Kermit, Henson: pals in bronze

If Kermit the Frog thinks “It’s Not Easy Being Green,” how will he like being bronze?

The beloved Muppet sits beside his creator, Jim Henson, in a larger-than-life bronze statue that will be dedicated Wednesday at Henson’s alma mater, the University of Maryland, College Park.

The design, by sculptor Jay Hall Carpenter of Gaithersburg, Md., depicts Henson and Kermit in conversation, Kermit’s left hand resting thoughtfully on Henson’s wrist.

The statue, which weighs about 450 pounds, will be placed in the new Jim Henson Memorial Garden outside the university’s student union. The statue and garden will be dedicated on what would have been Henson’s 67th birthday. He died in 1990.

Baltimore Sun