1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Healing Christ – Intersection of Izar – Intersection of Jefferson Avenue Time – Median at entrance to Peninsula Spring Breeze – Intersection of Natural – Intersection of Philip Roth Street Melpomene – Intersection of Nat Turner Il Segreto – Intersection of Walt Lenape Gate – Intersection of Walt Handshake –Traffic circle at entrance to Reinvented –Intersection of Thimble McManus Boulevard and Bernardine Drive and Bland Boulevard Memorial Park, 12750 Warwick Boulevard Jefferson Avenue and Loftis Boulevard and Thomas Wolfe Street Boulevard and Walt Whitman Avenue Whitman Avenue and Mark Twain North Whitman Avenue and Emily Dickinson North City Center, Thimble Shoals Boulevard Shoals Boulevard and Canon Boulevard N37 °08.577; W076 °30.765 N37 °07.677; W076 °30.660 N37 °09.197; W076 °50.361 N37 °05.159; W076 °28.965 N37 °05.112; W076 °29.305 N37 °04.956; W076 °29.205 N37 °04.715; W076 °29.065 N37 °04.576; W076 °28.994 N37 °08.520; W076 °47.595 N37 °05.083; W76 °28.175
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the James River and Potomac River residence halls. Park across from the Trible Library. Trible the from across Park halls. residence River Potomac and River James the and industry. The artist is recognized as one of America’s America’s of one as recognized is artist The industry. and
arms” — of warmth and generosity and mercy. mercy. and generosity and warmth of — arms”
figures at the corners represent science, art, learning, learning, art, science, represent corners the at figures by David H. Turner are located in the Academic Quadrangle at Christopher Newport University, outside outside University, Newport Christopher at Quadrangle Academic the in located are Turner H. David by
“a strong, secure feeling of being harbored by strong strong by harbored being of feeling secure strong, “a
struggle to subdue a rearing horse; the four life-sized life-sized four the horse; rearing a subdue to struggle : : Wildlife Sculptures Wildlife
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of springtime’s green after a long, cold winter gave him him gave winter cold long, a after green springtime’s of
This sculpture depicts a man engaged in a titanic titanic a in engaged man a depicts sculpture This
The sculptor says that when he was a child, the arrival arrival the child, a was he when that says sculptor The
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Anna Hyatt Huntington Hyatt Anna
Memory of Green of Memory Masaru Bando Masaru
reflecting human internal and external relationships.“ relationships.“ external and internal human reflecting
Conquering the Wild the Conquering
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essence of humanity that reaches out, touches us and and us touches out, reaches that humanity of essence space. There are also bending parallel planes passing passing planes parallel bending also are There space.
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bronze figures were created by American sculptor Neil Neil sculptor American by created were figures bronze
can’t face the truth and some can’t be trusted with it. with trusted be can’t some and truth the face can’t expressions and texture. Her work captures an an captures work Her texture. and expressions
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Huntington’s son, Archer Huntington, who founded The The founded who Huntington, Archer son, Huntington’s
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of officers who have given their lives in service. The The service. in lives their given have who officers of
arms is by an artist known for her sculptures’ lively lively sculptures’ her for known artist an by is arms is shielding it behind his back, because some people people some because back, his behind it shielding is work draws on a number of muses: “flight, dance, music music dance, “flight, muses: of number a on draws work
map, is by Anna Hyatt Huntington. She was married to to married was She Huntington. Hyatt Anna by is map,
dedicated on Memorial Day 1997 in remembrance remembrance in 1997 Day Memorial on dedicated
Museum, this exuberant boy with outstretched outstretched with boy exuberant this Museum, secret is the truth, represented by the fish. The figure figure The fish. the by represented truth, the is secret abstract sculpture by Carroll, who explains that his his that explains who Carroll, by sculpture abstract
creation of a shipyard helped put Newport News on the the on News Newport put helped shipyard a of creation
Located in front of City Hall, this memorial was was memorial this Hall, City of front in Located
Located at the entrance to the Virginia Living Living Virginia the to entrance the at Located “Il Segreto” means “the secret.” In this case, the the case, this In secret.” “the means Segreto” “Il Beckoning visitors to Port Warwick is this dramatic dramatic this is Warwick Port to visitors Beckoning
extension of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad and and Railroad Ohio & Chesapeake the of extension
Neil Brodin and Forrest Coile Associates Coile Forrest and Brodin Neil
This sculpture of industrialist Huntington, whose whose Huntington, industrialist of sculpture This
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Glenna Goodacre Glenna
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Reggi De Emanuele Spring Breeze Spring Rodney Carroll Rodney
& Firefighters &
Collis P. Huntington Huntington P. Collis Anna Hyatt Huntington Hyatt Anna
Officers Police Fallen to Memorial
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invites people to join together to share a tribute to to tribute a share to together join to people invites
power of beauty, of hope and of creation and, above all, all, above and, creation of and hope of beauty, of power
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recognizes that this sculpture is about the healing healing the about is sculpture this that recognizes
mythology in this piece refers to Melpomene, the muse muse the Melpomene, to refers piece this in mythology and therefore this moment of balance is in the end the the end the in is balance of moment this therefore and
of the Holocaust and a tribute to the courage of Holocaust Holocaust of courage the to tribute a and Holocaust the of
flame symbolizes hope for the return of the missing missing the of return the for hope symbolizes flame
view it as hands reaching out in hope. But everyone everyone But hope. in out reaching hands as it view
6 of this American sculptor with Italian roots. The The roots. Italian with sculptor American this of 23 – being ready for the fall, fall, the for ready being – Carambola of aspect an also
This work is a memorial to the six million Jewish victims victims Jewish million six the to memorial a is work This
wounds from this war, honors those who served. The The served. who those honors war, this from wounds
wings spread open, others as a tree of life, while some some while life, of tree a as others open, spread wings
ideal” : This is how an art expert described the work work the described expert art an how is This : ideal” of constant change in life. The fact of being ready is is ready being of fact The life. in change constant of
This monument, intended to help heal America’s America’s heal help to intended monument, This
Sarah Aldouby Sarah the artist explains: “Some see it as an angel with its its with angel an as it see “Some explains: artist the Del Deo are rooted in classical mythology and romantic romantic and mythology classical in rooted are Deo Del sphere can move 360° and can represent the experience experience the represent can and 360° move can sphere
People can find many levels of meaning in this work, work, this in meaning of levels many find can People Holocaust Memorial – “The Hope” Hope” “The – Memorial Holocaust
beautiful despite their travail, the figures of Romolo Romolo of figures the travail, their despite beautiful (Grounds designed by Carlton Abbott) Carlton by designed (Grounds creator. “The sphere represents an object in motion. A A motion. in object an represents sphere “The creator.
“Fragmented, twisted, broken, yet always heroic and and heroic always yet broken, twisted, “Fragmented, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Veterans Vietnam Bob Holland Holland Bob
Spirit of Life of Spirit Helaine Blumenfeld Helaine “Balance is really what the sculpture is about,” says its its says about,” is sculpture the what really is “Balance
Melpomene
Romolo Del Deo Del Romolo
Carambola Carambola Emanuele De Reggi De Emanuele
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Memorial Day 1969, an eternal flame was added, added, was flame eternal an 1969, Day Memorial Anna Hyatt Huntington, sculptor and wife of Museum Museum of wife and sculptor Huntington, Hyatt Anna
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served in the American armed forces during war. On On war. during forces armed American the in served The Mariners’ Museum’s Park. They were designed by by designed were They Park. Museum’s Mariners’ The
Mary Immaculate Hospital in the early 1990s and serves as as serves and 1990s early the in Hospital Immaculate Mary Virginia Colony in 1607. The city of Newport News and and News Newport of city The 1607. in Colony Virginia (#22) at the edge of of edge the at (#22) Bridge Lion’s the near perch her
by this permanent arch. It is a memorial to all who who all to memorial a is It arch. permanent this by in the 1930s to create Lake Maury, the centerpiece of of centerpiece the Maury, Lake create to 1930s the in
“Healing Christ” was placed on the property of Bon Secours Secours Bon of property the on placed was Christ” “Healing three ships that carried settlers to Jamestown and the the and Jamestown to settlers carried that ships three gazes out over the James River from from River James the over out gazes Selene Dreamy
the Great War via this port city was replaced, in 1962, 1962, in replaced, was city port this via War Great the Four stone lions are mounted on the ends of a dam built built dam a of ends the on mounted are lions stone Four
Captain Newport was the English commander of the the of commander English the was Newport Captain
Selene Healing Christ Christ Healing Maria Gamundi Maria Timothy Duffield Timothy
hundreds of thousands of troops who returned from from returned who troops of thousands of hundreds
Lion’s Bridge Lion’s Anna Hyatt Huntington Hyatt Anna
Captain Christopher Newport Newport Christopher Captain Jon Hair Jon A “temporary” arch erected in 1919 to welcome the the welcome to 1919 in erected arch “temporary” A
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as though it was itself an industrial product, like the the like product, industrial an itself was it though as
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which to express myself. I try not to manipulate my my manipulate to not try I myself. express to which
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artist strives to create art that ”looks manufactured, manufactured, ”looks that art create to strives artist
district is a fitting icon: two hands coming together in in together coming hands two icon: fitting a is district of — I have chosen traditional ancient mediums with with mediums ancient traditional chosen have I — of
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busy corner in an industrial and commercial park. The The park. commercial and industrial an in corner busy
Marking an entrance to the Peninsula’s central business business central Peninsula’s the to entrance an Marking are tied very closely with the material it is constructed constructed is it material the with closely very tied are
stunning symbol of the aspirations behind the community community the behind aspirations the of symbol stunning still, today, the unfinished march toward justice and and justice toward march unfinished the today, still,
Precise and polished, Reinvented is well suited to a a to suited well is Reinvented polished, and Precise
The artist explains: “My work and the ideas behind it it behind ideas the and work “My explains: artist The
Handshake Handshake Stilling Gunther
is a fitting name for this work, for it is a a is it for work, this for name fitting a is representing all those who joined with him in what is is what in him with joined who those all representing Build a Dream a Build
Reinvented Rob Lorenson Rob
Lenape Gate Lenape Harry Gordon Harry
Alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are figures figures are Jr. King Luther Martin Dr. Alongside
Build a Dream Dream a Build Richard Hunt Richard
The Unfinished March March Unfinished The
Ed Hamilton Ed
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of the centaur is strong and powerful, while the human human the while powerful, and strong is centaur the of
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1000th anniversary of the Icelandic parliament. The The parliament. Icelandic the of anniversary 1000th
American sculptor Herbert C. Adams specifically for the the for specifically Adams C. Herbert sculptor American
was filled with a sense of gratitude at being alive and and alive being at gratitude of sense a with filled was
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part human and part animal, horse. The horse aspect aspect horse The horse. animal, part and human part
wonder while stimulating the viewer to feel both the the both feel to viewer the stimulating while wonder
a gift from the United States in 1930 in honor of the the of honor in 1930 in States United the from gift a
Huntington, and created in the early 1930s by renowned renowned by 1930s early the in created and Huntington,
artist says, “a moment of grace.” While making it, he he it, making While grace.” of moment “a says, artist
What interested me about the centaur was that it is is it that was centaur the about me interested What
shapes. Putnam’s main goal is to elicit humor, joy and and joy humor, elicit to is goal main Putnam’s shapes.
The original of this work is in Eiriksson’s native Iceland, Iceland, native Eiriksson’s in is work this of original The
missioned by The Mariners’ Museum founder, Archer M. M. Archer founder, Museum Mariners’ The by missioned
This depiction of a young Francis of Assisi captures, the the captures, Assisi of Francis young a of depiction This
nature intertwines with the essence of humanity… of essence the with intertwines nature
encompasses both anthropomorphic and natural tree tree natural and anthropomorphic both encompasses
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Alexander Stirling Calder Stirling Alexander
Francesco Francesco Reggi De Emanuele monument, I was thinking about how the power of of power the how about thinking was I monument,
printmaker, and then a sculptor. The design of this piece piece this of design The sculptor. a then and printmaker,
Leifr Eiriksson, Son of Iceland of Son Eiriksson, Leifr
Bronze Doors Doors Bronze Herbert Adams Herbert
The sculptor explains: “When I was creating this this creating was I “When explains: sculptor The Toni Putnam began her artistic career as a painter, then a a then painter, a as career artistic her began Putnam Toni
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and vehicle headlights, on the angles, spaces and and spaces angles, the on headlights, vehicle and range of emotions in general; the child in all of us that we we that us of all in child the general; in emotions of range
located on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, using the lost wax wax lost the using Shore, Eastern Virginia’s on located
and watch the play of light, from the sun, spotlights spotlights sun, the from light, of play the watch and roots of my core self. But I think it also relates to a wider wider a to relates also it think I But self. core my of roots
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2 15 27 3 different lights – visit at various times of day and night night and day of times various at visit – lights different away in a new direction while still anchored to the strong strong the to anchored still while direction new a in away approaching on foot, in order to read the inscription inscription the read to order in foot, on approaching 24 most technologically advanced naval vessels in the world. world. the in vessels naval advanced technologically most
is a different work in in work different a is Izar and contemporary science.” contemporary and
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dynamics of the relationship between the two forms you you forms two the between relationship the of dynamics described as “an elegant union of ancient symbolism symbolism ancient of union elegant “an as described work is oriented to the Police Headquarters, it is is it Headquarters, Police the to oriented is work sculpture welcomes visitors and celebrates the school’s school’s the celebrates and visitors welcomes sculpture British sculptor Lee Tribe gives a tangible shape to the the to shape tangible a gives Tribe Lee sculptor British
theme in Inger Sannes’ work. She explains why: “The “The why: explains She work. Sannes’ Inger in theme for a sculpture by an artist whose work has been been has work whose artist an by sculpture a for who serve, “past, present and future.” Because this this Because future.” and present “past, serve, who Newport News Shipbuilding, the 13-foot-tall bronze bronze 13-foot-tall the Shipbuilding, News Newport a shape with no beginning and no end, this is how how is this end, no and beginning no with shape a
The two elements that make up this piece are a common common a are piece this up make that elements two The The entrance to a modern airport is a fitting place place fitting a is airport modern a to entrance The This work by local sculptor Greg Henry honors all all honors Henry Greg sculptor local by work This Located at the entrance to The Apprentice School at School Apprentice The to entrance the at Located With sweeping arcs interrupted by busy intervals and and intervals busy by interrupted arcs sweeping With
Izar Izar Monument to Service Service to Monument Bruce White Bruce Gregory Henry Gregory Elements Elements Sannes Inger
Time Lee Tribe Lee Apprentice School School Apprentice David H. Turner H. David
Public Art does Background many things... Since 1919, when the original Victory Arch was dedicated, Newport News has had a proud Virginia heritage of outdoor art for the public to enjoy.
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