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What Marco won’t see: A sculpture is yet to be unveiled at the 2008 ArtQuest. Islanders won’t get a chance to see sculptures unveiled this year as ArtQuest 2010 is postponed due to economic factors affecting business sponsors, foundation grants and participating artists, organizers from the Marco Island Foundation for the Arts report.

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What Marco won’t see: A sculpture is yet to be unveiled at the 2008 ArtQuest. Islanders won’t get a chance to see sculptures unveiled this year as ArtQuest 2010 is postponed due to economic factors affecting business sponsors, foundation grants and participating artists, organizers from the Marco Island Foundation for the Arts report.

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  • What Marco won’t see: A sculpture is yet to be unveiled at the 2008 ArtQuest. Islanders won’t get a chance to see sculptures unveiled this year as ArtQuest 2010 is postponed due to economic factors affecting business sponsors, foundation grants and participating artists, organizers from the Marco Island Foundation for the Arts report.
  • Frank Ebenhardt, of Toronto Canada, admires 'One Mind' — a sculpture by James Vilona, which was one of six sculptures unveiled Thursday evening on The Esplanade in Marco Island.
  • Outdoor sculptures are set to appear all over the island once again come November with the staging of the third ArtQuest series under the auspices of the Marco Island Foundation for the Arts. This jaunty sculpture from the 2007/8 exhibition was titled Chickadee.
  • Publix celebrates the ArtQuest 2008 unveiling Thursday with a replica of the sculpture 'Leda' made of cake from the Publix bakery on San Marco Road.
  • Crowds gathered Thursday, November 15, for the unveiling of art pieces around Marco Island. The event was part of ArtQuest 2008 presented by The Marco Island Foundation for the Arts.
  • Crowds gathered Thursday, November 15, for the unveiling of art pieces around Marco Island. The event was part of ArtQuest 2008 presented by The Marco Island Foundation for the Arts.
  • Sandi Johnson, MIFA President, and Tom Cinquini, MIFA Board Member, work on base forms for ArtQuest 2008 sculptures. Concrete was later poured into the forms to make bases for the statues to be unveiled at 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, around the Island. The artworks at The Esplanade will be unveiled at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15.
  • LEFT: Rapture now adorns the home of Bill and Karen Young of Marco Island. They immediately fell in love with the sculpture Jan. 26 when it was unveiled as part of ArtQuest 2006. RIGHT: Martin Eichinger's Dance of Yes & No is now on display at Vergina Restaurant. The sculpture replaced Eichinger's Rapture, which Bill and Karen Young bought for $61,000.
  • Elsa Hammarskjold, 6, strikes her own pause as she touches 'paws' with High Four, created by sculpture Louise Peterson. It was chosen the People's Choice as the best of 15 sculptures on Marco Island, presented by the Marco Island Foundation of the Arts.
  • Art League artists created IN-Spired for ArtQuest 2006. A collaborative piece by Annette Alvarez, Frank Ebenhardt, Bob Fettoloso, Ginny Mueller, and Adelaide Pence, under the direction of Joe Cooper and Frank de la Roche, will be on display as part of the Third Annual Sculpture Exhibit, March 20 to 31, in the McFarland Atrium Gallery at the Art League of Marco Island.

ArtQuest on Marco Island, a bi-annual public art display of sculptures put on by the Marco Island Foundation for the Arts, a non-profit seeking to increase public art in all forms, including performance arts. MIFA partners with businesses and Island organizations which sponsor the sculptures and artists from around the world.

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