The last of five Raw Aspiration sculptures is now on display in Tamaqua as a part of a community art initiative.

The Tamaqua Community Art Center launched its latest art initiative called “Raw Aspirations.” The aim of the initiative is “to help the Tamaqua community visualize and verbalize the hopes for its future,” said Leona Rega, Tamaqua Community Arts Center coordinator.

The center worked in conjunction with the Arts Barn in Schuylkill Haven to find artists to construct five sculptures all made of raw materials. The installations feature five local artists — Barry Middleton, Joanne Minnick, Deborah Powell Kramer, Todd Gladdfelter and Mark Golomb.

“Everything from glass that was recycled and re-purposed to wooden benches carved from trees,” Rega said.

Work began back in January this year, with the last sculpture being erected this Sunday. The exhibits include a bench right outside the arts center, glass totems by the American Hose Fire Company’s station, dancing metal girls in Depot Square Park by the Five Points, a “beaver felled” bench adjacent to the Tamaqua Ambulance building and a wire tree across the street from the arts center.

The arts center is hosting a public meet and greet with the sculptures’ various artists on June 7. The evening will include a walking tour of the exhibits, which are clustered within a 1-mile walk, all on level ground.

Along the walking tour, there will be interactive art displays, food, music and reminders of the last two art center projects, “Dear Tamaqua” and “Tamaqua Has Heart.”

“I think people are just excited that you do something positive in your community and that there’s something there for them that’s tangible,” Rega said.

All but one of the works of the works will be taken down in August. The remaining piece will be selected by a committee to stay in Tamaqua.

For more information about the “Raw Aspirations,” visit facebook.com/TamaquaRawAspirations or call 570-668-1192.