What’s that sculpture at Draper Park?

Hastings has a few public sculptures, including the bronze squirrel at the entrance of the path to Riverview Place (aka “Squirrel Alley”) by Raffaele Menconi (1877–1942), as well as the 11-foot “Between Heaven and Earth” outside the library by Jacques Lipchitz, who lived in Hastings for 26 years, until his death in 1973.

Now, there’s a nine-piece steel sculpture in the southwest corner of Draper called “Stromatolites,” the work of Malcolm D. MacDougall III, that is on loan to the Village of Hastings. MacDougall grew up in Ardsley and now resides in Hastings with his wife, son, and daughter. 

For 15 years, MacDougall’s studio was in a hangar on the Hudson River in Dobbs Ferry (he’s since moved his studio to Ossining). MacDougall has worked as a sculptor since 2011, and has taught sculpture since 2013. He currently teaches bronze casting and sculpture classes at Queens College. Many of MacDougall’s sculptures are installed outdoors in New York City and the lower Hudson Valley.