Prince Edward County is beginning consultations on a proposal to relocate the Sir John A. Macdonald “Holding Court” sculpture to Macaulay Church in Picton.
The search for an appropriate public location for the sculpture has been ongoing after it was removed from Picton Main Street in June 2021.
County staff have proposed the work become part of a permanent exhibit exploring the local community’s reckoning with the national tragedy of the Indian Residential School system.
The first stage of consultation will involve staff speaking with key stakeholders including members of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, members of the Macdonald Project, and members of the “Holding Court” Working Group that examined the future of the sculpture in 2020, as well as the sculpture’s artist Ruth Abernathy.
The County will then seek public feedback and finalize a plan that will go before council for final approval at the end of March with a goal of launching the exhibit this summer.
