The original design for "Arg Matey" was drawn by Syndey, age 9, of Chisago Lake Area Library, a branch of East Central Regional Library. She wrote, " I named him Arg Matey because he belongs to a piraite. He see's land and said arg matey but it's really land ho." The sculpture is part of the East Central Regional Library's Kids Design Glass project. Funded with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, the project started with a Summer Reading Program art contest for kids 5-10 years old. One child's drawing was chosen from each of East Central Library's fourteen branches. Sculptor Anthony Michaud-Scorza, of Cambridge, Minnesota, then turned each drawing into a kid-inspired blown-glass sculpture.
Exhibit catalog for the Kids Design Glass Art Contest's exhibit. The catalog includes information about the glass artist Anthony Michaud-Scorza as well as images of the original drawings with the completed glass sculptures.
Invitation to the Kids Design Glass Art Contest's exhibit. The invitation includes a description of the project and a detailed scheudule of dates, location and times for the traveling exhibit.