Public Art Listings by Carol Lehrman
The “1% for art” programs in Tucson, Oro Valley, and Pima County have brought a lot of great public art into our area. You’ll find some of it in unexpected places — the edges of parking lots, in front of convenience stores… even in a wash.
Tucson Museum of Art Docent Carol Lehrman presented a talk on January 28, 2009, titled From Flying Fish to Giant Chairs; Men on Horseback to Magic Carpets: Public Art in Tucson. Her talk included lots of photos and information; it focused on sculpture. She updates and improves the talk as time goes on; watch for it! (Art Talks are listed on the museum’s calendar.)
Carol agreed to share her handouts here on TucsonArt.info. They’re both PDF files. (If you can’t open them, get a free PDF viewer like Adobe Reader.)
- List of sculpture and locations: ArtTalkHandout.pdf
- Small photos of 84 sculptures: ArtTalkThumbs1.pdf
Thanks, Carol!
Ned Egen wrote,
Hi Carol, In your Public Art Listing (http://tucsonart.info/contrib/carol_lehrman/ArtTalkHandout.pdf) it states that I have two sculptures in public places, neither of which are true. I just visited Keeling Park at 245 E Glenn only to find that I have no work there and never did. I’m also listed as having Blue Steel Bouquet on Broadway. That piece was on private property and it is no longer at that location.
I do have a piece at the Tucson Botanical Gardens and one at the Tohono Chul Park, both part of permanent collections. However, I’m not sure these locations qualify for the definition of public art.
Link | May 9th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Carol Lehrman wrote,
Hi Ned:
As a great fan of your work, I am so sorry about the error in my list of sculptures and locations. It will be fixed.
The sculpture in Keeling Park that is attributed to you, “Guardian” is actually by Gonzalo Espinosa.
And at the time I created my list of sculptures and locations, Blue Steel Bouquet was still in residence on Broadway in downtown Tucson. I’m so sorry that it’s no longer there.
Also, FYI, although the talk I gave at the museum was entitled “Public Art in Tucson . . .”, it really focuses on any art (sculpture) that is accessible to the eye of the public 24/7. It doesn’t necessarily have to have been produced with public funds.
Thanks so much for the information!
Carol
Link | May 26th, 2010 at 10:38 am