Andres Institute of Art

Andres Institute of Art is a non-profit arts organization that hosts a public sculpture park in Brookline, New Hampshire, United States, founded in 1996 by local benefactor Paul Andres and sculptor John Weidman. It is the largest sculpture park by area in New England, with a collection of more than 100 metal and stone sculptures are distributed over 140 acres (57 ha) on Potanipo Hill, the site of a former ski area. The ski area initially started in the 1930's as the Brookline Ski tow, then became Musket Mountain and finally Big Bear Mountain. The former ski lodge now houses the Andres Institute of Art welcome center and on the second floor is the Big Bear Lodge performance center. Andres Institute of Art utilizes the Big Bear Lodge performance center to host regular concerts and musical performances from local and national touring acts. The sculptures are situated in a variety of garden and forested situations, spread over eleven hiking trails on the hillside. The trails range from easy to difficult, and the views along them change drastically with the changing of the seasons. Most of the sculptures are abstract and cryptic pieces, with each year's accessions coming from both new artists and familiar ones. The trails lead visitors by works such as Contempo Rustic, a couch fashioned from slabs of rock and metal, or Mbari House, a house-shaped granite-and-metal totem to peace a

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