Recent Press Accounts

PBS

Legacy List with Matt Paxton
You Gotta Have Art

Broadcast on PBS network, 2021

National television segment centered on David Hayes, Stonewalls, and the sculpture fields.

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The Willimantic Chronicle

Advancing Legacy: Hayes Sculpture Fields joins Commission

By Nicole Zappone

December 19, 2025

David Hayes Art Foundation joins America 250 | CT as an affiliate.

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The Daily Campus

Local artifacts, art to be showcased in Coventry art installation

By Pierce Colfer

February 10, 2026

Historic Coventry artists as a part of the America 250 | CT Affiliate.

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The Daily Campus

New sculpture installed outside of Jorgensen

By Pierce Colfer

January 24, 2025

Rouge et Noir is located outside the Jorgensen Center for Performing Arts.

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The Willimantic Chronicle

Foundation hosts art-filled gathering

By Tanajah Fryer

Jun 25, 2024

Hayes Passay Memorial Dinner

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The Daily Star

PBS show to feature Oneonta man

January 30, 2021

Advance local coverage tied to the PBS broadcast featuring David M. Hayes and the family property.

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Hartford Courant

PBS reality show “Legacy List with Matt Paxton”

January 12, 2021 · Susan Dunne

Feature coverage of the Hayes property and the episode built around the artist’s legacy.

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Connecticut Public Radio

Connecticut Sculptor David Hayes Transformed Steel Into Art

September 7, 2013 · Diane Orson

Radio and web profile reflecting on Hayes’s career and the natural, environmental basis of the sculpture.

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Notre Dame Magazine

The modernist David Hayes

Autumn 2013 · Carol Schaal

Short-form Notre Dame Magazine piece published around the Snite Museum presentation.

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Notre Dame Magazine

The art of friendship: David V. Hayes

Autumn 2013 · Richard A. Byrnes ’54

Personal remembrance by Richard Byrnes with reflections on Hayes’s studio, sculpture fields, and working life.

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Hartford Courant

Coventry Sculptor David Hayes Dies

April 11, 2013

Story by Susan Dunne

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Journal Inquirer

Story by Kim Soper

March 29, 2013

Lutz Children’s Museum exhibition

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Hartford Courant

Coventry Sculptor Back Among His Outdoor Creations

By Susan Dunne

February 17, 2013

Hartford Courant coverage of the Lutz Children’s Museum exhibition.

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Peoria Journal Star

David Hayes sculpture to be displayed at Peoria Contemporary Art Center

Feature story by Leslie Renken

January 13, 2013

Preview coverage for the Contemporary Art Center exhibition in Peoria.

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Hartford Courant

Coventry Artist David Hayes Starts With Drawings Before Evolving Into Three-Dimensional Artworks

by Susan Dunne

December 7, 2011

Review of David Hayes at Goodwin College

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Daily News

Commentary by Howard Kissel

2009

Commentary connected to the Guggenheim’s The Sweeney Decade exhibition.

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Journal News / White Plains coverage

White Plains builds a sculpture show

December 8, 2008 · By Georgette Gouveia

Feature on the outdoor exhibition of David Hayes Sculpture in White Plains, New York.

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Westchester County Business Journal

Feature coverage

February 23, 2009

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Art & Antiques Collectors' Sourcebook

Man of Steel

Spring 2008

By Christopher Hann

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Syracuse New Times

Public Displays of Affection

May 11, 2007

Story about an outdoor exhibition in downtown Syracuse, New York

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Philadelphia Inquirer

David Hayes at the James A. Michener Art Museum

August 15, 2004

Review by Victoria Donohoe

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El Nuevo Herald

Esculturas de David Hayes. Lo nuevo conocido.

By Jose Antonio Evora

May 7, 2004

Spanish-language article about outdoor sculpture at Florida International University.

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Hartford Courant

Man of Steel: From Idea to Sketch to Cardboard Model to Heavy Metal, Sculptor David Hayes Shows How it’s Done

By Dan Uhlinger

January 7, 2002

Archived Story

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Staten Island Advance

Subject to Interpretation

By Mike Fressola

June 30, 2002

Article on Hayes’s second Nicotra commission.

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Hartford Courant

Sculpture that says “whoa!”

By Matt Damsker

June 14, 1998

Story about outdoor exhibition in Stamford, Connecticut

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The New York Times

Taking a Close-Up of Photography, a Longer View of Sculpture

By William Zimmer

June 14, 1998

New York Times reviewfre

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Hartford Courant

Steel informed by nature

By Dan Uhlinger

July 27, 1999

Courant coverage of David Hayes

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The New York Times

Fine Art in Stamford

By Eleanor Charles

July 19, 1998

Story about David Hayes sculpture in Stamford, Connecticut

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Hartford Courant

Stop and Smell the Herbs

By Jane Bronfman

July 9, 2000

Story about the Garden Conservancy's Open Days campaign

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Hartford Courant

Sculptor showing variety of art

By Donna Larcen

September 10, 1998

Hartford Courant story

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