CLAREMONT — Ernie Montenegro and Jo Ann Clifford recently collaborated on a metal sculpture at the Claremont Makerspace. The commission came after a Maine resident contacted Montenegro about a sculpture that his wife had made roughly 30 years ago. The original sculpture was made from tomato baskets and vegetation, and it stood roughly six feet tall. After years of exposure to the elements, the owners thought it was time for something new.
A Claremont resident, Montenegro is an award-winning metal sculptor, whose pieces have been shown in galleries in New York, Boston, and Santa Fe. When Clifford met Montenegro, he had just begun a residency at Claremont Makerspace. Clifford came to Makerspace after retiring from River Valley Community College as a…
