Milford Brush To Table Reveal Coming In July

MILFORD, MA — The Milford Cultural Council will hold a celebration event at Plains Park in July to unveil artist-designed picnic tables that came from the council's first public art initiative.

The July 24 event will feature food, music and all 11 public art pieces on display. After the celebration, the picnic tables will be sent to different locations around Milford, where the public will get to use them.

The artists earlier this spring entered the Brush to Table contest, which was an effort by the Milford Cultural Council's Public Art Subcommittee, the Milford Parks Department and the Milford Highway Department. The cultural council started the subcommittee last year to increase public art in Milford.

"We are entirely grateful and delighted to see this public art initiative come to fruition for the town of Milford," Cultural Council Chair Geri Eddins said in a news release. "The collaboration of so many wonderful people is really what this initiative is about. What started as an idea, blossomed into something that the community will be able to enjoy for a long time. Milford deserves this beautification."

The July 24 event at Plains Park will run from noon to 3 p.m.

Here's the full list of winners:

"Inclusion = Happiness for All"
By Katie Annis, sponsored by the Annis Family

"Maria’s Table"
By Emily Chapman, sponsored by Loriann Braza

"Welcome to Milford"
By Janeen Cox, sponsored by the Hopkinton Center for the Arts

"Wish for Change, Milford"
By Nayda Cuevas, sponsored by Milford Federal Bank

"Touch the Sky"
By Bianca Sayuri, sponsored by Imperial Cars

"Good Day Sunshine"
By Abigail Glennon, sponsored by Michael Walsh in Memory of Nancy Walsh

"Swinging Twilight"
By Nicole King, sponsored by Solutions 2 Accessibility

"Imagine"
By Ashley MacLure, sponsored by Harold & Marcia Rhodes

"Redemption"
By Murphy Potter, sponsored by Celebrate Milford

"Uniting Milford Through Our Musical Heritage"
By Paul Rao, sponsored by Paul Malnati

"Pride"
By Khizra Syeda, sponsored by CraftRoots Brewing