Following almost two years of creative sculpting in his Hatch Street studio in New Bedford, Erik Durant will drive his life-sized statue of Elizabeth Taber to the foundry in Maine to be cast into bronze. The bronze statue will return to Erik’s studio later in the summer and wait while the site work is making ready for her final installation in Marion.
If all goes according to plan, there will be an Installation Ceremony in the Bicentennial Park opposite the Marion Town House on Saturday, August 22, Elizabeth’s 229th birthday! Of course, all this is subject to change depending on Governor Baker’s guidelines. Townspeople will be very welcome at this unveiling of Elizabeth, if not at this date, as soon as it is fitting to gather us all for the occasion.
