Public Art
Creativity thrives in St. Louis. Sculptures, murals, fountains, mosaics and memorials are part of the fabric of the streets and parks of our region. Public art goes beyond the expected idea of art. Public art in St. Louis extends to a wide range of innovative concepts, projects and programs. Explore the different areas of our community and the public art that enriches our lives below.
Dimensions: 5′ x 4′ Year Completed: 2010 Material: Fiberglass, paint Owner: Wings, a BJC Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care program
Hancock was commissioned to produce a statue as a memorial to Mrs. Jessie Tennille Maschmeyer by her widower, Augustus. The...
Visible from both an elevated highway and the streetscape below, Footnote isa 49-foot-tall, bright orange, blue steel, and copper spire composed of...
Fun Ride takes a whimsical look at people and animals as they travel along a roadway that weaves in and out...
Year Completed: 1993-2012 Material: Paint Owner: City of St. Louis
Constructed from scrap metal and colorful “fish heads” made by the artist, this arrangement of statues is a whimsical version...
Like thick stalks of Missouri tall grass, this sculpture seems to grow out of the cobblestones on the north side...
Ringed by trees, rising from a grassy mound, and pointing slightly upward is the skeletal frame of a vessel. For...
The Captain’s Return captures in bronze the historical figures Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and their Newfoundland dog, Seaman. The three-and-a-half-ton...
The Abstract Variation (A/V) series of sculptures are made in Cor-ten steel and are often painted, mostly in primary colors such as...
The Abstract Variation (A/V) series of sculptures are made in Cor-ten steel and are often painted, mostly in primary colors such as...
Highstein creates abstract sculptures that have been described as primeval and reminiscent of ancient totems. Rather than sculpting figuratively, he...