Record #:

44521

Author(s):

Grady, Kelly

Abstract:

This festival was launched in Wilson in November 2004. Having an intense mechanical curiosity since youth, Vollis Simpson was also fascinated with movement and enjoyed a keen ability for making spectacular moving objects from simple and many times discarded materials. His whirligigs attracted the attention of Wilson city leaders in 2017, who obtained and restored with the aid of a grant many of his fine artworks housed on his farm. the result of this endeavor became the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park in Wilson.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 17 Issue 3, May 2025, p48-50, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Simpson, Vollis, 1919-; Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park and Museum; Whirligig Festival (Wilson); Festivals--Wilson