Bronze sculpture unveiled in Stevensville
Published: August 13, 2008
The Stevensville Art and Sculpture Society (SASS) unveiled their second public art piece June 14 in Lange Park on Main Street in Stevensville.
The artwork, "To Know Joy" by Ovando artist JR Eason, is the first public art piece to be installed in one of Stevensville’s town parks. A committee of SASS and community members selected the four-foot bronze sculpture of a woman for purchase in August 2007.
Funds to by the sculpture were raised locally, with major donations from Ravalli County Bank, Farmers State Bank, Missoula Federal Credit Union, Stevensville Community Foundation, Ponderosa Trust, Majestic Mountains, Valley Drug and Rocky Mountain Bank.
SASS is a nonprofit, contemporary art group organized for the active promotion, display and production of public art. Jay Laber’s “Two Left Feet, Dancing Free,” located on Main Street at Rocky Mountain Bank, was the first artwork purchased by the organization.
