2026 Art Ramble: Disperse
Ceramic Installation by Helen Duncan
September 25 - November 13, 2026
Fairyland Pond Trail, Hapgood Wright Town Forest
This year’s Art Ramble features work by multi-media artist Helen Duncan. Duncan’s porcelain clay and wire forms are dispersed along the Fairyland Pond Trail in the Hapgood Wright Town Forest, right off of Concord Center. Duncan's delicate dandelion-esque pieces come alive on the trail, responding to their environment by shifting with the breeze and reflecting sunlight. Through these exchanges, as well as our own impact on the work, we are asked to examine how the varied elements of the world around us may interact with each other.
Through her outdoor installation, Duncan aims to create a space that “encourages reflection and awareness of the delicate balances that shape both the natural world and our own lived experiences,” inviting viewers to slow down, look, and take notice.
HELEN DUNCAN
Helen Duncan is a ceramic and installation artist based in Massachusetts, born in Ireland. Her practice explores themes of place, memory, landscape, and environmental change through sculpture and site-responsive installations. Working primarily with clay, she combines traditional ceramic processes with contemporary sculptural approaches to create works that engage with natural and cultural histories.
Duncan holds a BA in Ceramics from Limerick College of Art and Design,Ireland and postgraduate qualifications in Ceramics from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and an MA in Art Education from Boston University. She has exhibited widely throughout Ireland and the United States, including at Luan Gallery, Co. Westmeath; Lavitt Gallery, Cork; and through Ceramic Ireland exhibitions, as well as at the Worcester Art Museum, Cape Cod Museum of Art, and Sculpture at the Mount, Massachusetts.
A recipient of a 2026 Westmeath Artist Award, Duncan has received grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and was awarded the Ruth Susan Westheimer Award for Fine Craft at the 2025 ArtsWorcester Biennial. Her recent and current exhibitions include the Biennial at Umbrella Arts Center and Ceramic as Sculpture at the International Ceramic Center, Pittsburgh. She also exhibits frequently through Ceramic Ireland.
