Ticonderoga Pencil Sculpture Dedication

Thursday, July 25, 2024, 4:30 pm

The Ticonderoga Heritage Museum & Visitor Center will hold a dedication ceremony and celebration for its new Pencil Sculpture. As part of the ceremony a ribbon cutting in coordination with the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce will be held.

The Pencil Sculpture is composed of six Dixon Ticonderoga No.2 yellow pencils in a conical style circular arrangement, and is the work of artist and designer Chris Sharp, fabricated by Richard Bertsche, and painted by A&S Customs Autobody & Repair and Ron Pritt with generous funding donated by Denise Huestis, a former Museum Trustee and continuing supporter of the Heritage Museum. American Graphite, once a thriving business here, mined and refined the graphite which went into the production of these pencils, and which gave them their still famous name. This sculpture is intended to memorialize this important piece of Ticonderoga’s industrial heritage.

Following the approximate 30-minute ceremony, the museum will be open for light refreshments and for all to view the exhibits which illustrate Ticonderoga’s industrial history along La Chute River.