Newsroom Post: Lower Makefield, PA

Yardley – AOY Art Center announces a collaboration with the Lower Makefield Parks and Recreation Department and the Seward Johnson Atelier, launching the premiere 2023 season of “Art in the Parks!” Made possible from a $7500 grant from the official tourism bureau Visit Bucks County (VBC), contributions from Lower Makefield Township and AOY Art Center. Plans are now underway to place eight to ten Seward Johnson sculptures in Lower Makefield. The sculptures are referenced as “delightful expressions of the everyday” and will be on loan from the Seward Johnson Atelier (Grounds for Sculpture) for a six-month period.

Art in the Parks! is the result of several initiatives coming together. In 2022 the LMT/Parks Department conducted a Community Needs Assessment, where a need identified included more arts and culture in the parks, creating a “Play for All Plan” as an area to address. AOY Art Center and the Lower Makefield Parks and Recreation Department worked collectively to include how to embed art within the parks. After reaching out to the Seward Johnson Atelier, part of the Grounds for Sculpture Foundation in Hamilton NJ, a project partner was secured who would allow the Township to host sculptures for a six-month period.