The Collection

Eternal Flame

A bronze and granite centerpiece in the shape of an ever burning lamp of learning resides in the Lucas County Main Library's public park on Michigan and Adams Streets.

President William Mckinley

Propylaea

Tragic Mask

Art Tatum Celebration Column

A glowing 27-foot spiraled column of powder-coated stainless steel and glass represents the piano keys of the legendary jazz pianist, Art Tatum.

Revitalization of Man

The centerpiece of a fountain at the entrance to one Government Center is a tall chalice-shaped bronze structure.

City Candy

The brightly painted 25,000-pound aluminum two-story landmark rises from below street level of the Vistula Parking Garage on Summit Street.

Kabuki Dancer

A colorful, aluminum sculpture in Levis Square swoops and spins like a traditional Japanese performer.

Switchback

Seasons

Life-size bronze sculpture of a man and child symbolize the good works inside the Community Services Building.

Swan Waves

Intricate brick angled steps are located at the mouth of Swan Creek in Boeschenstein Park at the Middlegrounds.

Perspective Arcade

50 feet of openwork steel combining movement and tension was donated by the Junior League of Toledo.

The Guardian

Toledo policeman, Oscar O. Bruhl, modeled for the Toledo Patrolmen’s Association bronze commission.

Vortex VI

Outside of Toledo’s Municipal Courthouse, a 12-foot tower of brushed stainless steel was a gift of the Toledo Bar Association.

Echo

Once a towering portion of metal smokestack sitting atop the steam plant, ECHO’s eleven rings now integrate into the landscape creating a pathway that serves as a metaphor for Toledo's transition from past to present to future.

Blue Lupine

Four 32-foot-high steel stems with aluminum petals represent the Blue Lupine, a unique and rare species of plants of the surrounding Oak Openings region, and the official city flower of Toledo.

Kids Art in the Park

Hundreds of bronze squares of children’s reactions to life are set into a walkway in Promenade Park.

The Family

Five life size bronze figures on an adventure at Promenade Park won the 1988 Henry Hering Memorial Medal of the National Sculpture Society.

Sun Obelisk

A 60-foot tower of stainless steel, glass and reflective tape diffracts sunlight into a beacon of rainbows.

Tower of Light

Tower of Light transforms the stairwell tower of the Promenade Park Depot parking garage into a beacon of light. Each windowpane becomes a tile of a large, three-dimensional light mosaic enveloping the stairwell tower. The colors of the tiles change slowly in soothing light animations.

Naima Finds a Cicada

Green Space

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On The Wings

Part of the Toledo Concourse Mural Project.

Upside Downtown Toledo

Part of the Toledo Concourse Murals Project.

Major Ritual

A dramatic, vivid orange, corten steel abstract sculpture in Civic Center Mall angles sharply upward.

Artifacts of Childhood

A cast bronze obelisk in the center of Children’s Park at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza is engraved with a quote by Garrison Keillor, “Nothing you do for children is ever wasted”, and covered with childhood objects.

Silence and Rust

A glass and steel oversize locomotive headlight on lengths of actual track marks the entrance to Toledo’s Amtrak station.

Toledo Rise

A gateway into Toledo that captures the sense of motion inherent to the roadway site, its previous history as a railroad hub , and Toledo’s spirit of innovation. The art is a cohesive system of landforms, walls, plantings, and sculpture, the layout of which is derived from the radiating, spiraling layout of cut glass patterns and bicycle spokes. Twelve “spokes” made from train rails and textured concrete walls act as an organizing device for the landscape.

Watercourse

Water visualized in solid, liquid and gaseous forms as a cast concrete sculpture stands at the Division of Water Building on Erie Street

Fire Station No. 13

A miniature painted steel and brick sculpture of fire fighters and a burning building mark the entrance to Birmingham, at Front and Consaul Streets on the East Side of Toledo.

Fort Industry

"The design for the I-280 Mural project is an updated version of dazzle camouflage, used to disguise ships in World War I. This irregular patterning, effective at integrating the irregularities and mixed materials of the building, is also flexible enough to incorporate visual references from a variety of sources." -Molly Dilworth

General James Steedman

Radiance

A bronze and steel likeness of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is centrally located on the bridge named in his honor.

The Flame

Flame shaped openings in the 12-foot steel monument is a tribute to the hard-working families of East Toledo.

Toledo Spain Mural

The 17-foot ceramic mural of carved, glazed tiles depicts the Toledo sister cities side by side.

Tribute Memorial

This sculpture honors all who built the Veterans’ Glass City Skyway, but specifically the five workers who lost their lives during construction. The kinetic features represent the tireless spirit of these workers. Located at Tribute Memorial Park on the East side.

I Got It!

Three bronze life size figures competing for a classic moment in baseball are installed on a turn-table to face Monroe Street or Fifth Third Field.

Main Entry Gates

Manhole Covers

22 manhole covers of cast metal honor Toledo Mud Hen baseball.

Ottawa Gate

Inspired by a Victorian conservatory and suggesting a Native American thunderbird, the aluminum and brick gazebo creates an entrance to the City of Toledo’s Ottawa Park. Frederick Law Olmsted designed the greenspace of this city park.

Play Ball

Two 14 foot corten and stainless steel kinetic sculptures replicate a pitcher and batter at the University of Toledo’s Scott Park ball diamonds.

Serve and Protect

The “To Protect and to Serve” police motto is incorporated into the steel gates supported by a limestone gateway at the WPA-era Scott Park police station.

Harvard Circle Fountain

Three cloud fountains on pillars of stainless steel are viewed in the round near Walbridge Park.

Walbridge Park Arch

A 22-foot arch of bronze, copper, aluminum, glass and fiber optics represents indigenous plants and wildlife as a pathway into Walbridge Park on South Broadway.

Close, Closer, Closest

Close, Closer Closest is an interactive life-filled space that changes as it is experienced from different vantage points and as one moves through and around it from season to season.

Houses in Motion

Five large sculptures located on Collingwood Avenue medians between Ashland and Central Avenues.

Mud Life

Kleis Park in Point Place includes inlaid brass images in concrete of creatures found in the Ottawa and Maumee Rivers. It was created in collaboration with Lajos Heder.

Never Does Nature Say One Thing and Wisdom Another

A stone gathering place outside the West Toledo Library invites reflection of the title from the ancient Roman poet, Juvenal.

Soliloquy on the Origins of Aboriginal Abstractions

The sand-blasted concrete black and white frieze created for the Toledo American Bicentennial Commission enhances the entrance to the Frederick Douglass center.

Richard T. Gosser Memorial

A large, steel abstract sculpture was donated to the City of Toledo in memory of the powerful labor leader, Richard T. Gosser as a gateway to the Uptown district.

Urban Orchard

Arch With Wedge

A part of a series of cast concrete arches based on Buckminster Fuller's theory for the concrete suspension bridge. Fuller theorized that if concrete elements were stung together on steel cables and torque was applied, the result would be a rigid form with great strength. Installed at Toledo Botanical Gardens in 2017 in honor of Richard Boers.

Empathy

The Mother and Child bronze images are located near the rose garden in the “Village”

Monument to a Tree

Positive and negative images of a tree within a sandstone block circle are cut from a 20-foot slab of steel, recycled from lake freighters, truck trailers, and a nuclear power plant.

Ruth

A welded steel image of a young girl lifting her arms to the sky, stands within her own “forest”.

Small Park with Arches

A memorial to John Noble Richards, a local architect, was originally wood but later restored in metal to endure the environment changes.

Watching for the Wind

Aluminum floating boat-like sculptures follow the wind across Crosby Lake.

Woman with Birds

A bronze matron in hat and long coat stands in the Herb Garden for which it was designed.

Arborus Nine

Eight totem-like carved wood poles of differing heights to 27 feet welcome visitors to Toledo Botanical Garden, Metropark.

Last Alarm

Restoration Union

A painted mural extendis from outside to inside of the Gonzalez Family Center on South Avenue.

Coffee Break

Artist designed bike rack

Wood Grain

Artist designed bike rack

Rotation

Artist designed bike rack

#2birds1tweet

Artist designed bike rack

Mr. 419

Artist designed bike rack

Leapfrog

Artist designed bike rack

Are You Nutty?

Artist designed bike rack

Spinning Transportation

Artist designed bike rack

Two Strings

Artist designed bike rack

Graffiti

Artist designed bike rack

Lettuce Turnip the Beet

Banana Stand

Artist designed bike rack

Blue Guitar

Artist designed bike rack

Little Red Fox

Thumbs Up

Artist designed bike rack

Strongman the Bike Protector

Artist designed bike rack

Some Machine

Artist designed bike rack

Double Dipper

Artist designed bike rack

The Owl

Artist designed bike rack

Raindrops

Artist designed bike rack

Word

Artist designed bike rack

Tol -edo

Artist designed bike rack

Arrows

Artist designed bike rack

Ladder

Artist designed bike rack

Sailboat

Artist designed bike rack

High Level Bridge

Artist designed bike rack

Jumping Fish

Artist designed bike rack

Knitting Needles

Artist designed bike rack

Jefferson Avenue Signal Box Wrap

Jefferson Avenue Signal Box Wrap

Jefferson Avenue Signal Box Wrap

Jefferson Avenue Signal Box Wrap

Jefferson Avenue Signal Box Wrap

Jefferson Avenue Signal Box Wrap

Jefferson Avenue Signal Box Wrap

Jefferson Avenue Signal Box Wrap

Jefferson Avenue Signal Box Wrap

Anthony Wayne Bridge Lighting Project

This fully dynamic lighting system was installed in 2018 as part of a major restoration and repainting of the bridge.

Veterans' Glass City Skyway Lighting Project

The Arts Commission worked with the Ohio Department of Transportation and lighting contractors, HLB, to commission lighting sequences from local artists to be added to the schedule of the newly upgraded lighting system. Artists include Brien Strancar, Natalie Lanese, Gail Christofferson, Imani Lateef, and Anthony McCarty.

Dazzle Colonnade

Modeled after “dazzle camouflage” which was invented prior to GPS / radar on ships and would camouflage ships in both directions and physically mask them against the waves.

Vessel

The Arts Commission worked with the foundation of Mercy Health System to commission this work for the roundabout at Cherry St. and Manhattan Blvd. The patterns, derived from the surrounding neighborhood, celebrate the community in an ever-changing play of color, light, and shadow.

Cardinals

Make Fun

Never a Wrong Note

Untitled

From Where I'm From

Artist designed bike rack

Jefferson Avenue Signal Box Wrap

Paperclip

Artist designed bike rack

S.P. Jermain

A cast bronze memorial to Sylvanus Pierre Jermain standing on a sundial honors a community leader and golfer for the creation of many of Toledo’s public greenspaces.

Viet Nam Peace Arch - Memorial and Plaza

A 12-foot limestone curved stone lintel atop twin pillars is a metaphorical gateway to a peaceful world.

Who's Up?

A bronze gang of four life-sized kids peek at home plate through a knothole in the east wall of Fifth Third Field.

You Are Beautiful / You Are Doing Great

A double sided sculptural sign reading "You Are Beautiful" and "You Are Doing Great" on opposite sides.

Upon Reflection

“Upon Reflection” is made of stainless steel cables and two large masts that are used to suspend two oval shapes at the center of the median. One is mirrored metal; the other is set inside, backlit, and painted with a high gloss catalyzed paint. On sunny days, reflection from the outer mirrored metal illuminates the inner painted one. On days without sun (and during the night) LED lights continue to illuminate the painted inner oval bringing a bright sunny sky to a spot on Summit Street, night and day, rain or shine.