This will be just its fifth year. One of the features of the Iron Pour has been the opportunity for local people to make sculpture and to cast it in iron, both for themselves and for the community. One of the nicest features of the event is artists from throughout the nation and local people working together to create a large sculpture that remains at the park. This year's community sculpture will consist of towers of small houses. As in the past, the artists provide the general framework.
Local people provide the details - putting the stamp of the community on the sculpture.
Each person who takes part will design a side of one of the small houses. The side will be a panel about 8 inches by 5 inches. A group of four can have charge of a whole house. The modeling will be in Styrofoam, which allows the creator to carve shapes into the Styrofoam, glue shapes onto the Styrofoam or both. The sculptures that are at the park now have been opportunities for people and for organizations from the community to leave their mark.