ANNOUNCEMENT: America's Newest Historical Monument:... -
[Cached Version]
Published on: 2/18/2006
Last Visited: 4/19/2007
Douglas Hamilton, fifth-great-grandson of Alexander Hamilton; Kristen Visbal, Sculptor of The American Cape; and Stephen Knott, author of the recently published book Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth, will speak at a dedication ceremony scheduled for October 23, 2004
...
Hamilton, OH, City of Sculpture, Inc. and Historic Hamilton, Inc. are proud to announce that the bronze monument of Alexander Hamilton The American Cape sculpted by Delaware sculptor Kristen Visbal will be unveiled on Saturday, October 23, 2004, in a 10:00 AM ceremony at Journal Square and High Street in Hamilton, OH.
...
Sculptor, Kristen Visbal, was selected for her innovative design, highly detailed work and fluidity of style.Says Kristen, "I've always felt great responsibility, as a sculptor, to document our history.
...
Visbal is a graduate of the prestigious Lost Wax Casting apprentice program at the Johnson Atelier art casting foundry in Mercerville, NJ, who established a private modeling studio on a vineyard in Lewes, DE six years ago.The artist's other public works include a life-size sculpture of Olympic gold medallist Bob Hayes running with the 1964 Japanese torch, the 10-foot Sea Express composition of a boy riding a dolphin on a wave, both in parks in Florida, and Girl Chasing Butterflies currently on site at the Merrill Lynch corporate headquarters in Plainsboro, NJ. Visbal is an active member of the National Sculpture Society, The Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Arts Club and the Pen and Brush Club, all in New York City and is a regular participant in the annual Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture Park Curator's Auction, the oldest and largest sculpture park in America. www.visbalsculpture.com.
...
A Biography of Kristen Visbal
Passionate, attention to detail, and fluid movement are the distinguishing characteristics reflected in the work of accomplished sculptor Kristen Visbal.The uniquely ephemeral quality of her bronze compositions capture the fleeting image and carry Visbal's stamp of originality evident in her unusual use of texture.
...
Visbal's ability to capture emotion and the accuracy of her work is largely innate.After graduating summa cum laude from Salisbury State University in May 1995, she embarked on a three-year apprenticeship to study the technical aspects of Lost Wax Casting at the Johnson Atelier Art Foundry in Mercerville, NJ. Visbal apprenticed with artists from all over the world in this widely acclaimed program while she honed the skills necessary to create and oversee the production of her bronze sculptures.At the Johnson Atelier, Visbal was awarded an internship in mold making and subsequently taught a mold workshop.
Greatly inspired by the sea, Visbal originally migrated to the Delaware Eastern Shore from her hometown in Potomac, Maryland in 1988 and returned in September 1998 to establish her modeling studio on a vineyard in Lewes.In 1999, Visbal began work on the twelve and a half foot composition, The Players.An engineering feat with two of the figures completely airborne, this privately commissioned work depicts three brothers and a sister engaged in a game of basketball.
Visbal's work has become part of many important public and private collections including her first commission by the former Vice President of Colonial Williamsburg and her second by the Merrill Lynch Corporation.The nautical theme is recurring in Visbal's work, the most magnificent of which is Sea Express, a nine and a half foot work of a boy riding a dolphin on the crest of a wave to be installed in Florida in the spring of 2003.
Visbal is a regular participant of the prestigious annual Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture Park Curator's Auction and Gala in Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina and her work has been widely exhibited at the Lincoln Center, The Pen and Brush Club, the National Sculpture Society, and the National Arts Club in New York City, as well as the Symposium For The Preservation And Biology Of Sea Turtles in Orlando, Florida, the Woodburn Governor's Mansion in Dover, Delaware, The Easton Waterfowl Festival in Easton, MD, and the Ward Wildfowl Museum in Salisbury, Maryland.
Visbal is included in Who's Who In The World 2002 and 2003 and is an active participant in the National Sculpture Society, the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Arts Club and the Pen and Brush Club of New York City, as well as the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.
22 online sources [ view sources ]
Profile is not claimed [ this is me ]
