A still-to-be-released location within the Town of North Kingstown recently improved Ryan Park, will become home to the newest Thomas Dambo Troll next month. Each troll is a unique larger-than-life wooden/recycled materials art installation designed by Dutch recycle artist Thomas DamboThomas.

The Trolls have proven to be a wildly popular tourist attraction in cities across the world. Locally, two trolls were installed in 2024 along the Ninigret Bike Path in Charlestown, RI. Dambo’s collections and works include exhibitions and public commissions across North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. From the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, Dambo’s recycled art installations draw large crowds. Year-one attendance records topped 1.24 million visitors to the six large-scale sculptures hidden in the landscape within Morton Arboretum in Illinois in 2018. It is exactly this excitement and incredible public following that Chelsey Dumas-Gibbs, Recreation Director for the Town of North Kingstown, aims to capitalize on locally.

The Dambo Troll to be installed in North Kingstown is a result of the Recreation Department’s successful grant application to Rhode Island Commerce to support a collaboration with South County Tourism for a significant placemaking and improvement project. The grant enables two additional 2025 trolls, one each in North Kingstown and Richmond. 

Read the Press Release.