The Windsor Sculpture Park, formerly known as the Odette Sculpture Park, is an open space in
Windsor
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,
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,
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, that shows 35 large-scale
contemporary
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sculpture
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s by world-renowned artists including
Elisabeth Frink
Dame Elisabeth Jean Frink (14 November 1930 – 18 April 1993) was an English sculptor and printmaker. Her ''Times'' obituary noted the three essential themes in her work as "the nature of Man; the 'horseness' of horses; and the divine in ...
,
Gerald Gladstone
Gerald Gladstone (7 January 1929 – 7 March 2005) was a Canadian sculptor and painter.
Life
Born in 1929 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to Ralph and Dora Gladstone, Gerald was the sixth of nine children. In his youth, Gladstone was ...
, and
Sorel Etrog
Sorel Etrog, (August 29, 1933 February 26, 2014) was a Romanian-born Israeli-Canadian artist, writer, and philosopher best known for his work as a sculptor. He specialised in modern art works and contemporary sculpture. Etrog's works explore his f ...
.
The park is located on the shore of the
Detroit River
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, spanning from Assumption Park to Centennial Park, between the
Ambassador Bridge
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(Huron Church Road) and the
Art Gallery of Windsor
Art Windsor-Essex (AWE) (formerly known as the Art Gallery of Windsor) is a not-for-profit art institute in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Established in 1943, the gallery has a mandate as a public art space to show significant works of art by local ...
(Church Street).
The Sculpture Park was funded by Mr and Mrs Louis Odette and the P & L Odette Foundation. The park is maintained by the city's Parks and Recreation Department, while the sculptures are cared for by the Cultural Affairs Department.
The City of Windsor provides free public guided tours of the five kilometre open air gallery. The tours are done in a vehicle called The Art Cart; an electric golf cart which can hold five people. Tours run on a first-come-first-served basis. Art Cart Tours depart from the base of the Great Canadian Flag at the foot of Ouellette Avenue. Fee-based tours require reservations. Fee-based tours are offered outside of public tour hours.
Works
File:Little Lady (2824738567).jpg, ''Anne
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Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...
'', Leo Mol
Leonid Molodozhanyn, known as Leo Mol, (January 15, 1915 – July 4, 2009) was a Ukrainian Canadian stained glass artist, painter and sculptor.
History
Born Leonid Molodozhanyn in Polonne, Russian Empire (now Ukraine), Mol learned the art o ...
File:Apatosaurus.jpeg, ''Apatosaurus
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File:Audio Corridor.jpeg, '' Audio Corridor'', Ian Lazarus
File:Bell Measure.jpeg, '' Bell Measure'', Stephen Cruise
File:The Chicken and Egg.jpeg, '' Chicken and Egg'', Morton Katz
File:Business Man on a Horse.jpeg, '' Business Man on a Horse'', William McElcheran
William Hodd ("Bill") McElcheran (Hamilton, Ontario; 1927–1999) was a Canadian designer and sculptor.
Career
McElcheran began modeling portraits as a boy at the age of 10. When he was 16, he was granted an advanced second-year standing at ...
File:Claim Post.jpeg, '' Claim Post'', Scott McKay
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File:The Columns.jpeg, '' The Columns'', Ronald Zerafa
File:Composition with Five Elements (2825585348).jpg, '' Composition with Five Elements'', Haydn Llewellyn Davies
File:Consophia.jpeg, '' Consophia'', Ian Lazarus
File:Cordella.jpeg, '' Cordella'', Maryon Kantaroff
File:Ground to Ask the Sky.jpeg, '' Ground to Ask the Sky'', Royden Mills Royden may refer to:
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* Halsey Royden (1928–1993), American mathematician
* Marmaduke Roydon or Royden (1583–1646), English merchant-adventurer and colonial planter, also a Royalist army officer
* Maude Royden (1876–1956), Eng ...
File:Odette Sculpture Park Consolation 03.jpg, ''Consolation
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'', Joe Rosenthal
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H ...
File:Windsor Sculpture Garden.jpeg, ''Dancing Bear
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'', Pauta Saila
Pauta Saila (1916 or 1917–2009) was an Inuit artist from Kilaparutua, Baffin Island, Canada who resided in Cape Dorset, Nunavut. His sister was artist Sharni Pootoogook.
His works are massive, simplified sculptures of Arctic wildlife, usuall ...
File:Edwina Sandys Odette Sculpture Park.jpg, '' Eve's Apple'', Edwina Sandys
Edwina Sandys (born 22 December 1938) is an English artist and sculptor. She is the granddaughter of Winston Churchill.
Early life
Sandys was a debutante and was presented to Queen Elizabeth II. After attending a genteel girls’ school she wen ...
File:Elisabeth Frink Odette Sculpture Park 02.jpg, '' Flying Men'', Elisabeth Frink
Dame Elisabeth Jean Frink (14 November 1930 – 18 April 1993) was an English sculptor and printmaker. Her ''Times'' obituary noted the three essential themes in her work as "the nature of Man; the 'horseness' of horses; and the divine in ...
File:Kantaroff Odette Sculpture Park.jpg, '' The Garden'', Maryon Kantaroff
File:Inukshuk.jpeg, ''Inukshuk
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''
File:Sorel Etrog Windsor, Ontario.jpg, '' King and Queen'', Sorel Etrog
Sorel Etrog, (August 29, 1933 February 26, 2014) was a Romanian-born Israeli-Canadian artist, writer, and philosopher best known for his work as a sculptor. He specialised in modern art works and contemporary sculpture. Etrog's works explore his f ...
File:Odette Sculpture Park Gerald Gladstone.jpg, '' Morning Flight'', Gerald Gladstone
Gerald Gladstone (7 January 1929 – 7 March 2005) was a Canadian sculptor and painter.
Life
Born in 1929 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to Ralph and Dora Gladstone, Gerald was the sixth of nine children. In his youth, Gladstone was ...
File:Obelisk.jpeg, ''Obelisk
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'', Sigmund Reszetnik
File:Odette Sculpture Park Penguins.jpg, '' Penguins on a Waterfall'', Yolanda Vandergaast
File:Racing Horses.jpeg, '' Racing Horses'', Derrick Stephan Hudson
File:DeAngelis Odette Sculpture Park.jpg, '' Rinterzo'', Joseph DeAngelis
File:Salutation.jpeg, ''Salutation
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'', Ralph Hicks
File:The Sisters Sculpture.jpeg, '' Sisters 2'', Morton Katz
File:Space Plough II.jpeg, '' Space Plough 2'', Sorel Etrog
Sorel Etrog, (August 29, 1933 February 26, 2014) was a Romanian-born Israeli-Canadian artist, writer, and philosopher best known for his work as a sculptor. He specialised in modern art works and contemporary sculpture. Etrog's works explore his f ...
File:Odette Sculpture Park Tembo.jpg, '' Tembo'', Derrick Stephan Hudson
File:Tiger.jpeg, ''Tiger
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File:Anne Harris Odette Sculpture Park.jpg, * '' Tohawah'', Anne Harris Anne Harris may refer to:
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File:Tower Song.jpeg, '' Tower Song'', Ted Bieler
File:Triceratops.jpeg, ''Triceratops
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''
File:Odette Sculpture Park Bruce Watson.jpg, '' Union Six'', Bruce Watson
File:Voyager Canoe.jpeg, '' Voyageur Canoe'', Ralph Ireland
* ''
Trees
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'',
Toni Putnam
*Triptych,
Gord Smith (sculptor)
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Tembo Day
Each year, the citizens of Windsor are invited to participate in washing ''Tembo''. ''Tembo'', a large bronze sculpture located in the Windsor Sculpture Park was created by Derrick Stephan Hudson. The sculpture features a mother elephant as well as two young babies.
Each year, the citizens of Windsor are invited by the City of Windsor to help wash the elephants on Tembo Day. After a bath of gentle clean of warm water and soap using toothbrushes, Sculpture Conservation Assistants spend a couple of days applying wax to protect the sculpture in preparation for the winter
The goal of Tembo Day is to create a better understanding of the importance of maintaining and preserving the care for bronze sculptures along the Windsor Sculpture Park.
Tembo Day has gained recognition throughout Windsor for its engagement with the community and has been featured in the Windsor Star
and CBC Windsor.
See also
*
List of sculpture parks
This is a list of sculpture parks by country.
Africa
Morocco
*Anima Garden, from Marrakech just off the Ourika road
South Africa
*Sculpture Garden of the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town
*Nirox Sculpture Garden, 1 hour dri ...
*
Riverfront Bike Trail
References
External links
Windsor Sculpture Park- City of Windsor
Windsor Ontario Riverside Tour (July 2004) - "Google Video" (0:21:12)Local tourism information about Odette Sculpture Park
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Art museums and galleries in Ontario
Sculpture gardens, trails and parks in Canada
Parks in Windsor, Ontario
Museums in Windsor, Ontario