Wood Archives

There is amazing public art to experience and enjoy throughout the Pikes Peak region. From Art on the Streets in downtown Colorado Springs, to ARTSites in Monument, to Arts on the Avenue in Manitou Springs, there's something for everyone!

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Aspires

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

"Aspires" was created by Mitchell Dillman. Colorado Springs artist Mitchell Dillman calls attention to the thousands of acres of timber across Colorado that have been killed by wildfire or pine beetles – and of the creative potential so often to...

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Double Bench III (Basics)

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Wood

“Double Bench III (Basics)” was created by Matthias Neumann. Initially conceived as part of an installation for the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest, Romania, Neumann’s Basics series explores abstracted notions of form, space...

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Fujiyoshida (Bird House)

Date created: 1966

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Wood

Wooden painted gray and red birdhouse. The red roof has the traditional Japanese look with deep eaves covered in shingles. On all four sides there is transparent plastic with white wooden sticks creating a grid over it. It is mounted on a gray...

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Fujiyoshida (Sign)

Date created: 1966

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Stone ; Wood

Brown wooden structure with blue sign in center. Shingled triangular roof with red cylinders hanging off the edge. Red poles on either side of the sign. The sign has white lettering and a photograph of a mountain and a Japanese building. On the PL...

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Fujiyoshida (Wood Pathway)

Date created: 1966

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Stone ; Wood

Red, wooden, staggered, lifted pathway/ bridge. There are cylindrical perpendicular poles that hold up the wooden planks. On either side of the planks there is rope that twists around the supporting poles. Underneath there is a sea of small rocks...

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Invasion, Colorado

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Fiberglass ; Wood

Artist: Chico Santos of Londrina, Brazil Year: 2016 Santos’ works are site-specific, meaning they become something new every time they are installed. He says he came to Colorado expecting to make one kind of sculpture, but the...

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Moon Pod

Date created: 2018

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Electronics ; Paint (acrylic, oil, etc.); Wood

Moon Pod is by Craig Colorusso is on display through December, 2018. Craig Colorusso is a Arkansas-based artist whose works intersect sound, light, and sculpture. Winner of the 2014 ArtFields® prize, Colorusso has presented his inventive,...

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Sequoia Waltz

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Wood

Artist statement: Using a playful process and discarded materials, Schuyler Dawson creates sculptures that embody childlike curiosity. Originally destined to become mulch, the material for Sequoia Waltz was reclaimed from redwood cut-offs at a...

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The Dwelling

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Aluminum ; Electronics ; Plexiglas ; Wood

The Dwelling, by Sara Madandar, Christina Coleman & Jieun Beth Kim, is about what home and shelter means to different people from diverse backgrounds and struggles. It consists of small house with walls of reflective Plexiglas which result in...

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The Whirlwind Juniper

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Wood

Artist Name: Tom Benedict of Three Forks, MT Artist Statement: The Whirlwind Juniper is a sculpture made from what remained of a long-dead ancient twisted juniper tree. In life, this tree likely lived for well over 500 years before eventually...

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