 September 8th found a crowd of people gathered around a giant pinecone at Deering Oaks Park. The occasion was the dedication ceremony of Pinecone, a sculptural piece by artist Patrick Clauart, a graduate of Mecca, whose work can be seen all over Maine. Pinecone is eight feet long and is made of 146 recycled shovels. Pinecone was gifted to the Portland Public Art Committee by Tempawart in honor of artist Alice Spencer, a true champion of public art and the founder of Tempawart. Those in attendance were treated to music by Colin Fulham and Pichintu. Pichintu is a multinational choir made up of young girls from our refugee community. Okay, so that concludes our planned program. On the table there are some real pinecones and some cookie pinecones, so we have refreshments if you're interested. This is a great time to mingle, to give Alice your own two cents of thank you, and I really appreciate all of you being here. This has been a great night. Thank you so much.