Sculpture on the Learning Campus

Age: All Ages

Exhibit Type: Permanent

• "All Kinds of People" can be viewed at the top of the hill in the Family Museum parking lot. "All Kinds of People" by Dawn Wohlford and Lisa Mahar. Installed 2007.
• "Understanding" by Eric Mart. The three bronze arms which crown the piece reach for the moon, Earth, and sun. With a long chain flowing down to its base (the symbolic DNA of humanity) the sculpture represents the ongoing quest of humans to understand their relationship to the universe. The three arms are cast from the arms of Mart, Glenn Boyles, and Nancy Senn. Installed 2001.
• "Community" Designed by Charles Knudson and constructed by Jim Richardson. Located in the Family Museum's Courtyard, this sculpture was created through the community project Street Heat Public Art. The different art projects produced through Street Heat are completed entirely by teens under the guidance of professional welders, bricklayers, and art instructors.
• "Passages" by Matthew Kargol. The most visible of all the sculpture on Learning Campus, this piece was installed in 1998. The four metal columns represent the events in an individual's life with a sphere symbolizing the individual. The passage from one event to another is illustrated by a notch removed from each column. The artist intended to reflect the commitment of the Family Museum and the Public Library to preserve the past, understand the present, and discover the future.
• "Cat in the Hat" by Gary Pattersen. Carved on-site in 1997 from a red oak that had been struck by lightning, this nearly nine foot tall Cat in the Hat sits outside the Children's Reading Area.
• "Pages" by Ted McElhiney. Commissioned for the Public Library when it first opened in 1976, this aluminum sculpture features book pages and quotations submitted by library patrons.
• "Mother Reading to Child" by Isabel Bloom. These cement figures, originally commissioned in 1960 for the new library on Grant Street, were moved to their present location in 1976.
• "Emily Dickinson" by Ken Brinson. This bust was dedicated in 2004 on the anniversary of Emily Dickinson's death. She was an avid gardener and was buried with a bouquet of violets and heliotrope in her hands.