In October 2001 two sculptors from different parts of the United States were introduced to each other at the studio of Mark di Suvero in New York City. Michael Manjarris and Peter Lundberg are as different as the backgrounds that have formed their artistic core as sculptors.  Manjarris, who is from an area of South Texas that is culturally lacking in the arts, became an activist with his art.  Lundberg, who hails from the Northeast United States, experiments with materials on a monumental scale.

Each had a passion for exposing the community to large-scale sculpture.  Each became involved in creating public spaces for sculpture.  Manjarris created Mariposa Park in Corpus Christi, Texas and proceeded to develop both private and public projects in the cities of Irving and Corpus Christi.  Lundberg created a sculpture park in Washington, Connecticut and then moved on to create the Connecticut Sculpture Park at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

After several years of knowing one another, Manjarris and Lundberg formed a business partnership to promote sculpture along the Hudson River.  A meeting with Martin Ginsburg and Rachel Ginsburg in 2005 led to the idea of creating a public area for sculpture along the Hudson River.  The Hudson River Sculpture Trail is the result of that initial meeting.

Michael Manjarris, Peter Lundberg and Ginsburg Development Companies, LLC are launching the Hudson River Sculpture Trail in Haverstraw, New York in September 2006.  The goal of the Sculpture Trail is to place 100 major works of sculpture by internationally acclaimed sculptors in various cities along the Hudson River, including Ossining, Peekskill and others.  Their hope is that this will foster artistic energy and efforts at both a local and regional level.  “Exposure is everything,” say Manjarris and Lundberg.  “In every town there is a young Picasso waiting to be exposed to the world of art.”

Peter Lundberg
Michael Manjarris