Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 6/9/2021 4:11:10 PM
After many local youth circus performances were put on hold last year due to COVID-19, the community has come back in 2021, finding creative ways to continue their work of building up young performers with smaller, outdoor shows and performances.
Youth circus has a long history in Wilton, and most of it can be traced back to Rick and Jackie Davis. Jackie Davis, a circus educator, founded Flying Gravity Circus in 1999, and is the executive director of the Silver Lining Circus Camp, a summer program and offshoot of Flying Gravity.
When Flying Gravity was faced with moving forward in 2021 or canceling a second straight season, Davis said she wanted to make sure another summer wasn’t completely lost.
Senior Staff Writer
NASHUA – Three artists, one a native of Argentina now living in Boston, another from upstate New York and the third a former New York City resident who recently moved to Mid-Coast Maine, all have their sights set on Nashua and the 14th annual Nashua International Sculpture Symposium coming up in about a month.
Nora Valdez, a friend of a sculptor who participated in the symposium several years ago, will join Sam Finkelstein and Gavin Kenyon as this year’s featured sculptors.
Symposium organizers will introduce the artists at the opening reception, which is scheduled for the afternoon of Thursday, May 20, at a location yet to be determined. The plan is to have the reception filmed by Access Nashua and replayed later that evening, according to Gail Moriarty, the symposium’s president and the owner of The Picker Artists building.
Photo by Kendal J. Bush
A walk in the woods is good for your heart and soul. That’s science talking. The serene influence of nature combined with the simple effort of walking in forest air can calm and fortify a person better than any tonic. But what if you add a little art and amazing displays of talent and skill to the walk? The organizers and performers of Circus in the Woods are conducting an experiment to find out what happens, and you can be their subject. Here’s what you need to know, in four acts:
Emily Fulton, 14, works through her Lyra routine.