Looking For Art in All the Right Places… Public Sculpture in Los Altos

Since 1987, sculpture has been displayed on public land throughout the City of Los Altos. Pieces are chosen for visual appeal, artistic skill, and compatibility with the environment and safety standards.  Artists benefit from enhanced recognition, media coverage, and the potential to sell their work to local art lovers. The variety of work has stimulated comment and added a new cultural
dimension and richness to our public spaces.

The City currently owns fifteen permanent sculptures donated to the city and also showcases approximately five sculptures as part of a rotating program under which the sculptures are on loan from the artist for two years.  The Public Sculpture Committee advises the Parks, Arts, and Recreation Commission and the City Council on the selection and placement of all public sculptures.   The Committee takes an active role to enhance the visual aesthetics of the City, engage the community as participants, and promote and support the visual arts.

For more information about the program, committee or sculptures, including their purchase at the end of the loan period, please contact the Recreation Department at 947-2890.

See Map of Public Art below

1. Imagine That
   by Tony Williams
   Lincoln Park, Foothill Expressway
   
   
2. Space Dance for Peace
   by Mircea Paul Goreniuc
   Lincoln Park, Foothill Expressway
   
   
3. Waterbirds
   by Pamela Blotner
   Lincoln Park behind Los Altos Chamber of Commerce
   
   
4. Egrets
   by Zygmund Sazezich
   Shoup Park, University Avenue
   
   
5. Veteran's Memorial Cradle of Liberty
   by R. J. Truman
   Shoup Park, University Avenue
   
   
6. Musical Gambol
   by Robert Clements
   Lincoln Park, Foothill Expressway
   
   
7. Holey Tornado
   by Richard Starks
   Second & Main Streets
   
   
8. Junk Yard Dragon
   by Hardy Jones
   Third and State Streets
   
   
9. Walter Singer Bust
   by Ingrid Jackson MacDonald
   Village Plaza, State and Main
   
   
10. Olympic Wannabes
    by Glenna Goodacre
    Conner Park, Edith & San Antonio Rd.
    
    
11. Magic Fish
    by Hardy Jones
    Main Library Fountain, San Antonio Road
    
    
12. Zooscape Animals
    by Maggie Kornman
    Main Library, San Antonio Road
    
    
13. Seal Head
    by Anne Wienholt
    Main Library, San Antonio Road
    
    
14. Australian Cattle Dog
    by Anne Wienholt
    City Hall, San Antonio Road
    
    
15. Diamond Jubilee
    by Taro Seesurat
    City Hall, San Antonio Road
    
    
16. Smoke
    by Steve Bartlett
    Sequoia Fire Station,
    San Antonio Road and Almond Avenue
    
    
17. Pax Nova
    by William Iaculla
    McKenzie Park
    on Fremont Avenue
    
    
18. Sun and Moon
    by Hardy Jones
    Marymeade Park,
    Fremont Avenue
    
    
19. Convolute of the Square
    by Taro Seesurat
    Fremont and Grant Road
    
    
20. Dancers
    by Michele Alcantara
    St. Joseph’s Ave.
    At Montclair School

     

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