City Newspaper Archives - 12/2006
COUNTY: Airport sculpture removed
Published by Krestia DeGeorge on Dec 06, 2006
Construction on the new business center where Nancy Jurs' "Triad" once stood is proceeding, and Jurs says she was notified last month that her sculpture had been removed and stored. The notification came after she sent a letter to Airport Director David Damelio in late August and --- miffed that she hadn't received a reply --- began calling the airport administration's offices. She didn't hear back from Damelio, but got an e-mail from Jennifer Dobson, spokesperson for the airport.
"In addressing the questions you had relative to your artwork --- yes, the artwork has been professionally taken down. It has been crated and is being stored in a secure, climate controlled location on airport property," Dobson wrote. (The e-mail doesn't say where Triad is stored, and Jurs says she hasn't been told. Her husband Wendell Castle's clock tower was dismantled and stored earlier, also in an undisclosed location.)
"The Airport Director is in receipt of your letter," the e-mail continues. "At this time, the Airport is continuing to explore possible alternate locations, within the airport's terminal, to display your artwork. We will continue to stay in touch with you as we continue to move forward."
That was in mid-October.
"That's the last contact I've had," Jurs said early this week. "They have not proposed any reasonable site to me or Wendell at this point."
Still, she hasn't given up hope that she and the airport will reach a resolution, she says --- even if that only means having the sculpture returned to her.
