Alexander Hunenko, “Skowhegan,” cast bronze
9 Cleveland Rd. (at the intersection of Central Avenue)
Speaking of monuments on the lawn, here, embraced by roses, is a reminder that artists are also neighbors. This is not always a secret. There is a scattering throughout the city of art made public on private land. This sculpture by Alexander Hunenko is one of the most notable, matched by another of his works on the opposite side of the house. A revisioning of 18th century garden ornament, these are sculptures as guests; suggestive, but innocent. They are like some riled creatures who have forsaken their natural habitat for domestic life, relieved to let their wild hearts be at ease.
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Thanks to Stephen Kobasa and the NHI for this regular feature.
The following volumes of curriculum units that New Haven Public School teachers have developed as Fellows in the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute may be of interest:
"Art as Evidence: The Interpretation of Objects" (2001 seminar led by Jules Prown, with units by Fellows including Karen de Fur, Christine Elmore, Joanne Pompano et al.)
<a href="http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/2001/2/">http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/2001/2/</a>
"Art and Artifacts: The Cultural Meaning of Objects" (1998 seminar led by Jules Prown, with units by Fellows including Val-Jean Belton, Elsa Calderón, Waltrina Kirkland-Mullins, Jeanne Lawrence et al.)
<a href="http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1998/3/">http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1998/3/</a>
"Pride of Place: New Haven Material and Visual Culture" (2008 seminar led by Edward S. Cooke Jr., with units by a series of other New Haven teachers)
<a href="http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/2008/3/">http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/2008/3/</a>
These and all other curricular resources that teachers have developed as Institute Fellows are available for educational, non-commercial purposes at:
<a href="http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum">http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum</a>