Essex Police Investigating Ivoryton Sculpture Theft

ESSEX–Town police are investigating the theft of a sculpture from the Hollycroft Foundation’s Sculpture Mile exhibit in Ivoryton. The theft of a sculpture that was located in front of the Ivoryton Playhouse was reported Sunday morning by town police Corporal Marc Pisciotti.

The peice, a bronze recreation of a monster with a tail, was located on the east side of the playhouse property. Another sculpture in the exhibit was stolen from a different location on Oct. 30.

The Sculpture Mile exhibit was set up in June, featuring 28 scuptures on residential and commercial properties along a mile of Main Street. The exhibit is sponsored by the local Hollycroft Foundation, whch presented the first Sculpture Mile exhibit in Ivoryton in 1994. The sculptures are expected to remain in place through June 2010, when some peices will be replaced by new sculptures.

Our prior video story on the Sculpture Mile can be found below: