Southbridge History & More
AO Sculpture Page
Rev
24-Sep-12 see landscaping just completed
Oct 30,
2010
Oct 23, 2010
Dec 2010 Eyecare Business Article shows the newly
erected Sculpture (Download
pdf
of above)
Read
and
see photos of the MA Opticians Nov 2010 meeting
AO Sculpture dedication ceremony
Oct 21, 2010 Ceremony (SEN Article link above)
Sept 4, 2010 the dig begins !!!
More
photos
Foundation - Sept 11, 2010 Dick Whitney photo
A twenty foot AO Eyeglass Frame Sculpture is
planned for the park across from the old entrance to
American Optical (Now Southbridge
Hotel
and Conference Center)
AO Sculpture Committee - 7-Dec-09
Come see the model of this sculpture in an AO
Window
display
at
the
corner
of
Main and Chapin St.
The fundraising stage has now begun, and the Claire
Birtz Foundation has gracisously
offered to donate a matching gift of $20,000!!!
August 2009 Progress on Sculpture
Download the Fundraising / Sculpture Details
If you chose to donate, please mail checks
payable toQ.V.C.A.H.and put Optical
Sculpture Fund in the memo line
Mail to: Quinnegaug Council for the Arts and
Humanities, 111 Main St, Southbridge, MA 01550.
Draft (later discarded) of possible
wording
Aug 14, 2008
Members of the AO Sculpture Committee - March 2009 photo
Dec 22, 2008
Janina and Nancy Swiacki
present "Gift to town"
Town Council Unanimously
accepts and agrees to maintain after construction!
Protype of future AO Sculpture to be in the AO Park (see below)
Project Chairpersons (Nancy & Janina Swiacki) and Artist
Michael Siarri
Note in the Town Hall Chambers, the Seal of Southbridge includes
the phrase "Eye of the
Commonwealth"
Photos by Dick Whitney
July 2008 photos below of prototype to give size perspective, judgement
See Sept 2012 Completed landscaping
Another
large Eyeglass art work - in the dessert in New Mexico
Added April 20, 2012
Follow the plans for this site to recognize AO
Fiber Optics work from 1961-64