Evanston residents are invited to join a celebration of the installation of two sculptures by Pearl Hirshfield on Sunday, October 22.  A City of Evanston bus will leave the Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes St., Evanston, at 3:15 p.m., taking visitors and guests to see the two installed works. The  bus returns to the Noyes Center for a reception in her honor,  which will take place from 4 to 6 p.m.

The two sculptures Hirshfield has generously donated to the City of Evanston embody her abiding interest in ecology. According to Gay Riseborough, Chair of the Public Art Subcommitee of the Evanston Arts Council, "Residents and visitors alike will be able to appreciate these pieces as symbols of the beautiful and enduring nature of life." 

The two sculptures were created in the early 1970s. “Homage to the Whooping Crane,” of polished steel, rises twelve feet high and was installed in the circle at Clark St. Beach, Sheridan Road at Clark Street. “Nature’s Gift,” a seven-foot rusted steel and rebar sunflower, was installed on Chicago Avenue in St. Paul Park, just south of Main Street.

Parking is available at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center; parking permits are not necessary.