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 on how to serve on the Committee or regarding the program or sculptures, including their purchase at the end of the loan period, please contact the Recreation Department at 947-2890.

http://www.losaltossculptures.org

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.  Dancing Man
by James Moore
Hillview Community Center, Hillview Ave.

8.  Junk Yard Dragon
by Hardy Jones
Third and State Streets

9.  Walter Singer Bust
by Ingrid Jackson MacDonald
Community Plaza, Main & State Streets

10.  Olympic Wannabes
by Glenna Goodacre
Village 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
Los Altos Youth Center near 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.  Convolute of the Square
by Taro Seesurat
Fremont and Grant Road

19.  Dancers
by Michele Alcantara
St. Joseph’s Ave.
At Montclair School

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