This week I am visiting New Bern, NC, with a friend. What a beautiful city! Soon after we got here today, we discovered The Bear Town Bears (the word Bern is German for Bear).
The bears are hand-painted, made of fiberglass, designed and decorated by New Bern artists and located throughout the area as a public art project.
The symbol of Bern, Switzerland (New Bern's namesake and mother city) is a black bear, which New Bern also adopted as its symbol. There are 50 decorated bears on display throughout the city today in celebration of New Bern's 300th anniverary.
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| "Harvest Bear" |
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| "Bearer of Rights" |
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| "Mama Bear" |
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| "Dr. Bender Bear" |
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| "Future Bear" |
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| "Bubble Garden Bear" |
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| "Bearon de Graffenried" |
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| "Sleepy Bear" |
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| "Brier Bear" (named after their country club) |
Cool place! That had to be a lot of fun finding them all!
ReplyDeleteHi Sharon:
ReplyDeleteNew Bern is the home of my dear blog friend, Shell May of The Raspberry Rabbits. Don't know if you've ever followed or read her blog, but she's a great gal. If you know her or read her blog, you should give her a jingle.
Have a ball while you're in town. Wish I were there, too, and we could have a real bloggers celebration!
Hugs,
xoxo
Donna