Village faces
Queen of the Netherlands visited new sculpture project 'Village Faces'
Beatrix the queen of the Netherlands (herself a sculptor) visited on the 19th of June the New sculpture project ‘Dorpsgezichten’ (Village Faces). This project is an initiative from sculptor Adri A.C. de Fluiter and the foundation NatureArt Drenthe. The foundation is organising since 2005 yearly an international art in nature symposium (with exhibition) in the forest near the small village Schoonoord. This village belongs to the municipality Coevorden. Every year10 artists are selected on certain themes. 
Talking with Stefan Ester Talking with Francois Geissmann
Sculptural works which are made in this symposium get a second life in the project that the queen was visiting. In this project, that runs till 2012, there are placed about 20 sculptures/installations in eight village also belonging to Coevorden. On the 19th of June it was the first fase of the project with realising 7 artworks. The queen was visiting them all and she was very pleased by the result. ‘Amazing’she said ‘such a quality and such nice, very well chosen locations’.
From know on the people can visit this trail of about 40 kilometers with the villages: Schoonoord, Wezuperbrug, Wezup, Zweeloo, Aalden, Meppen, Gees en Oosterhesselen. www.coevorden.nl
The map with numbers and gps
geplaatste werken en de bijbehorende GPS coordinaten.
1 Schoonoord – hoek Brammertstr/Brugstraat ‘Giants Chairs’ (Rumen Mihov Dimitrov –BUL). 2 Wezuperbrug – Albert Oostingweg, in het bos bij start gele wandelroute ‘Aurum Domus’ (Stefan Nenov – BUL). 3 Wezup – Wezuperstraat/Brink ‘The Laborer’s Banquet’ (Andrea Thompson - USA). 4 Zweeloo – Kloosterdwarsweg ‘Meditation Tree’ (François Geissmann -F). 5 Meppen - hoek Mepperdennenweg/bosrand ‘Bullders’ (David Kochavi – ISR). 6 Meppen – Mepperstraat, bij brasserie Het Tramlokaal ‘Bird Man’ (Czeslaw Podlesny – P). 7 Gees – hoek Dorpsstraat/Holtweg ‘Menhir Memory’ (Paolo Vivian –IT). 8 Gees – Dorpsstraat richting Oosterhesselen ‘Flying Rocks’ (Thomas Neumaier – D). 9 Oosterhesselen – Bergakkers, t.h.v. vijverpartij in het park ‘Lillywhite’ (Roger Rigorth – D). 10 Oosterhesselen - Beatrixlaan/bij Esdalcollege ‘The Drift’ (Gwenaël Stamm – F). 11 Aalden – hoek Westermarsendijk/Koemaatsdijk ‘Het Gebint’ (Bettino Francini –IT). 11 ). 12 Aalden –hoek Aelderhooghe/Koemarsendrift ‘Green Revolution’ (Stefan Ester - D).13 Schoonoord – Schapendijk richting Zweeloo/parkeerterrein Staatsbosbeheer ‘Drenthe Cathedral II’ (Herb Parker – USA).
GPS coordinaten
1 - NB 52° 50’ 38’’ OL 6° 45’ 16’’ 2 - NB 52° 50’ 35’’ OL 6° 43’ 23’’ 3 – NB 52° 48’ 67’’ OL 6° 43’ 94’’ 4 - NB 52° 47’ 16’’ OL 6° 43’ 09’’
5 - NB 52° 47’ 98’’ OL 6° 41’ 20’’ 6 - NB 52° 46’ 49’’ OL 6° 41’ 65’’
7 - NB 52° 44’ 22’’ OL 6° 41’ 20’’ 8 - NB 52 45 17 OL 6 42 03 9 - NB 52° 45’ 46’’ OL 6° 43’ 71’’ 10 - NB 52° 45’ 20’’ OL 6° 43’ 90’’
11 - NB 52 46 32 OL 6 43 07 12- NB 52° 47’ 18’’ OL 6° 43’ 30’’ 13- NB 52 49 32 OL 6 44 45
The art works
Artworks till 2011: Rumen Mihof Dimitrov - BUL (Schoonoord) – Giant Chairs, Stefan Nenov - BUL(Wezuperbrug) - Aurum Domus, Andrea Thompson – USA (Wezup) – The Laborer’s Banquet, François Geissmann – F ( Zweeloo) –Meditation Tree, Stefan Ester – G (Aalden) – Green Revolution, David Kochavi – ISR (Meppen) – Bullders, Czeslaw Podlesny - P (Meppen) - Bird Man, Paolo Vivian – IT (Gees) – Menhir Memory, Gwenaël Stamm – F (Oosterhesselen) – The Drift, Roger Rigorth - G (Oosterhesselen) - Lillywhite, Bettino Francini - IT (Aalden) - Cross Beams, Heb Parker - USA (Schoonoord/forestry) - Drenthe Cathedral II, Thomas Neumaier - Germany (Gees) -Flying Rocks
Giant Chairs - Rumen Mihov Dimtrov - Bulgary
Aurum Domus, Stefan Nenuv - Bulgary
The Laborer's Banquet, Andrea Thompson - USA
Meditation Tree, Francois Geissmann - France
Green Revolution, Stefan Ester - Germany
Bullders, David Kochavi - Israel
Bird Man, Czeslaw Podlesny - Poland
Menhir Memory, Paolo Vivian - Italy
The Drift, Gwenael Stamm - France
Lillywhite, Roger Rigorth - Germany
'Contemporano'- Het Gebint/Cross beams. Bettino Francini (Italy)
Drenthe Cathedral - Herb Parker (USA)
Flying Rocks - Thomas Neumaier (Germany)
Art and nature Walk BorderLand
On May 31 2011 a new trail started. Open till the 1th of January 2012
Artists: Desiree de Baar - Netherlands, Jacob Joachim - Germany, Meg Mercx en Rob Verwer - Netherlans, Chiel Kuijl - Netherlands, Lilian Cooper - Netherlands / England
Marga Houtman - Netherlands, Mai Movrin - Netherlands, Salah Saouli - Lebanon
Wolfgang Folmer - Germany, Martine de Jong – Netherlands