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Arts & Entertainment animal SCULPTURE HUNT

The Brevard Sculpture Project includes 20 western North Carolina native animals, and one abstract piece, that are scattered around downtown. Created by local artists using various materials, such as bronze, copper, stone and steel, some of the sculptures appear realistic, while others have been rendered in a more abstract and stylized way. Ann DerGara, who co-owns Brevard’ s Red Wolf Gallery with her husband, Tom Cabe, spearheaded the project. The sculpture project aims to encourage people— young and old, local and visitors— to learn more about and appreciate the region’ s native animals, especially as development encroaches on their habitat.

At the Brevard / Transylvania Chamber of Commerce, located on East Main Street, there is a pamphlet about the sculptures and their locations.

Finding the sculptures, however, can also become a fun scavenger hunt for visitors.

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