CELEBRATING THE ARTS
In late summer of 2009, “The Longhorns” monumental bronze sculptures by Robert Summers, and loaned to Boerne by Texas Trees Foundation, were installed behind Main Plaza, and kicked off the Hill Country Council for the Arts’ public art initiative.
Since that borrowed installation, and a decade after a City Council resolution, and four years of revolving sculpture competitions and exhibitions establishing Art Alfresco, a sense of place has been created.
Along our trail system and in our public spaces, the fruits of several community and private partnerships, residents and visitors alike can enjoy numerous public art installations. Refer to www.artalfresco.com for brief descriptions, and a map indicating locations of the entire collection.
You are encouraged to click on the audio icon on each sculpture’s photo to hear the artist discuss his or her inspiration. We urge you to take photos with the sculptures and challenge you to learn something new about the artists, and the mediums represented.
The city would love to see your photos and your thoughts. Please tag at #boerneart at Instagram and Facebook.
How often we become blind to our surroundings in our very busy existences, staring at the stoplight in hopes we can move just a few minutes quicker? We glance, at times, to the point of fixation at our hand-held devices, deliberately avoiding eye contact.
Public art returns us to our humanity. Public art provides us a different way to experience Boerne and enhances our sense of community.
Public art improves our quality of life by inviting us to put down our cell phones and — imagine, if you will — engage in conversation with a stranger.
In the moment that a child stops talking about Spongebob to explore his or her face in the highly polished facets of a sculpture -- at that precious moment humanity is lifted, and new challenges are born.
Thank you for enjoying Boerne’s Art Alfresco and supporting our public art initiative. Restricted donations can be made at the HCCArts website www.hccarts.org; email [email protected] with inquiries.
Follow us on Facebook and Instagram, and visit our website often: www.hccarts.org; send inquiries to [email protected]. HCCArts develops and enriches an environment that supports and promotes awareness, appreciation, education and access to all the arts.
“The Runner” by Glenna Goodacre, (b. 1939, Texas, d. 2020, New Mexico). This recently installed bronze sculpture can be enjoyed on the trail system at Boerne City Park, and was donated by Bryden and Kay Moon, longtime avid runners and outdoor enthusiasts.
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