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How to Make Money and Create Community with Monuments - Volume 1

Hawkins Sculpture Walk Imagines a New Way for Audiences to Connect with History

Reimagining a Scattered Collection of Icons

The Hawkins Sculpture Walk features sculpture busts of ten notable figures, providing a distinct welcome to everyone entering the McGovern Centennial Gardens area of Hermann Park in Houston, Texas. The creation of this landmark was part of a bigger transformation of the entire space, highlighting what an imaginative approach to enabling engagement can mean for […]

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Modern Monuments: Jaume Plensa Defines Tolerance of and for Houston

Reflecting the diversity and tolerance of the entire Houston community

Sculptures of seven separate, kneeling wire frame human figures on granite pedestals define Tolerance, by Jaume Plensa. Approximately 10 feet high, each figure rests on a Spanish boulder and is composed of the artist’s signature metal alphabet mesh. Privately funded through donors working with the Houston Arts Alliance and Greater Houston Community Foundation, sculptor Jaume […]

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A Sense of Connection, Wonder and Community Allow the Big Blue Bear to Become a Denver Icon

A Sense of Wonder

Wistfully peering into the Colorado Convention Center, the 40-foot bear sculpture that stands outside of the building has come to serve as a new icon for Denver, Colorado. Officially known as “I See What You Mean,” the piece has provided an identity for the convention center while becoming the newest attraction for the surrounding community, […]

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The Dover Capital Complex Imagines a New Way to Celebrate the Legacy of Delaware

The Memorials and Monuments of Legislative Hall

Installed to create a greater understanding of the historical relevance and significance of the people and events that have come to define the region and country, the monuments and memorials that surround the Dover Capital Complex are connected to various pieces of Dover history. These monuments serve as an imaginative way for audiences to experience […]

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The Joan of Arc Monument in New Orleans Becomes an Icon for the City

A Hero of France Becomes an icon of New Orleans

Joan of Arc, also known as the ‘Maid of Orleans,’ was just a teenager when she led the French against an English siege of Orléans in 1429. This is just one of the reasons that she has become the unofficial patron saint of New Orleans, Louisiana, and is depicted in a monument that has become […]

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Modern Monuments: “Ocean Song” by John Scott is a Reminder of the Cultural Amalgamations of New Orleans

The 16-foot-long mirrored sculpture is specific to the culture of the city that connects to Congo Square and beyond

Set on the bank of the Mississippi River in New Orleans, “Ocean Song” by John Scott directly connects to the cultural amalgamations that have come to define the past and present of the city. He was a winner of a prestigious “genius grant” from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in 1992 at […]

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Monument to the Immigrant Celebrates the Legacy of New Orleans

Highlighting the Culture and History of New Orleans

Standing alongside the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Monument to the Immigrant is dedicated to all of the courageous men and women who left their homeland to seek freedom in the United States and settled in New Orleans. Since New Orleans is recognized as a gateway where various cultures blend and mix, the […]

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