Where:
Cambridge Art Association | University Place Gallery
124 Mount Auburn Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Art
Event website:
http://www.cambridgeart.org/just-round-the-charles-riverbend/
Just Around the (Charles) Riverbend
Celebrating 40 years of the Riverbend Park Trust and the legacy of Isabella Halsted
Show dates: July 7-August 27, 2015 at University Place Gallery
Open to Artists 18 and Older - See website for more details
Drop-off dates: Tuesday, June 30 and Wednesday, July 1, 10am-5pm each day, at University Place Gallery (124 Mt Auburn Street, Harvard Square)
Reception & Awards: Friday, July 10, 6-8pm
End of show pick-up: Friday, August 28, 11am-5pm
Entries are open to artists of all ages, working in all visual media.
For Award information please visit our website: www.cambridgeart.org
History of the Riverbend Park Trust: In 1974, Cambridge resident Isbella Halsted proposed the idea of a traffic-free Sunday park along the Charles River and in 1975 founded the People for Riverbend Park Trust to bring her idea to reality. With the collaboration of the Metropolitan District Commission that at the time had jurisdiction over the land and parkway, and with the cooperation of the City of Cambridge, the Sunday park was established on a 1.5 mile stretch of Memorial Drive, from Western Avenue to the Eliot Bridge. The Sunday park is now run by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). With this exhibition, the Trust and the Cambridge Art Association, celebrate the first forty years of this successful citizen’s effort to reclaim the joys of being near our beloved Charles River. We invite artists to capture the special character of this historic area that thousands from near and far are attracted to for peaceful recreation. Isbella’s own hand-drawn map (shown above) defines the area involved.