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Talking Benches for Annmarie Garden, (sculpture). Artist:  Smith, Maggie, sculptor. Superior Concrete, fabricator. Title:  Talking Benches for Annmarie Garden, (sculpture). Dates:  1994-1995. Installed June 1995. Dedicated Sept. 1995. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Concrete, handmade ceramic tile, naval bronze. Dimensions:  12 benches, each: approx. 18 x 63 x 24 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Twelve benches, each one inset with ceramic tile portraying aspects of a local tree, shrub or flower. The benches are Bloodroot, Columbine, Eastern Dogwood, Eastern White Oak, Loblolly Pine, Pawpaw, Poison Ivy, Pokeweed, Rose Mallow, Sassafras, Tobacco, and Tuliptree. Each of the twelve benches has an inscription etched into a strip of naval bronze 1-1/2 x 60 inches, set into the concrete bench top. The inscriptions relate to local folklore, Indian traditions, and quotes from Maryland poets. Subject:  Landscape -- Plant Ethnic -- Indian Literature -- Lanier Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Solomons Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Friends of Annmarie Garden on St. John, 175 Main Street, Prince Frederick, Maryland 20678 Located Annmarie Garden on St. John, Dowell Road, Solomons, Maryland Remarks:  A collaborative project between the artist and 92 fourth and fifth grade students at Mutual Elementary School, Port Republic, Maryland. The students made the ceramic tiles inset into the benches. The benches were made by the artist and Superior Concrete and installed by Evard, Inc. Teaches involved were Stacy Criss, Ersaline Hammett, Iszetta Johnson, Lori Moscati and Beth Beighley. IAS files contain related newspaper clipping from The Calvert Independent, Nov. 2, 1994, a 1995 brochure entitled "Talking Benches for Annmarie Garden," and transcription of bench inscription plaques. References:  Yohalem, Francoise, 1996. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 74600002   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 74600002 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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