Boerne Community Theatre presents Copper Angel, written by Emily McClain, directed by Allen Rudolph, and selected for recognition by Theatre Network of Texas in the Annual Playwriting Competition, a PG-13 drama; March 31-- April 8; 907 E Blanco Road. For reservations refer to www. boernetheatre.org or call 830249-9166 for information.
Anna Coleman Ladd (1878-1939) is one of the few women artists whose work is included in the collection of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston. Ladd was a Philadelphia native and studied sculpture in Europe. Gardner purchased the lovely bust of Maria de Acosta Sargent directly from Ladd, a personal friend, in 1915. Sargent founded the American Red Cross Studio for Portraits-Masks, to provide prosthetic masks for men who had suffered severe facial injuries during World War I. At the Isabella Gardner, the bronze bust is placed before three of John Singer Sargent’s artworks-- the placement perhaps indicating the value of Ladd’s artistic talent to Gardner. After her European studies, Ladd returned to Boston and married Dr. Maynard Ladd, but continued to garner acclaim for her sensitive sculptures.
But it was not long before Ladd’s career took a significant turn towards public service.
