Dorchester Voices/Dorchester History

Baring-Gould, Laura · 2010

Series of sculptures in Everett Square in Dorchester by Laura Baring Gould. The main sculpture is a large bronze rendering of a Clapp pear, which was first cultivated at the Clapp family farm in 1830 prior to Dorchester's urbanization. Surrounding the main sculpture are other smaller sculptures of items to represent Dorchester citizens' occupations and pastimes. Each smaller sculpture is a life-sized bronze rendering of an item and is paired with a quote from Dorchester residents Gould interviewed in the process of creating the public art piece. Smaller sculptures range from shoes to a telephone to traditional Algonquin foods.