Judith Stewart (b.1939)

Always Near Me, 2015

Bronze

Sculpture commissioned in Memory of Melissa Eastham.

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Always Near Me is a memorial sculpture. A memorial is an object that serves as a focus for the memory of something, usually a deceased person or a tragic event in history.  Sometimes a memorial sculpture is of the person themselves and other times the artist may use symbolism to represent a special bond or memory.

 

Symbolism is the practice or art of using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea. An action, person, place, word, or object can all have a symbolic meaning.  

 

Questions to consider when visiting Judith Stewart's Always Near Me:

• What are some examples of symbolism that you come across in your life?  

• What can different animals symbolize? (a lion might symbolize courage and a bear strength)

• What can different colors symbolize? (red might symbolize anger and blue might symbolize sadness)

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Explore how color can be used as symbolism with Dr. Seuss's My Many Colored Days and how animals can be used as symbolism with Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood.