Anna Multone was born in Borgosesia in 2001. In 2020 she moved to Carrara to study Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts. During her studies she took part in residencies, exhibitions, and workshops in Italy and abroad, including the residency Place-based Exercises on the island of Hydra (Greece) in 2023. In 2025 she held the solo exhibitions Terra/Memorie in Carrara and Terra/Sacra in Villa Faraldi (Imperia).
She has participated in sculpture symposia, including the MAM – Museum of Art by the Sea in San Benedetto del Tronto and snow sculpture symposia in Val Gardena. Among her awards: the Carrara UNESCO Creative City Prize (2024) and the II Prize “Scultura da Vivere” (2023).
France
Margot Lasalle, aka Soleil Noir, is a Breton sculptress who describes herself as a “stone peeler”, searching for the pre-existing sculpture within the stone. She specializes in monumental sculpture, with her latest piece Candide standing 5.70 meters (8 feet, 8 inches) tall. She works primarily in granite, but also explores wood, metal, and paper through sculpture and immersive installations.
Across all her work, touch and texture are central: a sculpture succeeds when the viewer places their hand on it and walks around it. AtArt Capital 2026 (Grand Palais), she won the “Esprit Libre” prize by the IDA (International Association of Designers and Artists).
Germany
Pauline Berger of Germany is a multidisciplinary artist, sculptor, educator and herder. Her work spans sculpture, installation, performance, and video, and explores how bodies and minds are shaped and challenged by pressure and restraint, contemporary work culture and digital life.
Experiences become part of her artistic expression, both conceptually and physically. Core themes in her practice include self-optimization, resistance, physical presence and care, but also curiosity to creative and transformative phenomena in biology/geology. Her works have been featured in numerous exhibitions in Germany, Norway and the Netherlands. Working collectively, forming friendships, and fostering dialogue are key to her way of making and being in the world.
USA
Sean Williams is a second-generation stone carver based in Barre, Vermont. He graduated with a BFA from the University of Pennsylvania after transferring from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.After graduating, he lived in Berlin, Germany for four years to explore the arts and culture scene before moving back to Vermont to apprentice with his dad at Barre Sculpture Studios, where he learned the craft of stone carving. After a four-year apprenticeship, Sean expanded his work into public and private commissions as a freelance stone carver operating out of Barre Sculpture Studios..
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The Nashua International Sculpture Symposium is an annual community event designed to elevate the awareness and appreciation of public art in Nashua. Nashua is the only city in the U.S. which hosts an annual international sculpture symposium. This was originally inspired by Meri Goyette, who was a major arts supporter and resided in Nashua, and John Weidman, director of the Andres Institute of Art, Brookline, New Hampshire. Nashua has celebrated its International Sculpture Symposium since 2008.
Artists are invited from around the world to spend three weeks in Nashua creating public art. Truly a community project, residents host the artists in their homes, bring meals as they work, provide transportation, and interact with the artists as they create. The completed sculptures are then placed in public places throughout the City for all to enjoy.
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Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 5:30 pm and
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