Day 70

On October 24, 2018, the SC School for the Deaf and the Blind (SCSDB) Foundation dedicated the first of four I Love You sculptures to the City of Spartanburg. The sculpture is a three-dimensional American Sign Language (ASL) representation of the sign for the words, I Love You. The hands that make up the sculpture were copied from the hands of students at the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind and Spartanburg community members.  The artist, Bob Doster, come to campus as an artist in residence and worked with the students and community members to cut out the hands after they had been traced. 

This sculpture was installed in Morgan Square which is an historically important section of Downtown Spartanburg and is located at the intersection of Church Street and Main Street. The sculpture is overseen by the statue of Daniel Morgan, the leader of the Revolutionary War who led the American forces to a decisive victory over the British at the Battle of Cowpens in Spartanburg County. This victory was the beginning of the end for the British army in the United States.

There are three more sculptures. One is on the SCSDB Campus in Spartanburg. Another is in Columbia and the last sculpture has yet to be dedicated but the SCSDB Foundation is in talks with another city for the installation there.

These sculptures are powerful works of art and they each speak of inclusion and love for our neighbors.

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