Over the next two and a half years it is expected that The American Tree will visit over 5 million people. Each person will be able to reach out and touch the tree, and experience an American phenomenon. “It is a natural reaction to want to reach out and touch the body of this sculpture. And for some, it even brings tears. I can’t explain it, but this inanimate object made up of once living material, seems to draw you into it’s warmth.” Says Janet MacArthur project coordinator for The American Tree.

For Janet, seeing that everything goes according to plan as the project ramps up, is a lot easier said then done. Even with the help of several of The American Tree's sponsors whose in-kind support provides valuable resources, Janet is being kept on her toes. Everything from administration to logistics, to media events and interviews, its all in a days work for this Berkley MBA graduate. “When I was recruited by Hal, I felt shivers run up and down my back as he told me more about the project. I thought that this was the opportunity of a lifetime!”

 

"The American Tree has reached out to every state capital and been welcomed!" Eric Wilder As well as a co-founder, Eric Wilder is the one responsible for contacting the various organizations and government agencies. Eric explains, “Each states capital through its city hall, chamber of commerce or other amenity or endowment will roster a years worth of public exhibitions and media events. This is done for the benefit and enrichment of the city and its people. The American Tree is in a unique situation where when it tours each state capital it will be enriched by the city and the people who it visits.” He continues, “Even though the bill for the tour is footed by a local organization or the city itself, The American Tree as a Foundation leaves with a newly contributed branch representing that state and many more contributed wooden artifacts and stories.”

Even though the project is just ramping up, The American Tree appears to be in good hands as the team members begin their work. The touring and events schedule is also shaping up as a work in progress.

 

Date	State	City	City Venue	Duration
07/25/05	California	Sacramento	City Hall	68 days
10/11/05	Washington D.C.	Washington	National Galery of Art	46 days
11/25/05	New York	New York	Museum of Modern Art	46 days
01/20/06	Vermont	Montpelier	James Madison's Center for the Constitution	07 days
02/04/06	New Hampshire	Concord	Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce	07 days
02/18/06	Maine	Augusta	Augusta City Hall	07 days
03/04/06	Massachusetts	Boston	Faneuil Hall	07 days
03/18/06	Rhode Island	Providence	Brown University	07 days
04/01/06	Connecticut	Hartford	One Tower Square	07 days
04/15/06	New Jersey	Trenton	Trenton City Hall	07 days
04/26/06	Delaware	Dover	Dover City Hall	07 days
05/06/06	Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	State Capitol Building	07 days
	Washington D.C.
05/15/06	Maryland	Annapolis	State House	07 days
05/25/06	Virginia	Richmond	Richmond Metropolitan Convention Center	07 days
06/05/06	West Virginia	Charlston	Charlston Civic Center	07 days
06/16/06	Kentucky	Frankfort	Frankfort City Hall	07 days
06/27/06	Tennessee	Nashville	Jubilee Hall	07 days
07/08/06	North Carolina	Raleigh	Raleigh Convention Ctr.	07 days
07/21/06	South Carolina	Columbia	Columbia Metropolitan Airport	07 days
08/04/06	Georgia	Atlanta	CNN's World Head Quarters	07 days
08/15/06	Florida	Tallahassee	Tallahassee Museum of History & Natural Science	07 days
08/26/06	Alabama	Montgomery	Alabama Judicial Building	07 days
09/04/06	Mississippi	Jackson	City Hall	07 days
09/14/06	Louisiana	Baton Rouge	The Capital Building	07 days
09/25/06	Arkansas	Juneau	City Hall	07 days
10/06/06	Missouri	Jefferson City	State Capital Building	07 days
10/17/06	Illinois	Springfield	Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum	07 days
10/27/06	Indiana	Indianapolis	Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial	07 days
11/07/06	Ohio	Columbus	Ohio State University	07 days
11/17/06	Michigan	Lansing	City Hall	07 days
11/28/06	Wisconsin	Madison	Monona Terrace	07 days
12/08/06	Minnesota	St. Paul	Saint Paul City Hall & Ramsey County Courthouse	07 days
01/08/06	Iowa	Des Moines	City Hall	07 days
01/19/06	Nebraska	Lincoln	Governor's Mansion	07 days
01/31/07	Kansas	Topeka	Kansas State Capital	07 days
02/10/07	Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	State Fair Park	07 days
02/23/06	Texas	Austin	Texas State Capitol	07 days
03/06/07	New Mexico	Santa Fe	The Georgia O'keeffe Museum	07 days
03/15/07	Colorado	Denver	Denver City & County Building	07 days
03/26/07	Wyoming	Cheyenne	Cheyenne Depot Plaza	07 days
04/05/07	South Dakota	Pierre	Fort Pierre - Lewis & Clark Signature Event - Bicentennial Commemoration	07 days
04/15/07	North Dakota	Bismark	City Hall	07 days
04/25/07	Montana	Helena	State Capital Building	07 days
05/07/07	Idaho	Boise	City Hall	07 days
05/16/07	Utah	Salt Lake City	The City & County Building	07 days
05/26/07	Arizona	Phoenix	Civic Plaza	07 days
06/05/07	California	Sacramento	City Hall	07 days
06/15/07	Nevada	Carson City	The Capital Building	07 days
06/25/07	Oregon	Salem	Oregon State Capital	07 days
07/04/07	Washington	Olympia	Salem Oregon Visitor Center	07 days
07/20/07	Alaska	Juneau	State Capital Building	07 days
08/20/07	Hawaii	Honolulu	State Capital Building	07 days
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