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Public Art Around the World Roswell Arts Commission Public Art Around the World Roswell Arts Commission Rochelle Mucha, Chair Aaron Gravett Adam Braund Beckie Hawkins Cara Darling Lawrence Catchpole Mike Harris Digital Orca, 2009 Artist: Douglas Coupland Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Girl in a Wetsuit, 1972 Artist: Elek Imredy Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada The Drop, 2009 Artist: Inges Idee Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada A‐maze‐ing Laughter, 2009 Artist: Yue Minjun Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Make Way for Ducklings, 1987 Artist: Nancy Schön Location: Boston, Massachusetts Verdant Meadows, 2008 Artists: Lawrence Argent and Scott Rella Location: Vail, Colorado Roosevennavelt: Columnseum, 2008 Artist: Sheila Klein Location: Seattle, Washington The Birds, 2010 Artist: Myfanwy MacLeod Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada The Four Elements, 2010 Artist: Owen Smith Location: Laguna Honda Hospital, San Francisco, California Emerge Art Bike Rack, 2010 Artist: Matt Young Location: Nashville, Tennessee From Here to There: High Trestle Trail Bridge, 2011 Artist: David Dahlquist Location: Madrid, Iowa Skies Painted with Unnumbered Sparks, 2014 Artist: Janet Echelman Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada As If It Were Already Here, 2015 Artist: Janet Echelman Location: Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston, Massachusetts Her Secret is Patience, 2009 Artist: Janet Echelman Location: Civic Space Park, Phoenix, Arizona The Space Between Us, 2013 Artist: Janet Echelman Location: Santa Monica Beach, California 1.26, 2012‐2013 Artist: Janet Echelman Location: Amsterdam Stopera (the City Hall and Opera House) Amsterdam, Netherlands Spider, 1996 Artist: Louise Bourgeois Location: John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park, Des Moines, Iowa Peace Wall, 1997 Artist: Peter Pagast & Jane Golden Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Journeys South, 2011 Artists: RA Friedman, Amanda Miller & Tobin Rothlein, Michelle Angela Ortiz & Tony Rocco, Frank Sherlock & Erik Ruin Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Anthropologist, 2012 Artist: Tim Simmons Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania We Rise! Children, Trauma, and Resilience, 2013 Artist: Josh Sarantitis Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Springside Rain Wall and Garden, 2008 Artist: Stacy Levy Location: Springside School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Enteractive at 11th and Flower, 2006 Design Firm: Electroland Location: Los Angeles, California Ravens’ Bill Downspouts, 2005 Artist: Miles Pepper Location: Seattle Public Library, Seattle, Washington City Light, City Bright, 2001 Artist: Nancy Blum Location: Seattle, Washington Tunnelvision, 1975 Artist: Blue Sky Location: Columbia, South Carolina Games People Play Artist: Marianne Weinberg‐Benson Location: Nations Bank, Atlanta, Georgia The Healing Line of Light Artist: Marianne Weinberg‐Benson Location: The Medical Center MARTA Station, Atlanta, Georgia Aurora Court Panels, 2010 Artist: Ayokunle Odeleye Location: Aurora Muncipal Court Facility, Aurora, Colorado The Guide, 1996 Artist: Ayokunle Odeleye Location: Baltimore, Maryland The Three Guardians, 2004 Artist: Ayokunle Odeleye Location: Bunker Hill Fire Station Brentwood, Maryland History & Tradition, 2014 Artist: Barry Rose Location: Denver Fire Station #18, Denver, Colorado United We Stand, 2007 Artist: Eric McGehearty Location: Fire Station 8, Forth Worth, Texas Windwheel #9 Artist: Darl Thomas Location: Fire Station #9, Salt Lake City, Utah Battery Park City Streetscapes Artist: James Carpenter Location: New York, New York Faces of War Memorial , 1995 Artists: Don Haugen and Teena Stern Location: City Hall, Roswell, Georgia Arbors and Ghost Trees, 2004 Artists: Mags Harries & Lajos Heder Location: Phoenix, Arizona Blossoms of Hope Bus Shelter Artist: Marjorie Pitz Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Pedestrian Drama, 2011 Artist: Janet Zweig Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Houston Waters I Artist: Brad Goldberg Location: Houston, TX Star Fountain Artist: Athena Tacha Location: Louisville, KY Tree Gates Artist: Lisa Elias Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota York Bridge, 2007 Artist: Cliff Garten Location: Redmond, Washington Piestewa Parkway Underpass Mural, 1988 Artist: Roberto Delgado Location: Phoenix, Arizona Desert Passage, Canopy Dreams Artist: Barbara Grygutis Location: Chandler, Arizona Papago Arroyo Wildlife Corridor, 1989‐1999 Artist: Laurie Lundquist Location: Tempe Arizona Waterworks Gardens, 1997 Artist: Lorna Jordan Location: Kent, Washington Sheltering Aspen Artist: Koryn Rolstad Location: Park City, Utah Gay Liberation Monument Artist: George Segal Location: New York, New York Scattered Light, 2011 Artist: Jim Campbell Location: St. Paul, Minnesota LeitaThompson Memorial Garden Bronzes, 2006 & 2007 Location: Leita Thompson Memorial Garden , Roswell, Georgia Sculpture Garden, 2009 Artists: George Long, Mario Schambonc and Aprille Glover Location: Visual Arts Center Roswell Area Park, Roswell, Georgia.
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