Children from the Blue Hill Consolidated School swarm over the town’s new sculpture. Japanese artist Hitoshi Tanaka created the statue as part of the 2011 Schoodic International Sculptor Symposium in Prospect Harbor.

Jim Salisbury, right, directs a crane operator to release the cable tension as a new statue settles onto its base in Blue Hill. Japanese sculptor Hitoshi Tanaka created the statue as part of the 2011 Schoodic International Sculptor Symposium in Prospect Harbor. Assisting, from left, are sculptor Kazumi Hoshino, and Jesse Salisbury, art director of the symposium.

A new statue is guided onto two stainless steel pins as it is lowered onto its base in Blue Hill. Japanese sculptor Hitoshi Tanaka created the statue as part of the 2011 Schoodic International Sculptor Symposium in Prospect Harbor. Assisting, from left, are sculptor Kazumi Hoshino, Jesse Salisbury, art director of the symposium, and Jim Salisbury, symposium volunteer. In background are fifth graders from the Blue Hill Consolidated School.

Children from the Blue Hill Consolidated School gather around the town’s new sculpture to be close to it and touch it. Japanese artist Hitoshi Tanaka created the statue as part of the 2011 Schoodic International Sculptor Symposium in Prospect Harbor.