Andres Institute of Art

Andres Institute of Art is a non-profit arts organization that hosts a public sculpture park in Brookline, New Hampshire, United States, founded in 1996 by local benefactor Paul Andres and sculptor John Weidman. It is the largest sculpture park by area in New England,, with a collection of more than 100 metal and stone sculptures are distributed over 140 acres (57 ha) on Potanipo Hill, the site of a former ski area. The ski area initially started in the 1930's as the Brookline Ski tow, then became Musket Mountain and finally Big Bear Mountain. The former ski lodge now houses the Andres Institute of Art welcome center and on the second floor is the Big Bear Lodge performance center. Andres Institute of Art utilizes the Big Bear Lodge performance center to host regular concerts and musical performances from local and national touring acts.