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Friday, May 8, 2026

Talking with Amy Adams about the Wind Phone coming soon to Franklin (Audio)

FM #1743 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1743 in the series.

The wind phone as installed in Natick

This session shares my conversation with Franklin artist extraordinaire Amy Adams. She is a member of the Franklin Art Association. We had our discussion in the Franklin TV & Radio Studio on Wednesday, April 29, 2026.

Our conversation covers Amy’s work and approach

The Wind Phone comes to Franklin’s Sculpture Park
Dealing with grief, healing with HeART
Readiness to deal with grief

The recording runs about 41 minutes, so let’s listen in.

Audio link - https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1743-talking-with-amy-adams-about-wind-phones-04-29-26/

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Painting Venus - Amy’s art portfolio page -> https://www.paintingvenus.art/

US Wind phone website (as mentioned) -> https://www.mywindphone.com/united-states-windphones

First recording on the wind phone (and art overall) (Nov 2024)

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2024/11/talking-art-with-amy-adams-audio.html

Prior recording about the Natick phone installation (July 2025)

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/07/amy-adams-talks-about-wind-phone.html

Video of the welcoming remarks when the wind phone opened in Natick (July 2025)

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/07/wind-phone-natick-welcoming-remarks-by.html

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Sunday, April 26, 2026

What's happening at the Franklin Public Library during the week of April 27 ???

"This week at the Library... 
Miss. Lily invites Kiddos 6-12  to make a Mini Masterpiece! 

The First of a NEW monthly open play group for Mahjong this week! 

Learn how to report weather to NOAA and help plan for prevention! 

Paint some pebbles for the Cultural District Wind phone sculpture. 

Don't forget to adopt a fuzzy reading buddy!

Of course there is more to explore! Check out the Library Calendar!
https://www.franklinma.gov/942/Calendar-of-Events"

#franklinma #libraryprograms Town of Franklin

Shared from - https://www.facebook.com/share/1THNMTje73/

Monday, July 28, 2025

Wind Phone Natick: welcoming remarks by Amy Adams, July 27, 2025 (video)

Amy Adams and a small group officially welcomed the new "wind phone" to Natick on Sunday. The video of her remarks is here. She sent an email after the event to add a few items she forget to mention:

"Of course with all of the nerves about today and me hoping I didn’t forget anything- I likely talked too much…. and yet still forgot to mention to you (my home team), that there was more.

So if you make it back over- and it’s daytime, you might see the string art installation, murals and string art piece hanging in the foyer just behind the entry.

The string art works were part of their common threads initiative. They needed a way to connect the community space, so I created a workshop around “thread”, leading them to weave a macrame quilt together. It was meant to hang so people could add to it freely.

Also a couple of murals I collaborated with another artist onto reflect the diversity and culture in that space."

Video link -> https://youtu.be/SXkf_qo7Tiw

Additional photos of the wind phone -> https://photos.app.goo.gl/uAtNTP1YWMJ1kt6H7

Her conversation on the development of the wind phone -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/07/amy-adams-talks-about-wind-phone.html

Sunday, July 27, 2025

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Sunday, July 27, 2025 ???

Sunday, July 27

10:00am A Conversation on Healing (First Universalist Society Franklin)

11:00am Sunday Brunch (Teddy Gallagher's Irish Pub)

12:00pm Wind Phone Welcome (13 Common St, Natick)

1:00pm Franklin Historical Museum (always free)

1:00pm Sunday Funday (live music) (Fairmount Fruit Farm)

7:00pm Sunday at Sunset (St John's Episcopal Church)

** NO Town Meetings today **

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What's happening today in Franklin?

Find the full Community event calendar https://bit.ly/FranklinCommunityCalendar

If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication: https://bit.ly/Submit2Calendar

The Town meeting calendar is found https://www.franklinma.gov/Calendar.aspx
The School district calendar is found https://franklinpublicschooldistrictma.sites.thrillshare.com/o/fpsd/page/school-calendar

Sunday, July 13, 2025

Wind Phone Installation being welcomed on Sunday, July 27 at noon

Almost a year after Amy Adams and I talked about her possible "wind phone" installations, one is happening next Sunday in Natick.

"my art has always been about raising awareness and promoting healing so the proposal "Project Healing with HeART", was significant to help me continue to bring that forward."