Sat, Oct 04
|Merck Forest & Farmland Center
Exploring Environmental Art: Found-Wood Sculpture with Lee Williams
An NEA Big Read program in collaboration with the Manchester Community Library.
Time & Location
Oct 04, 2025, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Merck Forest & Farmland Center, 3270 Rte 315, Pawlet, VT 05761, USA
About the event
Join Shaftsbury, Vermont-based sculptor Lee Williams to make a wood sculpture at Merck Forest & Farmland Center. Draw inspiration from the backdrop of dazzling foliage, walk the trails to collect material, and create sculpture using wood sourced from the forest floor. Arrive early or stay after to catch one of our Fall Foliage Wagon Rides, running hourly from 11am through 2pm, $5 per person.
This event has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read. NEA Big Read—a partnership with Arts Midwest—broadens our understanding of ourselves and our neighbors through the power of a shared reading experience. The goals of the NEA Big Read are to inspire meaningful conversations, celebrate local creativity, elevate a wide variety of voices and perspectives, and build stronger connections in each community.
MCL and MFFC’s NEA Big Read Project, “Building Hope and Connection Through Our Landscape,” focuses…
