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Artist: Deborah Mersky
Category:
Facilities
Details: object sculpture, metal, tile
Description:
Reverse Cornucopia is a commentary on the significance of the sanitation and infrastructure work performed at the Southeast Service Center: the harvesting of cleanliness and vitality in San Antonio. The shade structure features mechanical and
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Artist: Twyla Arthur
Category:
Facilities
Details: outdoor sculpture, metal, tile
Description:
Two vintage cars were found on the Northwest Service Center site at the start of construction, which Twyla Arthur featured in the design of ReinCARnation. The lighting vehicle at the front gate (the "Ghost Car') directs Northwest Service Center
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Artist: Cruz Ortiz
Category:
Neighborhood
Details: sculpture in the round, steel
Dimensions: 60 ft. high
Year completed: 2018
Description:
"Dream Song Tower" by San Antonio artist Cruz Ortiz serves as a welcoming gateway to the South San District. Located at the corner of IH 35 South and Zarzamora, the obelisk-shaped, teepee-like structure features the artist's signature typography
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Artist: Suzy González and Michael Menchaca
Category:
Airport
Details: murals (any medium), mixed media, mesh
Dimensions: Approximately 500 linear feet
Year completed: 2018
Description:
"¡Adelante San Antonio!" by the artist team of Suzy González and Michael Menchaca is a celebration of the rich history of San Antonio. Located in the
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Artist: Stuart Allen
Category:
Parks
Details: outdoor sculpture, steel-stainless, steel
Dimensions: 27 ft high x 45 ft wide
Year completed: 2018
Description:
Reflect by San Antonio artist Stuart Allen is a series of stainless steel ribbon forms suspended from a robust arched frame fabricated from bent steel tubing. Its organic shape harmonizes with the adjacent promenade's surrounding
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Artist: Oscar Alvarado and David Blancas
Category:
Infrastructure/Streets
Details: murals (any medium), paint, mixed media
Year completed: 2018
Description:
Work is underway for the public art project for the US90 underpasses at Presa, Roosevelt, Mission, and Steves.
The Project, called Windows to Our Heritage is by two local San Antonio artists, muralist David Blancas and mosaicist. Oscar
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Artist: Legge Lewis Legge
Category:
Parks
Details: installations (visual works), powder coating, steel
Year completed: 2018
Description:
The artwork is inspired by the namesake of the nearby Washington Irving Middle School, Washington Irving, an American short Story Writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat, famous for the phrase "Love is Never Lost". The artwork is
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Category:
Facilities
Year completed: 2018
Description:
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Artist: Joey Fauerso
Category:
Neighborhood
Details: mural paintings (visual works), paint
Year completed: 2018
Description:
The District 1 Neighborhood: Fulton Ave Railroad Underpass public art project is located on Fulton Avenue between Beacon Hill and Alta Vista. “Canopy” transforms the underpass into a cool grove of Cypress trees that can be found lining nearby San
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Artist: Fred Samuelson
Category:
Downtown
Details: murals (any medium), oil on canvas
Year completed: 1968
Description:
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Artist: Juan O'Gorman
Category:
Downtown
Details: murals (any medium), stone (rock)
Year completed: 1968
Description:
The Juan O'Gorman mosaic mural commissioned for the 1968 World's Fair, known as HemisFair, is located on the exterior facade of the Lila Cockrell Theater. The mural is titled "Confluence of Civilizations in the Americas" and it was one of three
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Artist: Cakky Brawley
Category:
Library
Details: installations (visual works), steel, acrylic
Dimensions: 36' wide x 10' high triptych, 10' wide x 8' high map, 10' diameter globe
Year completed: 2017
Description:
San Antonio artist, Cakky Brawley, created Past, Present, and Future for the new District 2 Schaefer Branch Library. The artwork is a triptych that focuses on the past, present, and future of the library's geographic area and the vibrancy
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Artist: Carlos Merida
Category:
Downtown
Details: murals (any medium), tile, glass
Year completed: 1967
Description:
As the Henry B. González Convention Center expands toward the east, the obsolete portion of the west wing will be demolished to make room for a new civic park (corner S. Alamo & Market).
As a part of the expansion, the HemisFair ’68-era glass
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Artist: Buster Simpson
Category:
Parks
Details: outdoor sculpture, steel-structural, mesh
Dimensions: Wikiup Encampment 13' tall and 52' wide, Wickup Overlook 13' tall and 26' wide
Year completed: 2016
Description:
Wickiup refers to a primitive domed structure historically associated with Native Americans of the Southwest - temporary strong domed dwellings made of bent green branches, hides, and thatch. Buster Simpson's modern take on a Wickiup includes two
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Artist: Barbara Grygutis
Category:
Infrastructure/Streets
Details: outdoor sculpture, aluminum (metal), LED lighting
Dimensions: Seven Units, each 14'H x 14'W x 10'D
Year completed: 2016
Description:
"Leon Creek Crossing" is a layered, multi-dimensional work of art designed for the Hausman Road Bridge. The artwork brings images from the natural shapes of the riparian plant community up from below to create an inviting pedestrian walkway along
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Artist: Leticia Huerta
Category:
Parks
Details: environments (sculpture), None, None
Year completed: 2018
Description:
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Artist: Buster Simpson, Artist Larry Clark, Landscape Architect
Category:
Infrastructure/Streets
Details: None, None, None
Description:
The Broadway Cultural Corridor impacts Districts 1, 2 and 10. An artist selection panel was appointed by the San Antonio Arts Commission and has made recommendations based on artists qualifications. The panel has recommended artist, Buster
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Artist: Michael Davis
Details: art objects (object genres), steel-powder, None
Year completed: 1999
Description:
Sculpture featuring colorful papel picado design translated into metal panel
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Artist: David Dahlquist
Category:
Neighborhood
Details: metalwork, steel-stainless, LED lighting
Year completed: 2018
Description:
“Aguas onduladas” (rippling waters) is comprised of three cut stainless steel waves that follow the serpentine sidewalk inside the traffic triangle adjacent to the park. All three waves gently slope from north to south
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Artist: Legge Lewis Legge
Category:
Infrastructure/Streets
Details: installations (visual works), powder coating, steel
Dimensions: 8 feet wide x 230 feet long
Year completed: 2017
Description:
This District 4 Neighborhood public art project is located on the pedestrian bridge at the intersection of Gillette Blvd and Spur 422. "World Walk" transforms the bridge into an immersive atlas. Scaled to the bridge span and starting and ending in
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Artist: George Schroeder
Details: None, None, None
Description:
George Schroedar’s final design has been approved and will be located at the corner of SW Military Drive and US Highway 90. The project is in fabrication.
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Artist: Cathy Cunningham-Little
Category:
Facilities
Details: light art, glass-art, None
Year completed: 2017
Description:
"Spirit of the Phoenix" is a notable project for the Fire Department and Department of Arts & Culture because this is the first fire station public art project and is incorporated into the storefront that will house a historic fire truck.The
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Artist: Jason Bruges
Category:
Downtown
Details: sculpture (visual work), concrete, LED lighting
Dimensions: 36' x 8.5' x 10.5'
Year completed: 2016
Description:
Jason Bruges Studio of London's created "Liquid Crystal," a 36 foot-tall tower-shaped sculpture, the centerpiece for the grand lobby of the newly expanded Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. The sculpture is comprised of 3,510 active digital LCD
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Artist: Christian Moeller
Details: murals (any medium), vinyl, None
Dimensions: 13' x 913'
Year completed: 2016
Description:
"Cactus," is an expansive horizontal mural on the façade of the newly expanded Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. Serving as an "architectural frieze," the mural depicts an endless field of native cacti along the upper section of the building's
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Artist: Stuart Allen
Details: outdoor sculpture, steel, None
Year completed: 2015
Description:
Stuart Allen's Kite Table is a galvanized steet table and bench set that is etched with kite making instructions on the surface. As a part of the public art project, 1,000 kite-making kits will be provided for workshops to be conducted by HPARC
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Artist: Justin Boyd
Details: sound sculpture, sound device components, None
Year completed: 2015
Description:
Justin Boyd's Sound Scout is the first in a series of sound art projects from the park. The artist recorded ambient sounds at Hemisfair and manipulated them to create a contemplative "sound trail" along the walkway by the
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Artist: Joey Fauerso
Category:
Parks
Details: outdoor sculpture, steel, None
Year completed: 2015
Description:
Joey Fauerso's Sky Camp installation is a series of colorful steel 'pup-tent' sculptures arranges in a semi-circle to form an imaginary campsite for storytelling and active play. The pup tents are illuminated from within with LED light
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Artist: Jennifer Khoshbin
Category:
Parks
Details: outdoor sculpture, steel, None
Year completed: 2015
Description:
Jennifer Khoshbin's Sideshow consists of three colorful steel panels in a cut-paper design that layer to form a theater proscenium set in silhouette. The artwork/theatre set is installed adjacent to the Magik Children's Theatre and situated
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Artist: Karen Mahaffy
Category:
Parks
Details: outdoor sculpture, steel, concrete
Year completed: 2015
Description:
Karen Mahaffy's play house is a small-scale house/shade structure modeled after the "saltbox" style of houses in the neighborhoods that existed before HemisFair '68. Laser cut steel panels with period wallpaper patterns, and roof panel cut
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Artist: Alex Rubio
Category:
Parks
Details: mural paintings (visual works), paint, None
Year completed: 2015
Description:
Alex Rubio's Yanaguanamural is a forty food long abstract composition inspired by the history and myth of the San Antonio River, known as "Yanaguana" by the region's indigenous peoples. Painted with assistance from Blue Star Art Museum'
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Artist: Marc Fornes
Category:
River
Details: outdoor sculpture, aluminum (metal), concrete
Dimensions: 20' H x 63' W x 26' D
Year completed: 2015
Description:
Marc Fornes' Spineway was commissioned through the City of San Antonio's 2012 Bond Public Art Plan. The structure is modeled after the architectural bridges that symbolize the connection of Woodlawn Lake Park to the surrounding
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Artist: Dixie Friend-Gay
Category:
Facilities
Details: mosaics (visual works), glass-glazed ceramic, tile
Dimensions: 260 square ft.
Year completed: 2015
Description:
Songbirds of San Antonio is a 260 square foot mosaic tile mural located on the lobby wall of the Northeast Senior Center. The Mural welcomes visitors in the lobby through a mixture of vibrant abstract "quilted" patterns and realistic
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Artist: Douglas Kornfeld
Category:
Parks
Details: outdoor sculpture, steel, None
Year completed: 2015
Description:
Douglas Kornfeld's Open Hand, Open Mind, Open Heart was inspired by the non-violent teachings of Martin Luther King Jr., and the artist's visit to San Antonio's 2014 MLK, Jr. March where the artist immersed himself into the community to
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Artist: Joe O'Connell & Blessing Hancock
Details: outdoor sculpture, aluminum (metal), LED lighting
Year completed: 2015
Description:
Joe O'Connell and Blessing Hancock's El Bosque is a sculptural wall constructed of woven aluminum panels located on the patio of the Encino Branch Library. The cut aluminum panels are woven together from a collection of words and stories
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Artist: Jon Isherwood
Details: outdoor sculpture, granite, None
Dimensions: red granite: 7', grey granite: 4.25'
Year completed: 2015
Description:
Jon Isherwood's Sotol Duet is a pair of carved granite sculptures that have been installed in the roundabout located at the trail-head of Panther Springs Park in District 9. Inspired by the environment within the park and the abundance
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Artist: Bill FitzGibbons
Category:
Parks
Details: sculpture (visual work), steel-powder, LED lighting
Year completed: 2015
Description:
Bill FitzGibbon's Culebra Park Plaza was installed in 2015 at Gilbert Garza Park and Community Center. The artwork features lighted outdoor sculpture and a time capsule to be opening in 2065. Artwork can be viewed during park hours.
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Artist: Angel Rodriguez-Diaz
Category:
Neighborhood
Details: sculpture (visual work), steel, lighting device components
Dimensions: Towers: 30'X10' diameter, 20’ high Bases: 10’ high, 10’ diameter
Year completed: 2014
Description:
Crossroads of Enlightenment is a two-piece sculpture installation located at the intersection of Blanco and Basse Road that serves as a neighborhood Gateway. Local artist, Angel Rodriguez-Diaz created a pair of powder coated red and green
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Artist: Andrea Caillouet
Category:
Neighborhood
Details: sculpture (visual work), steel, concrete
Dimensions: variable
Year completed: 2014
Description:
The Westside Bus Shelter Project began as a design competition for a series of bus shelters to evoke the character and heritage of the San Antonio Westside Neighborhood and create visual markers along its cultural corridors. Urban Porch
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Artist: Henry Stein
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: sculpture (visual work), mixed media, None
Year completed: 1995
Description:
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Artist: Anne Wallace
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: sculpture (visual work), wood and wood products, None
Year completed: 1998
Description:
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Artist: Susan Budge
Category:
Parks
Details: ceramics (objects), ceramic (material), None
Year completed: 2006
Description:
Waterworks: Dark blue and green horizontal form represents a flowing stream of water. Anaqua: Fired clay, burnt orange, vertical bird head, pointing towards the sky, with hollow eye, and small anaqua seed in the its mouth. Quercus: Dark green
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Artist: Anne Wallace
Category:
Infrastructure/Streets
Neighborhood
Details: installations (visual works), concrete, mixed media
Year completed: 2005
Description:
Text and photos embedded into concrete depicting histories collected from area residents.
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Artist: Cakky Brawley
Category:
Downtown
Details: sculpture (visual work), aluminum (metal), None
Dimensions: 15' x 11' x 3'
Year completed: 2005
Description:
Decorative metalwork depicting Saint Anthony installed in art niche at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.
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Artist: Carlos Cortés
Category:
Neighborhood
Details: public sculpture, concrete, None
Year completed: 2005
Description:
Covered bench at a bus stop created from concrete in the faux-bois technique to look like thatched tree forms.
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Artist: Henry Rayburn
Category:
Library
Details: signage, mixed media, None
Year completed: 2005
Description:
The design enhancement builds on and elaborates the architects' early design ideas while bringing his own talents and experience with collages and artistic use of letter forms to the design. Rayburn's design successfully expresses the combination
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Artist: Jack Robbins
Category:
Library
Details: sculpture (visual work), mixed media, None
Year completed: 2005
Description:
Fabricated storybook "pop-up" tree and vines referencing children's concept of "the brook in the hollow."
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Artist: George Schroeder
Category:
Parks
Details: metalwork, aluminum (metal), steel-Corten
Year completed: 2005
Description:
Aluminum and steel trail markers used as wayfinding throughout Park.
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Artist: George Schroeder
Category:
Library
Details: sculpture (visual work), steel-Corten, None
Dimensions: 20’ x 15’
Year completed: 2005
Description:
Placed outside the Library facility, this rustic forged steel sculpture consists of three vertical elements that arc and extend to the sky.
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Artist: Alejandro Diaz
Category:
Airport
Details: sculpture (visual work), mixed media, None
Dimensions: 4' x 3.5' diameter
Year completed: 2005
Description:
This project comprises four mixed-media sculptures used as seasonal planters in the upper level of the airport’s short-term parking garage. They are replicas of Mexican brand-name canned goods. The sculptures were inspired by the rural practice of
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Artist: Anne Wallace
Category:
Parks
Details: installations (visual works), bronze (metal), mixed media
Year completed: 2006
Description:
Cast bronze and natural tree-trunk slices. Located at the intersection of two pedestrian pathways in the Park (glorieta is Spanish for traffic circle). The name also refers to "La Gloria," or "heaven," in Spanish
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Artist: Jesse Trevino
Category:
Facilities
Neighborhood
Details: murals (any medium), ceramic tile, mixed media
Year completed: 2006
Description:
The ceramic mural includes a 3-dimensional votive candle, or veladora, with an eternal flame facing Guadalupe Street. The flame is intended to serve as a neighborhood beacon.
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Artist: George Schroeder
Category:
Parks
Details: metalwork, steel, None
Year completed: 2006
Description:
Ornate metal entryway with embedded organic-themed designs.
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Artist: Margo Sawyer
Category:
Airport
Details: installations (visual works), mixed media, LED lighting
Year completed: 2004
Description:
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Artist: Michael Lance
Category:
River
Details: Kinetic (style), steel, None
Year completed: 1986
Description:
Bright red kinetic sculpture was placed at the park’s summit overlooking the river and resembles an intertwining abstract whirligig atop a pole pedestal.
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Artist: Bill FitzGibbons
Category:
Downtown
Infrastructure/Streets
Details: light art, LED lighting, aluminum (metal)
Year completed: 2006
Description:
The artwork utilizes LED lighting systems to create slowly-changing color patterns onto surrounding columns and sidewalks. In addition to lighting, the project includes nine aluminum-capped sculptural columns at both bridge entrances, creating a
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Artist: Bill FitzGibbons
Category:
Airport
Details: sculpture (visual work), found objects, LED lighting
Dimensions: 40' x 35 'x 6'
Year completed: 1999
Description:
This monumental metal sculpture frames an entrance to a parking garage at the airport. It was created from airplane wings salvaged from a BAC 1-11 and has a computer-controlled LED light system.
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Artist: William Easley
Details: statues, bronze (metal), granite
Dimensions: 7' x 5' x 1'3", base 20" x 51" x 44"
Year completed: 1986
Description:
Life-size figure of Alamo defender Toribio Losoya in a challenging stance, holding out a gun in his right hand.
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Artist: Ann Adams
Details: ceramics (objects), ceramic tile, None
Dimensions: 14" square
Year completed: 2000
Description:
Decorative mosaic tile work incorporated into trolley station columns; a spiral floor design also leads down to River level- 11 columns, 4 tiles per column, 44 total tiles
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Artist: Waldine Tauch
Category:
Downtown
Details: statues, bronze (metal), granite
Dimensions: 8' x 4' x 1'6", base 3' x 3'
Year completed: 1936
Description:
Larger than life-size portrait figure on an octagonal bronze pedestal. Figure is facing to the west holding scroll (a land grant from the Spanish government for an Anglo-American settlement in Texas) in outstretched right hand, hat in left hand.
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Artist: Pompeo Coppini
Category:
Downtown
Details: sculpture in the round, marble-pink, granite
Dimensions: 60' x 58 x 13' base 1'7" x 58' x 13'6"
Year completed: 1939
Description:
Cenotaph memorial to fallen Alamo heroes: a large rectangular shaft with a wedge at lower area. Includes a large figure with two smaller figures huddled below to represent the spirit of the heroes rising from the dead.
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Artist: Mary Aubrey Keating
Category:
Downtown
Details: mural paintings (visual works), oil paint, None
Year completed: 1940
Description:
Four murals depicting different eras of San Antonio's history painted by Mary Aubrey Keating, a native of San Antonio. The murals were originally installed in the Main Library (now the Briscoe Art Museum). In July 2000, restoration of the
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Artist: Louis Rodriguez
Category:
Downtown
Details: statues, marble (rock), granite
Dimensions: 72" x 24" x 19", base 42" x 58" x 44"
Year completed: 1955
Description:
Traditional figure of Saint Anthony holding a spray of lilies and a Bible, designed by the artist, who went to Italy to choose the marble and direct the sculpting of the figure by artisans in the village of Pietrasanta.
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Artist: Armando Dattelli
Category:
Parks
Details: bronzes (sculptures), None, None
Dimensions: 6' x 2'6" x 1'6", base 5' x 3'
Year completed: 1957
Description:
Full length statue of the discoverer standing; dressed in cloak, clutching scroll in right hand, left hand resting on metal globe.
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Artist: Glenna Goodacre
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: statues, bronze (metal), bronze (metal)
Dimensions: 71" x 40"x 32.5", base 6" x 60"
Year completed: 1986
Description:
Figure of the writer walking down two steps, leaning forward with right leg on front step and left leg on upper step, holds book in right hand.
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Artist: Glenna Goodacre
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: statues, bronze (metal), bronze (metal)
Dimensions: 69" x 29" x 41", base 9.5" x 54"
Year completed: 1987
Description:
Life-size figure of Jordan at podium with hand pointing, left hand resting on pedestal w/papers on top. Figure is portrayed giving animated speech. Positioned on circular stone base.
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Artist: Glenna Goodacre
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: statues, bronze (metal), bronze (metal)
Dimensions: 73" x 30" x 34", base 31" x 62" x 62"
Year completed: 1987
Description:
Life-size sculpture of Joplin with right leg on a bronze stool. Left hand holds music sheet with "Maple Leaf Rag" printed on it and half complete score. Poised in the air is his right hand with a pen.
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Artist: Glenna Goodacre
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: statues, bronze (metal), bronze (metal)
Dimensions: 73" x 30" x 12" x 48"
Year completed: 1987
Description:
Portrait figure of a smiling Eisenhower walking; he wears a US Army General's uniform.
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Artist: Glenna Goodacre
Details: statues, bronze (metal), bronze (metal)
Dimensions: 85" x 65" x 60"
Year completed: 1987
Description:
This sculpture comprises two figures: an older and a younger Austin. The young one is seated in buckskins to the back of the older figure in swallowtails. Younger Austin holds a scroll. The piece has no base; it is placed on stone pavement.
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Artist: Anthony Gonzalez
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: paintings (visual works), oil on canvas, oil on canvas
Dimensions: 20"x16"
Year completed: 2001
Description:
Mayoral Portrait
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Artist: Anthony Gonzalez
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: paintings (visual works), oil on canvas, oil on canvas
Dimensions: 30" x 24"
Year completed: 2001
Description:
Mayoral Portrait
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Artist: Juan Dell
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: statues, metal, metal
Dimensions: 32 x 33 x77
Year completed: 1987
Description:
Standing bronze statue of Navarro wearing a period suit: long frock coat and trousers that come over his shoes, a shirt, tie, and vest. Figure holds scroll in right hand at waist level. Left hand holds cane.
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Artist: Mary Vance-Green
Category:
Downtown
Details: ceramics (objects), ceramic tile, ceramic glaze
Year completed: 1941
Description:
The sculptural tiles were designed by artist Mary Vance Green, and carved, glazed and fired by students from the National Youth Administration(NYA) program.
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Artist: Beth Galston
Category:
Facilities
Details: outdoor sculpture, steel-powder, steel-stainless
Dimensions: 18'H x 16'W x 20'L
Year completed: 2014
Description:
Beth Galston and Bartek Konieczny found inspiration for this sculpture is Texas prairie grasses that have slender stems and sway gently in the wind. They have a mystery, evoking energy in motion. The design feels 'natural' , with stalks of varying
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Artist: Anne Wallace
Category:
Parks
Details: sculpture (visual work), wheels, steel
Dimensions: 6 wheels 6 feet diameter each
Year completed: 2013
Description:
Golden Age is inspired by the artists memories of prairie grass fires.The wheels appear to float slightly above the grass and are rimmed in a band of gold “sequins” that sparkle and shimmer in the sun and breeze creating a dynamic effect that evokes
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Artist: Celia Alvarez Muñoz
Category:
Downtown
Details: installations (visual works), stone (rock), metal
Year completed: 2001
Description:
The unique artworks for this area comprise six landings that include wall text, stone work, decorative pavement treatments, and various incorporated waterfalls.
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Artist: Juan Antonio Lugo
Category:
Parks
Details: statues, bronze (metal), None
Year completed: 2001
Description:
Madero was a leader of the Mexican Revolution and served as President if Mexico until 1913
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Artist: Ries Niemi
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: sculpture (visual work), steel-stainless, None
Year completed: 2001
Description:
Ries Niemi’s three stainless steel outdoor works are abstract, but based on local symbols and history. A stylized wing-shape symbolizes aviation’s role in developing San Antonio. A large open bench is styled loosely on the architecture of Municipal
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Artist: Jim Reno
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: statues, bronze (metal), None
Dimensions: 86" x 33" x 35" x 48, base 4" x 48"
Year completed: 1987
Description:
Life-size portrait of Goodnight with a shotgun held across his middle body; dressed in full western wear with chaps and a hat
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Artist: Jim Reno
Details: statues, bronze (metal), None
Dimensions: 81" x 37" x 16", base 6" x 48"
Year completed: 1986
Description:
Standing figure of the Comanche chief holding spear in right hand.
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Artist: Porfirio Salinas
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: paintings (visual works), oil on canvas, None
Dimensions: No Record Found
Year completed: 1957
Description:
Large landscape of the Texas Hill Country in the fall. The artist was proclaimed to be " the best landscape painter in Texas" by President Johnson
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Artist: Dale Jenssen
Category:
Parks
Details: mosaics (visual works), ceramic tile, None
Year completed: 2010
Description:
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Artist: Stephen Knapp
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: murals (any medium), ceramic glaze, ceramic tile
Dimensions: 8'9" x 37'
Year completed: 1985
Description:
The largest glass glaze ceramic murals in the world, these three pieces were produced in Shigaraki, Japan, one of the historic ceramic villages in Japan. Having selected exotic flowers for a large atrium planting, the architect wanted to emphasize
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Artist: Stephen Knapp
Category:
Downtown
Details: murals (any medium), ceramic glaze, ceramic tile
Dimensions: 8'9"x 24' 6"
Year completed: 1985
Description:
The largest glass glaze ceramic murals in the world, these three pieces were produced in Shigaraki, Japan, one of the historic ceramic villages in Japan. Having selected exotic flowers for a large atrium planting, the architect wanted to emphasize
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Artist: Stephen Knapp
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: murals (any medium), ceramic glaze, ceramic tile
Dimensions: 8'9"x 24' 6"
Year completed: 1985
Description:
The largest glass glaze ceramic murals in the world, these three pieces were produced in Shigaraki, Japan, one of the historic ceramic villages in Japan. Having selected exotic flowers for a large atrium planting, the architect wanted to emphasize
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Artist: Mark Schlesinger
Category:
River
Details: paintings (visual works), polymer paint, paint
Dimensions: 100' by 44'
Year completed: 2009
Description:
Bands of polymer stucco and aluminum framed, stainless steel panels with powder-coated paints and color; bolted to ceiling of underpass and lit by flood lights
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Artist: Riley Robinson
Details: sculpture (visual work), steel, None
Year completed: 2010
Description:
Train silhouettes along the railings on the Hay Street Bridge pay tribute to the trains that historically operated under the Hays Street Bridge.
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Artist: Rolando Briseño
Category:
Airport
Details: paintings (visual works), glass-art, paint
Dimensions: 43 windows total
Year completed: 2010
Description:
Along the window bays of the concourse is a colorful frieze of art glass depicting historic doorways and architectural portals found throughout San Antonio. The project includes 43 total window treatments, each a unique building facade in San
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Artist: Riley Robinson
Category:
Parks
Details: sculpture in the round, steel, None
Year completed: 2010
Description:
Dome-shaped cut steel representation of half of a soccer ball emerging from the ground.
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Artist: Riley Robinson
Category:
Parks
Details: sculpture in the round, steel, None
Year completed: 2010
Description:
Dome-shaped cut steel representation of half of a soccer ball emerging from the ground.
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Artist: Ansen Seale
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: photo, UV-cured inks on acrylic panels, LED lighting
Dimensions: 96" x 48" x 2.1"
Year completed: 2010
Description:
Fifty-six self-illuminated photographs, suspended from the ceiling on the North and South walls of the theaterhouse. The overall installation forms a single image of water spanning the entire wall on each side of thehouse.The image is printed
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Artist: Ansen Seale
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: photomurals, UV-cured inks on acrylic panels, LED lighting
Dimensions: 40" x 72" each
Year completed: 2010
Description:
Four niches in the lobby of the Lila Cockrell Theater. Each of the four photo/sculptures is lit from behind using LED panels for long life, low power consumption and limited UV radiation. The images themselves are multilayered within the 2.1-inch
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Artist: James Hendricks
Category:
Neighborhood
Details: bench, steel, None
Year completed: 2008
Description:
Artist-designed benches highlighting various characteristics of the city's East side along the Commerce Street neighborhood.
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Artist: Fernando Botero
Category:
Library
Details: sculpture (visual work), bronze (metal), None
Dimensions: 36 x 38 x 19 5/8
Year completed: 2008
Description:
Botero bronze depicting a horse, on loan from the San Antonio Library Foundation.
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Artist: Leticia Huerta
Category:
Parks
Details: bench, limestone, None
Dimensions: 2' x 2' x 4'
Year completed: 2007
Description:
Limestone benches with carved native tree foliage and descriptive text: pecan, live oak, cedar elm and mesquite.
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Artist: James Hetherington
Category:
Library
Details: sculpture (visual work), steel-galvanized, None
Year completed: 2007
Description:
Working 40-foot windmill of galvanized steel greets visitors and goes well with the rustic architecture and rural surroundings. This non-traditional hybrid windmill will harvest power from the intermittent wind source and, through a generator,
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Artist: David Zamora Casas
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: mural paintings (visual works), acrylic paint, Masonite (TM)
Dimensions: 15' x 11' x 3'
Year completed: 2007
Description:
Cuentos means stories. The grotto is a colorful representation of maps and history, and tells the story of San Antonio, also painted on the mural is the poem "The Voices of Yanaguana."
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Artist: Twyla Arthur
Category:
Parks
Details: mosaics (visual works), tile, mixed media
Year completed: 2007
Description:
Mosaic tile laid into the concrete floor at Turkey Roost Pavilion in McAllister Park.The mosaic features turkey related imagery as well as fossils found in the park.
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Artist: Jesse Amado
Category:
Facilities
Details: sculpture (visual work), steel-stainless, None
Dimensions: 11' X 12'
Year completed: 2007
Description:
Hollow tube aluminum letters stacked into a column, spelling 'Never Forget' - a recollection of September 11, 2001.
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Artist: Oscar Alvarado
Category:
Neighborhood
Details: mosaics (visual works), tile, concrete
Year completed: 2007
Description:
Three mosaic-covered concrete spheres that serve as pedestrian seating and amenities. The tile enhancements vary in shape and form and are intended to provide a cheerful and inviting environment.
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Artist: Paige Holland
Category:
Facilities
Details: sculpture (visual work), steel, None
Dimensions: 14' X 20'
Year completed: 2008
Description:
Brightly colored cut steel cat and dog figures, approximately 14’ h x 20’ w, stand at the entrance to the city's animal care facility.
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Artist: Chuck Ramirez
Category:
Airport
Details: photographs, photographic film (photographic materials), lighting device components
Dimensions: 5' x 6' (12 pieces)
Year completed: 2008
Description:
“Suitcase Portraits" is a series of twelve light boxes housing individual photographs of twelve opened suitcases and their contents. The contents depict a diverse and often humorous range of travelers’ belongings.
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Artist: Angel Rodriguez-Diaz
Category:
Infrastructure/Streets
Neighborhood
Details: sculpture (visual work), steel-Corten, lighting device components
Dimensions: 28' h
Year completed: 2008
Description:
28-foot-tall illuminated sculpture serves as a "signifier” to identify the crossroad between Blanco Road and Fulton Street in the Beacon Hill neighborhood. With its perforated design on all sides and illuminated from within like a luminaria (Mexican
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Artist: Gary Sweeney
Category:
Airport
Details: signboards, porcelain enamel, None
Year completed: 2008
Description:
A series of 8 porcelain enameled signs resemble nostalgic baggage labels and poke gentle fun at San Antonio and South Texas. The signs are placed along the roadway running between the short-term and long-term parking facilities.
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Artist: Twyla Arthur
Category:
River
Details: bench, tile, mixed media
Year completed: 2009
Description:
The bench is composed of mosaic tile and small mementos contributed by the community and features the phrase 'Ars Longa, Vita Brevis' (“Art is Long, Life is Short”). The artwork is in honor of the memory of Bernard Lifshutz and clearly
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Artist: Stuart Allen
Category:
River
Details: installations (visual works), steel-stainless, None
Dimensions: 6-8' x 18'
Year completed: 2009
Description:
Suspended steel panels containing colored steel wire shift and morph with changing patterns of color and texture as visitors pass by.
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Artist: Stuart Allen
Category:
River
Details: installations (visual works), steel-stainless, None
Dimensions: 6-8' x 18'
Year completed: 2009
Description:
Suspended steel panels, containing colored steel wire, shift and morph with changing patterns of color and texture as visitors pass by. (4 units total- measutments are per unit)
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Artist: Jim Stoker
Category:
Library
Details: paintings (visual works), oil on canvas, None
Description:
Abstract in pinks and blues.
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Artist: Anita Valencia
Category:
Library
Details: paintings (visual works), oil on canvas, None
Description:
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Artist: Elizabeth Carrington
Category:
Parks
Details: sculpture in the round, steel, None
Year completed: 2011
Description:
Cut steel silhouette of the Loch Ness Monster.
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Artist: Diana Kersey
Category:
Parks
Details: mosaics (visual works), clay, ceramic glaze
Year completed: 2011
Description:
Bridge design includes 24 ceramic panels integrated into the cement guardrails of the bridge. Each unique insert features designs that portray the life cycle of the Gulf Coast Toad, which is commonly found in Brackenridge Park.
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Artist: Diana Kersey
Category:
Parks
Details: mosaics (visual works), clay, ceramic glaze
Year completed: 2011
Description:
Bridge design includes 24 ceramic panels integrated into the cement guardrails of the bridge. Each unique insert features designs that portray various golf scenes, referencing the historic relevance of the game to Brackenridge Park.
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Artist: Cakky Brawley
Category:
Parks
Details: sculpture (visual work), aluminum (metal), LED lighting
Year completed: 2009
Description:
Cool blue LED lighting emanates from Brawley's cut, brushed metal screen surrounding a tower of the parking garage.
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Artist: Cakky Brawley
Category:
Airport
Details: floors (surface elements), terrazzo, aluminum (metal)
Year completed: 2009
Description:
Traditional compass design in gray decorates the floor of the central entrance into the Stinson Airport Administration Building.
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Artist: Carlos Cortes
Category:
River
Details: None, concrete, None
Year completed: 2009
Description:
The three-story, dream-like sculpted structure is located in a bend of the river between the Camden and Newell Street bridges, adorning both roadway and riverway.
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Artist: Barbara Levine
Category:
Downtown
Details: amenities, steel, None
Dimensions: 14' x 6 1/4'
Year completed: 2004
Description:
These artistic bike racks resemble colorful seaforms and otherworldly cactus clusters. Nine San Antonio biking destinations were selected including the Alamodome, HBG Convention Center, SA Museum of Art, Carver Center, King William Park, Southtown,
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Artist: Bill FitzGibbons
Category:
Neighborhood
Details: bench, steel, None
Year completed: 2009
Description:
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Artist: Sebastián
Category:
Downtown
Details: sculpture (visual work), steel, None
Year completed: 2001
Description:
Two-ton orange steel sculpture measuring 65 ft. in height; the sculpture’s design represents two cultures, two languages and two roads merging into one.
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Artist: Oscar Alvarado
Category:
River
Details: mosaics (visual works), tile, None
Year completed: 2002
Description:
11 mosaic tile murals located on the riverwalk between Travis and Richmond streets, 1999-2003 bond.
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Artist: Bill Fontana
Category:
River
Details: sound sculpture, sound tracks, None
Dimensions: 120' x 130'
Year completed: 2009
Description:
Audio equipment and a three-zone speaker system 'wash' pedestrians and boat passengers in the sounds of the San Antonio River.
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Artist: Katie Pell
Category:
Parks
Details: murals (any medium), Toturf, None
Dimensions: 1000 sq. feet (each)
Year completed: 2011
Description:
Colorfully designed play surface pads, 2 total. Pad 1 is a combination of blue, orange and green organic shapes, and Pad 2 is a yellow and blue butterfly. Each surface is made out of TotTurf, a recycled rubber .
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Artist: Katie Pell
Category:
Parks
Details: mural paintings (visual works), concrete, paint on stone/concrete
Year completed: 2011
Description:
Concrete skateboarding installation with painted design of a green snake.
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Artist: Ethel Wilson Harris
Category:
River
Details: murals (any medium), ceramic tile, None
Year completed: 1930
Description:
Romantic images of village life in Mexico are set on a colorful tile mural crafted in the 1930’s by Mexican Arts and Crafts, a San Antonio company owned and run by Ethel Wilson Harris.
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Artist: Donald Lipski
Category:
River
Details: sculpture (visual work), fiberglass, LED lighting
Dimensions: 240' by 160'
Year completed: 2009
Description:
Twenty-five 7-foot-long fiberglass replicas of native-long eared sunfish along the Museum Reach of the San Antonio River, suspended from an underpass, lit from within at night
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Artist: Martin Richman
Category:
River
Details: light art, LED lighting, Plexiglas (TM)
Dimensions: 100' x 55'
Year completed: 2009
Description:
Layers of hanging plexiglass tiles below the bridge cast light onto the river and pedestrians below
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Artist: Carlos Cortés
Category:
River
Details: bench, concrete, None
Year completed: 2002
Description:
Concrete trellis, created in the faux-bois technique to replicate trees that also acts as a flying buttress, supporting the adjacent wall.
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Artist: Chris Sauter
Category:
Library
Details: sculpture (visual work), concrete, stone (rock)
Year completed: 2011
Description:
His two outdoor sculptures resemble geological “core samples” that have been excavated from the library grounds. The second “core sample” sculpture in the courtyard seeps water into what looks like the hole from which it came, and also contains
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Artist: Carlos Cortés
Category:
River
Details: bench, concrete, None
Year completed: 2002
Description:
Two-person chair created in the faux-bois technique to replicate a fallen tree stump.
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Artist: Angel Rodriguez-Diaz
Category:
Downtown
Details: paintings (visual works), oil on canvas, None
Year completed: 2009
Description:
Mayoral Portrait
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Artist: Carlos Cortés
Category:
River
Details: bench, concrete, None
Year completed: 2002
Description:
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Artist: Chris Sauter
Category:
Library
Details: paintings (visual works), acrylic paint, mixed media
Year completed: 2011
Description:
Mixed-media mural metaphorically illustrates the deep stretch of geological history that lies beneath the grounds of the new library. The layers include paint, dirt, magazine clippings, and other 2D historical objects.
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Artist: Gaspar Enríquez
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: drawings (visual works), Air-brushed acrylic polymer on Alumalite, None
Year completed: 2002
Description:
Large airbrushed portrayal of young men and women gathered en la esquina (on the corner) of their neighborhood.
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Artist: Peter Zubiate
Category:
Library
Details: sculpture in the round, steel-powder, wood and wood products
Dimensions: 8 x 8'
Year completed: 2011
Description:
Cut steel tree shadows are supported by reclaimed tree trunks, creating large 'trunk' benches that are shaded by the shadow silhouettes.
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Artist: Bill FitzGibbons
Category:
Parks
Details: installations (visual works), steel, concrete
Year completed: 2002
Description:
Entryway and plaza consisting of eight steel columns supporting silhouettes of ducks in flight; columns arc around a curved wall.
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Artist: Anthony Gonzales
Category:
Downtown
Details: paintings (visual works), oil on canvas, None
Year completed: 2002
Description:
Mayoral portrait of Nelson C. Wolff.
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Artist: Judith Maxwell
Category:
River
Details: light art, copper (metal), lighting device components
Year completed: 2002
Description:
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Artist: Rolando Briseño
Category:
River
Details: sculpture (visual work), steel-aluminum alloy (1), steel
Year completed: 2012
Description:
More than two dozen steel structures extending up from the railings with galvanized limbs supporting overlapping concentric discs of perforated aqua metal sheets, meant to evoke the feeling of rippilng water.
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Artist: Say Si
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: installations (visual works), mixed media, None
Year completed: 2002
Description:
A stylized serape, this grotto evokes San Antonio’s multi-cultural heritage and history. In addition to the simple, colorful design, the grotto’s floor includes a meandering, mosaic river and concrete cactus plants.
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Artist: Rolando Briseño
Category:
River
Details: sculpture (visual work), steel, None
Year completed: 2012
Description:
Rolando Briseno’s McCullough Avenue project creates elevated sculptural forms that celebrate the river and communicateto those at street level that something special is happening in this area. This artwork transforms an ordinary sidewalk into ascenic
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Artist: Gary Sweeney
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: floors (surface elements), terrazzo, None
Year completed: 2002
Description:
Terrazzo floor tiles include text and shoe imagery. Humorous text and the placement of the shoes create a whimsical and approachable art piece that swirls around the lobby and leads to the outside where the shoes wander down the street. Different
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Artist: Anita Valencia
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: installations (visual works), mixed media, None
Year completed: 2002
Description:
Large-scale, star-shaped chandelier made of 1,895 recycled aluminum cans.
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Artist: Twyla Arthur
Category:
Infrastructure/Streets
Neighborhood
Details: mosaics (visual works), tile, mixed media
Year completed: 2003
Description:
Tile and stone mosaic on retaining wall featuring memorabilia collected from area residents; floral mural on underpass support walls
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Artist: Dale Chihuly
Category:
Library
Details: sculpture (visual work), glass-art, None
Year completed: 2003
Description:
Large assemblage of multicolored glass forms. Placed in the Central Library's interior atrium. Quote from Artist: " Each hand blown piece of this tower represents the multicultural qualities of the San Antonio community and the role the Central
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Artist: Christopher Janney
Category:
Airport
Details: sound sculpture, sound device components, glass
Year completed: 2003
Description:
This installation helps to direct parking lot patrons to Terminal 1 along an avenue covered by a festive colored skylight. This public artwork integrates time and the sun’s movement across the sky. The skylight casts a rainbow of colors into the
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Artist: Riley Robinson
Category:
Facilities
Details: sculpture (visual work), steel-galvanized, None
Year completed: 2003
Description:
A "yard" of 11 galvanized steel tools standing outside the fencing of the Service Center, and six Wrench Benches interspersed throughout the facility.
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Artist: Angel Rodriguez-Diaz
Category:
Facilities
Details: mural paintings (visual works), giclee-printed, None
Year completed: 2003
Description:
Large panoramic image of the city at night. The photo is a giclee print embellished with paint.
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Artist: Twyla Arthur
Category:
Infrastructure/Streets
Neighborhood
Details: mosaics (visual works), tile, mixed media
Year completed: 2004
Description:
Located along Houston street- the art work includes stone pavers, mosaic tiles and found objects embedded within the walkways. The artist intended to highlight the tradition of stone masonry and brick work. Text reads "Rosa Parks Way"
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Artist: Alex Brochon
Category:
Facilities
Details: installations (visual works), photograph components, mixed media
Year completed: 2004
Description:
Graphically illustrated ceiling panels are suspended from the walls and extend onto the ceiling of the building’s main lobby. The panels reflect various aspects of the history of literacy.
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Artist: Susan Budge
Category:
Parks
Details: ceramics (objects), ceramic tile, None
Year completed: 2004
Description:
Playful, bright-colored ceramic tiles built into a wall at LBJ Skate Park.
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Artist: Alex DeLeon
Category:
Downtown
Details: murals (any medium), ceramic and ceramic products, mixed media
Dimensions: 15 'x 11' x 3'
Year completed: 2004
Description:
Mural mosaics on walls of grotto depicting contemporary experiences.
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Artist: Benito Huerta
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: sculpture (visual work), steel-Corten, bronze (metal)
Dimensions: 15'x11'x3'
Year completed: 2004
Description:
Inspired by San Antonio’s placement, geographically and culturally, at the center - or heart - of the Americas, this piece is a bronze heart etched with a map of the American continent. Placed within an art nook at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention
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Artist: Jack Robbins
Category:
Parks
Details: mosaics (visual works), glass, None
Dimensions: 16" x 16" x 2 1/4"
Year completed: 2004
Description:
Byzantine glass mosaic tile mural depicting a vine and sports motif.
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Artist: Sebastián
Category:
Downtown
Details: sculpture (visual work), steel, None
Year completed: 2004
Description:
Abstract in dark-blue in dark blue powder coated steel. A gift to UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) from Gilberto Borja Navarrete.
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Artist: Henry Stein
Category:
Library
Details: sculpture (visual work), mixed media, None
Year completed: 2004
Description:
This mixed-media project consists of a series of artist-fabricated panels resembling a printer's case that are located in the branch library's main lobby area. Each independent panel is composed of a grid-like pattern that contains images and
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Artist: Jefre Manuel
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: mosaics (visual works), stone (rock), tile
Year completed: 2012
Description:
Conical steel structure with a beacon that lights up the sky at night. Large mosaic tile plaza, depicting a map or 'grid' of San Antonio, that is illuminated at night, part of a major project at the city's new Public Safety headquarters.
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Artist: Oscar Alvarado
Category:
Facilities
Details: mosaics (visual works), tile, mixed media
Year completed: 2005
Description:
Façade treatment; interior wall mural. Light green and purple.
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Artist: Oscar Alvarado
Category:
Parks
Details: mosaics (visual works), tile, None
Year completed: 2005
Description:
Tile mural depicting the Canyon area's natural history and themes of water; Includes a wall mural and a floor mosaic mural.
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Artist: Twyla Arthur
Category:
Library
Details: mosaics (visual works), tile, mixed media
Year completed: 2005
Description:
This tile mosaic floor treatment creates a flowing "river" from the entryway of the expansion all the way through the building.
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Artist: Twyla Arthur
Category:
Infrastructure/Streets
Neighborhood
Details: mosaics (visual works), tile, mixed media
Year completed: 2005
Description:
Series of eight ceramic tile-covered bollards to be used as seating/public gathering areas.
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Artist: Katie Pell
Details: mural paintings (visual works), concrete, paint on stone/concrete
Year completed: 2012
Description:
Skateboarding structure with stained concrete Dia de los Muertos design
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Artist: Jack Robbins
Category:
Parks
Details: sculpture in the round, steel, None
Year completed: 2012
Description:
Galvanized steel sculpture with multiple snout-nosed butterfly silhouettes surrounding a central column. Located at Prue Rd. and Howard W. Peak Greenway Trails at Leon Creek in northwest San Antonio.
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Artist: Jim Reno
Category:
Downtown
Details: statues, bronze (metal), None
Dimensions: 81" x 37" x 16", base 6" x 48"
Year completed: 1986
Description:
Standing figure of the Comanche chief holding spear in right hand.
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Artist: Juan Antonio Lugo
Category:
Downtown
Details: statues, bronze (metal), None
Year completed: 2001
Description:
Madero was a leader of the Mexican Revolution and served as President if Mexico until 1913
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Artist: Larry Ludtke
Category:
Downtown
Details: statues, bronze (metal), None
Dimensions: 78" x 27" x 22" x 47", base 6" x 49"
Year completed: 1987
Description:
Life-size standing portrait figure of Gonzalez in a suit. His arms are bent with hands in front of chest. The index finger right pointing to center finger on left hand which is open.
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Artist: Larry Ludtke
Category:
Downtown
Details: statues, bronze (metal), None
Dimensions: 83" x 56" x 30", base 6" x 69.5"
Year completed: 1986
Description:
Life-size portrait figure of Houston. His right hand holds a walking stick that extends to the base. His left hand is on his waist and he wears a large duster coat.
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Artist: Larry Ludtke
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: statues, bronze (metal), None
Dimensions: 77" x 28" x 22", base 6" x 48"
Year completed: 1987
Description:
Life-size standing portrait figure of Hughes, right hand holding drill bits, left hand gloved and free from body.
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Artist: George Schroeder
Category:
River
Details: None, steel, metal
Dimensions: 2 x 120' by 3' 6"
Year completed: 2009
Description:
Abstract interpretations of the inspiring visual imagery of the river below become fluid lines of forged steel in the handsof artist, George Schroeder. Schroeder CNC-cut and then manually heated, twisted, hammered and shaped thousands ofstrips of
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Artist: George Schroeder
Category:
Downtown
River
Details: metalwork, steel, metal
Dimensions: 2 x 120' by 3' 6"
Year completed: 2009
Description:
Abstract interpretations of the inspiring visual imagery of the river below become fluid lines of forged steel in the handsof artist, George Schroeder. Schroeder CNC-cut and then manually heated, twisted, hammered and shaped thousands ofstrips of
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Artist: Oscar Alvarado
Category:
Neighborhood
Details: mosaics (visual works), ceramic tile, concrete
Year completed: 2013
Description:
Threesculptural mosaics placed along the sidewalks of Zarzamora Street. Thesedesigns reference the history of the surrounding neighborhood and honorlandmarks that were integral to the economic development of the area. The 3’ X 9’ mosaics are placed
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Artist: Larry Ludtke
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: statues, bronze (metal), None
Dimensions: 80" x 29" x 21.5", base 6" x 48"
Year completed: 1986
Description:
Life-size standing portrait figure of Johnson standing with arm to his side, hat in his right hand next to his body. Left hand is in his coat pocket.
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Artist: Larry Ludtke
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: statues, bronze (metal), None
Dimensions: 71" x 19" x 15", base 6" x 48"
Year completed: 1986
Description:
Standing bronze portrait figure swinging golf club on circular granite base. Rectangular self base under figure.
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Artist: Larry Ludtke
Category:
Downtown
Details: statues, bronze (metal), None
Dimensions: 81" x 41" x 28", base 7"x 61"
Year completed: 1986
Description:
Life-size standing figure of White w/his left leg forward (walking position). Dressed in an astronaut's suit w/astronaut helmet in right hand held next to his body. His left arm is held slightly away from body w/hand and open fingers spread.
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Artist: Celia Muñoz
Category:
Downtown
River
Details: installations (visual works), stone (rock), metal
Year completed: 2001
Description:
The unique artworks for this area comprise six landings that include wall text, stone work, decorative pavement treatments, and various incorporated waterfalls.
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Artist: Oscar Alvarado
Category:
Infrastructure/Streets
Neighborhood
Details: mosaics (visual works), concrete, ceramic tile
Year completed: 2013
Description:
Sculptural mosaics placed along the sidewalks of Walters Street. These designs reference the history of the surrounding neighborhood and honor landmarks that were integral to the economic development of the area. The 3’ X 9’ mosaics are placed in
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Artist: Joe O'Connell & Blessing Hancock
Category:
About the Work
Infrastructure/Streets
Details: installations (visual works), steel, LED lighting
Dimensions: 4ft diameter
Year completed: 2013
Description:
Ballroom Luminoso transforms an ordinary underpass into a community shadow theater. A series of six brilliantly lit, color-changing chandeliers hang from the underpass and each casts bright shapes and colored shadows approximately 40 feet. The
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Artist: Mark Schlesinger
Details: installations (visual works), paint on stone/concrete, concrete
Year completed: 2013
Description:
This public painting, as the artist calls it, runs along the extension of Jones Maltsberger Rd. in northeast San Antonio. It is made up of a series of diagonal lines and polygons in browns, yellow and green. The installation also includes utility
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Artist: Jim Reno
Category:
Downtown
Facilities
Details: statues, bronze (metal), None
Dimensions: 86" x 33" x 35" x 48, base 4" x 48"
Year completed: 1987
Description:
Life size portrait of Goodnight with a shotgun held across his middle body, dressed in full western wear with chaps and a hat
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Artist: George Schroeder
Category:
River
Details: None, steel, None
Year completed: 2002
Description:
Cut steel enclosure surrounding water tower in River Walk Park.
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Artist: Jonas Perkins
Category:
Facilities
Details: statues, bronze (metal), None
Description:
This bust of the prominent scientist and inventor George Washington Carver welcomes visitors to the Carver Community Cultural Center, named in his honor. The Carver was built by the city in 1929 as the Colored Branch of the
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Artist: Pompeo Coppini
Category:
Library
Details: statues, bronze (metal), None
Description:
Portrait bust of Ferdinand Ludwig Herff, an influential German-born physician who helped organize the Texas Medical Association.
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Artist: Ann Gardner
Category:
Airport
Details: amenities, abrasive, abrasive
Dimensions: 4’ x 16’ x 16’ d
Description:
The sculpture is a large, sunlike circular coil that is 16 feet in diameter and composed of a series of spiraling loops. The surface is made from thousands of small, hand-cut pieces of glass, each one backed with metal leaf to reflect the light. The
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