Crossroads Forged Together Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Join us for the official ribbon cutting ceremony for the Forged Together project, Crossroads.

What do you call a sculpture built by over 250 people at a beloved community festival?

“Forged Together” was a community art engagement event hosted at Cherry Festival 2022 in The Dalles, OR.

The community was invited to “hit steel and make parts” of the sculpture named Crossroads at a pop-up

forge on the weekend of Cherry Festival. The People’s Forge, a group of community focused blacksmiths

and farriers, volunteered to guided participants through the basics of forging to create their piece of the

sculpture. Crossroads was designed by Hood River sculptor MacRae Wylde. Its skeletal structure was

fabricated by The Peoples’ Forge and the completed sculpture, including the components forged by

participants at the festival, was assembled by The Peoples’ Forge crew after the event.

Forged Together brought community-based public art to life, and forged a physical legacy for The Dalles

with the hands of its own community. Forged Together was made possible by the combined partnership

between The Dalles Art Center, The Peoples’ Forge, The Dalles Iron Works, The City of The Dalles, The Dalles

Area Chamber of Commerce and NW Natural. A special thank you to Mayor Rich Mays for his support of

public art in The Dalles.

This cutting ceremony celebrates the new permanent location of the sculpture, as well as the community that built it. Join us for the short ceremony at Lewis & Clark Park, located on the Union Street side near the overpass.