DownEast is an indoor and outdoor juried competition. The indoor exhibition takes place at Emerge Gallery from  March 3 - 30, 2023 and the outdoor exhibition can be viewed all over Pitt County from March 2023 until February 2024. Click here to download the Downeast Sculpture Map

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2023 - 2024 Outdoor Sculptures:

For information about purchasing any of these sculptures please email info@pittcountyarts.org.

	Sphere #3 1st Place Hanna Jubran Grimesland, NC Location: Chico’s Mexican Restaurant 521 Cotanche Street Greenville, NC 27858

Purgatory/china 2nd Place Matthew Duffy Washington, DC Location: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27834

   

	Ribbon Arch II 3rd Place Jim Gallucci Greensboro, NC Location: Greenville Museum of Art 802 Evans Street Greenville, NC 27834

	Cascade Chris Plaisted New Millford, CT Location: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27834

	Couple Joe Chirchirillo North Bennington, VT Location: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27834

	Horse with Chain Bridle Jonathan Bowling Greenville, NC Location:  Greenway at Stancil Drive Greenville, NC 27858

   

orbit Matt Amante Winterville, NC Location: Greenway at Harding Street Greenville, NC 27858

   

	Watchman David Skora New Hartfold, CT Location:  Greenway at Jarvis Street Greenville, NC 27834

   

Springer Jeff Repko Altanta, GA Location:  Greenville Town Common 105 E 1st Street Greenville, NC 27858

   

	House of Dreams Jodi Wyse Jacksonville Beach, FL Location:  Wahl-Coates School of the Arts 2200 E 5th Street Greenville, NC 27858

   

	Blend Peter Dellert Holyoke, MA Location:  Winterville Town Hall 2571 Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590

Sun to Moon Rotation Mary Angers Long Branch, NJ Location:  Winterville Fire and Safety 2593 N Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590

   

	Filed Away Adam Walls Tyron, NC Location:  Winterville Library 2613 N Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590

	Magnify Kirk Seese Lutherville MD Location:  Ayden Town Hall 4144 West Avenue Ayden, NC 28513

	The Wild One Jessica Bradsher Greenville, NC Location:  Farmville Community Building 3866 S Main Street Farmville, NC 27828

   

	Dreamcatcher Christian Happell Ruskin, FL Location:  Oliver Murphrey Park 3476 N Main St. Farmville, NC 27858

       

D. Lance Vickery was raised in Florida. Early, as an aspiring two-dimensional artist, deeply rooted in formalism, Lance attended Florida State University, where he met Charles Hook. Hook changed Lance’s perception of art and sculpture. Hook held the position that all “Sculpture is real, all painting and photography, no matter how realistic is abstract. Two-dimensional work always requires the viewer to imagine the third dimension.”

Lance is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of North Florida and President of the International Conference for Contemporary Cast Iron Art [ICCCIA].

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2022 - 2023 Outdoor Sculptures:

For information about purchasing any of these sculptures please email info@pittcountyarts.org.

	Solar System 1st Place Hanna Jubran Grimesland, NC Location: Chico’s Mexican Restaurant 521 Cotanche Street Greenville, NC 27858

Core Oracle 2nd Place Adam Walls Tyron, NC Location: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27834 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Adam.

   

	Red and Purple Quantum Object 3rd Place Robert Coon Vero Beach, FL Location: Greenville Museum of Art 802 Evans Street Greenville, NC 27834 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Robert.

	Minotaur Chris Plaisted New Millford, CT Location: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27834 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Chris.

	Inheritance II Peter Dellert Holyoke, MA Location: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27834 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Peter.

	Baroque Standing Figure David Skora New Hartford, CT Location:  Greenway at Stancil Drive Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from David.

   

	Magnify Kirk Seese Lutherville-Timonium, MD Location: Greenway at Harding Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Kirk.

Father and Son Adam Walls Tyron, NC Location:  Town Common 105 E 1st Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Adam.

   

	Starburst Ella Snow Baltimore, MD Location:  Wahl-Coates School 2200 E 5th Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Ella.

   

	CrissCross David Skora New Hartford, CT Location:  Winterville Town Hall 2571 Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 Click here to hear an audio narrative from David.

Night in the Forest Gregory Smith North Pownal, VT Location:  Winterville Fire and Safety 2593 N Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Gregory.

   

	Fishing Dream Karena “Kidd” Graves Greenville, NC Location:  Winterville Library 2613 N Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Kidd.

	Dragonfly Carl Billingsley Greensboro, NC Location:  Ayden Town Hall 4144 West Avenue Ayden, NC 28513 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Carl.

	Isty Bitsy Christian Happel Wimauma, FL Location:  Farmville Community Building 3866 S Main Street Farmville, NC 27828 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Christian.

   

James Matson is a sculptor and set designer living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He started off as a potter but kept sticking chunks of steel and wood into chunks of clay until it wouldn’t fit in the kiln anymore. His work centers around personal narratives seeking to find those universal moments that we share as individuals. His focus on the relationship between space and form is central to all his sculptural work.

He recently retired from teaching after thirty-five years of Sculpture, Ceramics, and Three-Dimensional Design. His work has been seen both here and abroad and is part of several collections.

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2021 - 2022 Outdoor Sculptures:

For information about purchasing any of these sculptures please email info@pittcountyarts.org.

	Moonlit Butterfly Habitat ANDREW WOODARD 1st Place Location: Town Common 105 E 1st Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Andrew.

	Trinity HANNA JUBRAN & JODI HOLLNAGEL-JUBRAN 2nd Place Location: Chico's Mexican Restaurant 521 Cotanche Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Hanna.

	Creamsicle #1 ROBERT COON 3rd Place Location: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Robert.

	LIFT BRITTANY SONDBERG Honorable Mention Location: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27834 C lick here to hear an audio narrative from Brittany.

	CON-Con MATT AMANTE Honorable Mention Location:  Greenway at Stancil Drive Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Matt.

	Basics #47 MATTHIAS NEUMANN Location:  Greenway at Elm Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Mathias.

	IRON CIRCLE #7 CARL BILLINGSLEY Formally located at Greenway at Jarvis Street Click here to hear an audio narrative from Carl.

	Memory Bomb 1 ADAM WALLS Location: Greenway at Elm Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Adam.

	Low-Poly Open Heart (REDI) MATTHEW DUFFY Location:  City of Greenville City Hall 200 W 5th Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Matthew.

	Ball and red staircase ADAM WALLS Location:  Greenville Museum of Art 802 Evans Street Greenville, NC 27834 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Adam.

   

	Self Portrait ADAM WALLS Location:  Wahl-Coates School 2200 E 5th Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Adam.

	Wingone MATTHEW DUFFY Location:  ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27834 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Matthew.

	TREE BRANCHES KIRK SEESE Location:  Winterville Town Hall 2571 Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Kirk.

	DIVERSION KYLE LUSK Location:  Winterville Fire and Safety 2593 N Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Kyle.

	WONDER ABIGAIL COCHRAN Location:  Winterville Library 2613 N Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Abigail.

	Bait BALL DAVE RIEMER Location:  Farmville Public Library 4276 W Church Street Farmville, NC 27828 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Dave.

	Journey to the top of looking glass KYLE LUSK Location:  Farmville Community Building 3866 S Main Street Farmville, NC 27828 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Kyle.

   

Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan’s collaboration as an artist team began in 2001 and has fostered a wide range of innovative site-specific public art commissions and plans. Their Seattle-based studio, Haddad|Drugan LLC, operates at intersections of art, architecture, landscape, and theater, and includes collaborators adept at detail design, computer modeling and drafting, physical modeling, and graphics.

Haddad|Drugan specializes in creating conceptually driven site-specific art that is often integrated into large-scale infrastructure projects. Past and current work includes art for stormwater utilities, transportation projects, museums, libraries, urban plazas and parks. Their award-winning work has been published in Sculpture, Architectural Record, Landscape Architecture, Eco-Structure, Landscape Journal, Land Forum, and other publications.

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2020 - 2021 Outdoor Sculptures:

	Memory Bomb 1 ADAM WALLS 1st Place Location: Greenway at Elm Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Adam.

	Atom HANNA JUBRAN 2nd Place Location: Farmville Community Center 3866 S. Main Street Farmville, NC 27828 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Hanna.

	Tangent Arcs, Tun away from symmetry, and moon column CARL BILLINGSLEY 3rd Place Location: Greenway at Jarvis Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Carl.

	Featherball BOB TURAN Honorable Mention Location: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27834 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Bob.

	Wind Up Toy JONATHAN BOWLING Location:  Pitt-Greenville Airport 400 Airport Rd. Greenville, NC 27834 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Jonathan.

	Crimson Arcs V2 MATT AMANTE Location:  Evans Street Courtyard Evans Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Matt.

	Low-Poly Open Heart (REDI) MATTHEW DUFFY Location:  City of Greenville City Hall 200 W 5th Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Matthew.

	Celestial Motion HANNA JUBRAN Location:  Greenville Museum of Art 802 Evans Street Greenville, NC 27834 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Hanna.

	Sunrise/Sunset (Sawblade) MATTHEW DUFFY Location:  Chico's Mexican Restaurant 501 Cotanche Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Matthew.

	Composition #1 CHRIS PLAISTED Location:  ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27834 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Chris.

	Einfuhlung #1 JESSICA BRADSHER Location:  ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Jessica.

	Guardian CHRISTIAN HAPPEL Location:  Winterville Town Hall 2571 Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Christian.

	Large Watcher MATT AMANTE Location:  Winterville Fire and Safety 2593 N Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Matt.

	TWIns CASEY NARRON Location:  Winterville Library 2613 N. Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Casey.

Born and raised in northwest Kansas, Glenn Zweygardt received his BFA from Wichita State University in sculpture and painting. He then earned his MFA from the Rinehart School of Sculpture at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. For over 40 years, Glenn has been an active sculptor and educator. With more than 50 solo exhibitions and multiple purchase awards to his name, he shows works both nationally and internationally. His sculptures are included in many university, museum, outdoor, and private collections. Now an emeritus Professor of Sculpture at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Glenn continues to make signature sculptures in his Alfred Station studio. His creations of steel, ductile iron, stainless steel, cast glass, cast bronze, and aluminum are often combined with stone from around the world. These sculptures range from monumental outdoor works to small, intimate pieces

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2019 - 2020 Outdoor Sculptures:

	Neutron Star #1 HANNA JUBRAN  1st Place Location: Farmville Community Center 3866 S. Main Street Farmville, NC 27828

	Fly me to the moon JORDAN PARAH  2nd Place Location: Winterville Library 2613 N. Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590

	Greenspace Bench MATT AMANTE 3rd Place Location: Greenville City Hall Greenville, NC 27858

	The Burning PARIS ALEXANDER Honorable Mention Location: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27834

	Ker-Plunk ADAM WALLS Honorable Mention Location:  Wahl-Coates Elementary School for the Arts 2200 East 5th Street Greenville, NC 27858

	The Listeners CARL BILLINGSLEY  Location:  Greenway at Jarvis Street Greenville, NC 27858

	Womb CHRISTIAN HAPPEL  Location:  Winterville Town Hall 2571 Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590

	PARTICLE CHRISTIAN HAPPEL Location:  A Time for Science 729 Dickinson Avenue Greenville, NC 27834

	Cauldron teats JONATHAN BOWLING Location:  Greenway at Elm Street Greenville, NC 27858

	IN THE GARDEN CHRIS PLAISTED Location:  ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27834

	Inside the Vee BOB TURAN Location:  ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27858

	DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT JORDAN PARAH Location:  Evans Street Courtyard Greenville, NC 27858

	Faith ADAM WALLS Location:  Greenville Museum of Art 802 Evans Street Greenville, NC 27834

	Off BY ONE CASEY NARRON Location:  ECU Mendenhall Greenville, NC 27858

	BALANCE POINT HANNA JUBRAN Location:  ECU Mendenhall Greenville, NC 27858

	TALKING TUBES JONI YOUNKINS-HERZOG  Location:  Winterville Public Safety 2593 Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590

	Big Bonsai MATT AMANTE Location:  ECU Mendenhall  Greenville, NC 27858

Deborah La Grasse was born in Gainesville, Florida and received her Bachelor of Arts in Drawing and Painting from the University of Florida and a Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture from Southern Illinois University. She has taught both sculpture and architectural design for over 30 years, and currently teaches beginning design in architecture at Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University in Tallahassee, Florida. La Grasse’s work has been featured in exhibitions and collections nationally and internationally. Her interest in creating cultural dialogues has led her to teach in universities, facilitate workshops and conferences, and participate in artist residencies in Latvia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Peru, India, and the United Kingdom.

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2018 - 2019 Outdoor Sculptures:

	Propelling ELLA SNOW 1st Place Location: Greenville Reade Circle 521 Cotanche Street Greenville, NC 27858

	Eye of Providence BOB TURAN Location: Winterville Town Hall 2571 Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590

	Harmonious Balance JORDAN PARAH 3rd Place Location: Greenville Museum of Art 802 Evans Street Greenville, NC 27834

	POP FLY CHRISTIAN HAPPEL 2nd Place Location: Uptown Greenville Parking Deck Greenville, NC 27858

	ZENITH RACHEL VAN SCHIE Location:  ECU Mendenhall Greenville, NC 27858

	INMOTION JEFF KIEIFER Location:  ECU Mendenhall Greenville, NC 27858

	COLORFUL GIRAFFE JONATHAN BOWLING Location:  ECU Mendenhall Greenville, NC 27858

	COTTON CANDY SKIES JORDAN PARAH Location:  Winterville Library 2613 N. Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590

	HOT ROD MATT AMANTE Location:  Winterville Public Safety 2593 Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590

	FAMILY DELIGHTS CHRISTIAN HAPPEL Location:  Wahl-Coates Elementary School for the Arts  2200 East 5th Street Greenville, NC 27858

	CENTER POINT HANNA JUBRAN Location:  The Farmville Community Center 3886 S. Main Street Farmville, NC 27828

Juror Hank T. Foreman, who has lectured for numerous organizations including the National Art Education Association (NAEA) and the International Sculpture Center. In 2010 Foreman was selected as a cohort for the National Alliance of Media Arts and Culture Leadership Institute for Visual Arts Organizations funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. In May 2014, Foreman was a lead contributor for an art education conference held at the School for Pedagogy and the Fine Arts in Kalisz, Poland – a part of Adam Mickiewicz University. For this program, Foreman lectured at the conference, co-designed a mural, and was selected as the cities’ artist in residence for the 100th anniversary of rebuilding after the destruction of World War I. During his residency he installed a three-story site-specific installation titled The White Dream of Kalisz.

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2017 - 2018 Outdoor Sculptures:

	WATERDROP HANNA JUBRAN Location: Greenville Reade Circle 521 Cotanche Street Greenville, NC 27858

	SQUARE DANCE BOB TURAN 2nd Place Location: Winterville Town Hall 2571 Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590

	CIRCULAR MOTION HANNA JUBRAN 3rd Place Location: Greenville Museum of Art 802 Evans Street Greenville, NC 27834

	SCBS #14 Matt Amante Location: Pitt Community College 1968 Pitt Tech Road Winterville, NC 28590

	NAVE ADAM WALLS Location: Uptown Greenville Parking Deck Greenville, NC 27858

	PEGASUS LANDING JESSICA BRADSHER Location:  ECU Mendenhall Greenville, NC 27858

	LE MOYEU MAIRIN GWYN Location:  ECU Mendenhall Greenville, NC 27858

	WAKE ELLA SNOW Location:  ECU Mendenhall Greenville, NC 27858

	WAVE BEYOND CONVERGENCE CHRIS MORGAN Location:  Winterville Library 2613 N. Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590

	COMPOSITION IN BLACK BRIAN GLAZE Location:  Winterville Public Safety 2593 Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590

A North Carolina native, Kyle Van Lusk studied at Brevard College and East Carolina University, graduating from ECU in 1995 with a BFA in sculpture. Lusk's work has been exhibited in numerous public exhibitions and featured in many public, as well as private, collections including Public Art Chattanooga, Beber Sculpture Garden at Duke University, and Creative Arts Guild Sculpture Park in Dalton, GA. Lusk continues to create public sculpture and currently serves as the coordinator of the Art major at Brevard College in Brevard, NC where he lives with his wife, Heidi, and three children.