Bedard works on the "Lady Liberty" statue in her studio. The sculpture is being created to replace a statue, destroyed by vandals in 1969. It will sit atop the historic Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Monument at Seaside Park, Bridgeport. The statue will be unveiled Sept. 10 at a benefit event for City Lights Gallery at Dragone Classic Motor Cars on Main Street, Bridgeport. Photo: CONTRIBUTED PHOTO / CT

Bridgeport Parks department workers carefully move the new lady liberty statue, sculpted by Vermont artist Emily Bedard, into its home in the Soldiers and Sailors monument at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Thursday, September 16, 2010. The monument was dedicated in the centennial year 1876 in honor of Bridgeporters who had fought in the Civil War. The statue is of similar design to the armed liberty statue, "The Satue of Freedom", atop the United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C. A rededication ceremony will take place at the monument on Saturday, September 18 and 11 am. Photo: Brian A. Pounds / Connecticut Post

Artist Emily Bedard, of Milton, VT, celebrates the installation of her lady liberty statue into its home in the Soldiers and Sailors monument at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Thursday, September 16, 2010. Parks department employee Rodney Poulos, right, helped with the installation. Photo: Brian A. Pounds / Connecticut Post







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