**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Meeting via email.**  

Join Marilu Swett and Caroline Bagenal -- both Associate Professors of Art at Montserrat College of Art and members of Boston Sculptors Gallery -- for a lecture on Tewksbury sculptor Mico Kaufman's storied career.

Born in Romania, Mico Kaufman was educated at the Academy of Fine Arts in both Rome and Florence in Italy. During World War II, he survived three years in a Nazi labor camp. In 1951, he emigrated to the United States and moved to Tewksbury in 1964, where he called home until he passed away in 2016.

Locally, Kaufman is known for this sculptures throughout town, including "Water," "The Muster," "Touching Souls," Wamesit Indian," the World War II memorial, and "Blessed Eugene de Mazenod." Many other sculptures may be seen in Lowell.

Kaufman is world-renowned for his work with medals, of which he has produced hundreds. He created inaugural medals for Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H.W. Bush. Kaufman has been the recipient of multiple awards, including Sculptor of the Year in 1978 from the American Numismatic Association and the James McNeill Whistler Distinguished Artist Award in 2010.

Register directly on Zoom HERE. Sponsored by the Friends of the Tewksbury Public Library and the Pollard Memorial Library Foundation.