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“Elemental Hydra,” created by Spaulding High School Students, in front of The Rochester Opera House.
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of the Cocheco River at the North Main Street Bridge. Follow the mythology
to the walkway by the river and see The Great Whale, and how she kept the river abundant with fish. The mythology contin-
ues to expand through- out the Lilac City with Madame Textilia at Fac- tory Court at 63 North Main Street, Then there is the mul- titude of minions repre- sented in the Gristmill- ers, in front of Tri-City Bicycles on South Main Street. Jocelyn Toffic, the artist behind the Grist- millers, says she cre- ated them to “find some- thing positive and hope- ful about a town that, like so many New Hamp- shire towns, has lost a mill leaving economic and ecological waste in it’s wake.” She refers to them as “small and be- nevolently mischievous.”
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lele and get along with people.” She calls the towering sculpture an Ambassador Spider. “His appearance is friendly, and his accompanying poem makes it clear that he wants the world to know how great spiders See MYTH on 30
Art Esprit President, Adam Pearson, stands by the Cocheco River where his mythological creature, Gorba Duck, floats in the background.
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“Pigeons” f ly next to artstream on Main Street.
Writer Hilary Peatfield partnered with Toffic to create their myth. At the opposite end
of the size spectrum, Spider Folk is a giant collaboration between poet Rebecca Yankes and metal artist Nate Walk- er. “He might be big,” says Yankes, “but he’s a laid-back guy who just wants to play his uku-
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