Purpose of the Friends of Wildwood Cemetery, Inc.
To restore, preserve, maintain, and enhance the historic assets, natural beauty and ecology of Wildwood Cemetery (and any other properties owned by the Amherst Cemetery Association) for the enjoyment of the general public, and to conduct other activities, including but not limited to educational, artistic, commemorative events to increase public appreciation for them. To conduct such other activities and programs in furtherance of the foregoing purposes as may be carried out by a corporation organized under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 180 and described in Section (501)(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Directors of said corporation:
President, Rebecca Nordstrom
Treasurer, Nat Larson
Clerk, John Kuhn
For more information please call 413-549-4649 or email [email protected].
Federal ID: 88-4401915
MA ID: 001624179
2024 990EZ
To restore, preserve, maintain, and enhance the historic assets, natural beauty and ecology of Wildwood Cemetery (and any other properties owned by the Amherst Cemetery Association) for the enjoyment of the general public, and to conduct other activities, including but not limited to educational, artistic, commemorative events to increase public appreciation for them. To conduct such other activities and programs in furtherance of the foregoing purposes as may be carried out by a corporation organized under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 180 and described in Section (501)(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Directors of said corporation:
President, Rebecca Nordstrom
Treasurer, Nat Larson
Clerk, John Kuhn
For more information please call 413-549-4649 or email [email protected].
Federal ID: 88-4401915
MA ID: 001624179
2024 990EZ
Wildwood Memorial Sculpture Project - Fundraising Project Going on Now!
Support the Inaugural Sculpture for Wildwood Cemetery’s Public Art Program
Artist Matt Mitchell is currently working on the inaugural public sculpture for Wildwood Cemetery! Thanks to a great outpouring of generosity in our initial fundraising we were able to start this amazing project. But we still need your help to raise enough funds for the installation of this sculpture in our new entrance garden at Wildwood.
We are very excited to welcome this commission as the first public art work in our cemetery. If we can raise the funds for installation, we could bring this sculpture to Wildwood this fall. This will be an important symbol welcoming the public to our grounds for years to come.
When the sculpture is installed, we will hold a public reception at which all the donors will be recognized.
GoFundMe site is here - https://gofund.me/0d801fb3
About the Public Art Program at Wildwood
Only a few cemeteries in the US have public art programs. And it makes sense that Wildwood would be a leader in public programming. More than a century ago the founders of our cemetery discussed the importance of public space. In 1887 Fredrick Law Olmsted advised the founders that the cemetery should be a robust public space with native plantings, forested conservation land, and collective monuments. Wildwood has lived up to this commitment to the public in many ways. Now, as we start our public art program, we aim to enhance the cemetery’s role as an innovative and welcoming part of the American commemorative landscape.
Wildwood has always encouraged the public to enjoy walking through our grounds. We have also sought to engage the community in many ways: through regularly holding public events, providing resources for school tours and self-guided tours, collaborating with biologists and landscape architects at UMASS, and working with historians to discover more of the history of Amherst.
Through our public art program, we can provide new amenities for the public and expand our understanding of the diverse contributions of those who came before us.
Artist Matt Mitchell is currently working on the inaugural public sculpture for Wildwood Cemetery! Thanks to a great outpouring of generosity in our initial fundraising we were able to start this amazing project. But we still need your help to raise enough funds for the installation of this sculpture in our new entrance garden at Wildwood.
We are very excited to welcome this commission as the first public art work in our cemetery. If we can raise the funds for installation, we could bring this sculpture to Wildwood this fall. This will be an important symbol welcoming the public to our grounds for years to come.
When the sculpture is installed, we will hold a public reception at which all the donors will be recognized.
GoFundMe site is here - https://gofund.me/0d801fb3
About the Public Art Program at Wildwood
Only a few cemeteries in the US have public art programs. And it makes sense that Wildwood would be a leader in public programming. More than a century ago the founders of our cemetery discussed the importance of public space. In 1887 Fredrick Law Olmsted advised the founders that the cemetery should be a robust public space with native plantings, forested conservation land, and collective monuments. Wildwood has lived up to this commitment to the public in many ways. Now, as we start our public art program, we aim to enhance the cemetery’s role as an innovative and welcoming part of the American commemorative landscape.
Wildwood has always encouraged the public to enjoy walking through our grounds. We have also sought to engage the community in many ways: through regularly holding public events, providing resources for school tours and self-guided tours, collaborating with biologists and landscape architects at UMASS, and working with historians to discover more of the history of Amherst.
Through our public art program, we can provide new amenities for the public and expand our understanding of the diverse contributions of those who came before us.
Wildwood Annual Report for February 1, 2023 - January 31, 2024
Download report by clicking below.
Download report by clicking below.
| 2023-24_wildwood_annual_report.pdf |
Wildwood Arboretum - Work in Progress
Julian Hynes, first year student at UMass in the Stockbridge School of Agriculture, is currently working on mapping 60 individual species of trees at Wildwood Cemetery. He's developing signage, a map for the public, and filling out the application for Wildwood to become a Level 1 Arboretum. The 60 trees are mostly located throughout the developed areas of the cemetery, with a few located on the work road near the pond on Strong Street.
