Community in Action
Scoville Piece to Join Norfolk Sculpture Trail
By Andra Moss
Norfolk’s public art collection—made possible through donations from local art supporters to the Norfolk Community Association—is growing. According to Doreen Kelly and Barry Webber, co-presidents of the Norfolk Community Association (NCA), the latest addition to the town’s outdoor sculpture trail, planned to connect Norfolk’s monuments and cultural highlights, is a piece called “Dancers” (1986) by Norfolk native Ann Curtiss Scoville.
Donated to the NCA by the Scoville family, it is the trail’s third piece. The sculpture is undergoing restoration work by Jon Riedeman (creator of the trail’s inaugural piece, “Owl of Good”) to prepare it for a Spring 2026 installation.
The collection’s second acquisition, “Lotus,” by Norfolk sculptor Elizabeth Knowles and her collaborator, Eric David Laxman, which is currently on the Village Green, will soon be moved. Its new location will be visible from Route 44 and will mark a trailhead into City Meadow.
In addition, Kelly reports that “The NCA’s biggest beautification project is replacing our beloved holiday tree on the Village Green.” A fungus infected the existing tree last year, necessitating its removal. “Luckily,” says Kelly, “we have located a new healthy 25-foot-tall Norway spruce which will be planted in the coming months for all to enjoy.”
