Public Art - Tucson Pima Arts Council

Tucson and Pima County Public Art Collection

A portion of the public art in Tucson and Pima County is currenlty represented in this evolving online Public Art Collection. Select a category and then select a project to view images, locations, and descriptions.

Public Art Collection

Architectural Sculpture

Fountain

Mural

Sculpture

Sculpture

A Gneiss Bench to Sit On

Artist(s)	Chris Tanz
Location	Rio Vista Natural Resources Park, 3861 N. Cactus Blvd.

Bike Church

Artist(s)	Blessing Hancock, Joseph O'Connell
Location	Corner of Granada Avenue and Davis Street
Completed	8/09

Community Is Nature's Architecture

Artist(s)	Robert Tully
Location	Clements Center, 8155 East Poinciana Drive
Completed	2005

Diamondback Bridge

Artist(s)	Simon Donovan
Location	Broadway Boulevard, west of Euclid Avenue
Completed	2002

Earth, Fire, Air and Water

Artist(s)	Herb Stratford
Location	Golf Links Road: Bonanza Avenue and Houghton Road
Completed	2001

Elements Transcending

Artist(s)	Brad Konick
Location	Iron Horse Neighborhood Park, near Broadway Boulevard and Euclid Avenue
Completed	2001

Epes Randolph

Artist(s)	Nicholas L Burke
Location	Intersection of East Camino Campestre, Luna Linda, and Randolph Way
Completed	2006

Fiesta, Mercado, Historia, Familia

Artist(s)	Gail Roberts
Location	Approx. area - between Ajo Way and 36th St including Pueblo High School

Fish Cactus

Artist(s)	Hirotsune Tashima
Location	Jacobs Park Pool, 1010 W. Lind Street
Completed	2004

For Speed These Lines

Artist(s)	John Davis, Siobhan Roome
Location	Iron Horse Park (Tenth Street & Third Avenue)
Completed	2008

Freeman Pioneer Memorial (The Bufano Bench)

Artist(s)	Beniamo Bufano, Bernard Maybeck
Location	200 South 6th Avenue at the Tucson Children's Museum
Completed	1920

Gateway Saguaro

Artist(s)	Dirk Arnold
Location	Oracle Road north of Drachman
Completed	2009

Ghost Trees and the Big Nest

Artist(s)	Kathy Hoyer, Selina Littler
Location	Northwest YMCA, 7770 North Shannon Road
Completed	2002

Gila Monsters on Bridge

Artist(s)	Bob Vint
Location	Irvington Road Bridge at Santa Cruz River
Completed	1993

Glass Arbor

Artist(s)	Carrie Seid
Location	Udall Senior Center, 7200 E. Tanque Verde Road
Completed	2004

Grijalva Park Public Art

Artist(s)	Brenda Semanick
Location	5775 South Oak Tree Drive

Guardian, Storyteller, and Curiosity

Artist(s)	Caryl Clement
Location	Picture Rocks District Park, 5615 North Sanders Road
Completed	2007

Hard Times

Artist(s)	David Flynn
Location	Rillito Racetrack, 1st Avenue & River Road
Completed	2007

Healing Mandala

Artist(s)	Nina Borgia-Aberle, Stephen Grede
Location	The Southern Arizona Children's Advocacy Center 2329 E. Ajo Way
Completed	2008

Hohokimal Daha (Butterfly Sitting)

Artist(s)	Juan & Patricia Navarrete
Location	Valencia Road and Sandpiper Avenue
Completed	2007

If I Was a Cougar

Artist(s)	Chris Morrey
Location	Coronado School Ball Field, 3401 East Wilds Road
Completed	2000

Kennedy Park Fiesta Area Gateway

Artist(s)	Margaret Joplin, Karen Piovaty
Location	Kennedy Park, 3700 South Mission Road
Completed	1996

Lives Remembered

Artist(s)	Chuck Sternberg, Judith Stewart
Location	Tucson Police Department., 210 South Stone Avenue
Completed	2006

Mayan Glyph Columns

Artist(s)	Gregory D. Schoon
Location	El Rio Adult Learning Center, 1390 West Speedway Boulevard
Completed	2002

Migratory Hummingbirds

Artist(s)	Barbara McKee
Location	Valencia Road (north side) Mark Road to Camino de la Tierra
Completed	2008

Nuestros Barrios Unidos Bronze Statues

Artist(s)	Luis G. Mena
Location	Tucson Fire Central, se corner

Oasis

Artist(s)	Dayton Claudio
Location	Shannon Road north of Ina Road to Cortaro Farms Road
Completed	2003

Passageway Through Time

Artist(s)	Linda Haworth
Location	McDonald District Park on Harrison Road north of Catalina Highway, 4100 N. Harrison Road
Completed	1993

Pavo Cristatus

Artist(s)	Nina Borgia-Aberle, Stephen Grede
Location	Reid Park Zoo Entrance, off Randolph Way and north of 22nd Street
Completed	2004

People Play

Artist(s)	Thomas Bredlow
Location	North 1st Avenue at River Road
Completed	1981

Play Ball

Artist(s)	Paul T Edwards, Chris Tanz
Location	Kino Veterans Memorial Community Center at Ajo Way and Forgeus Street
Completed	1996

Purple Heart Park Memorial Wall

Artist(s)	Simon Donovan
Location	Purple Heart Park, 10050 East Rita Road
Completed	2006

Quetzalcoatl

Artist(s)	Juan & Patricia Navarrete
Location	South 12th Avenue: Gateway Intersection (12th Ave. and 44th St.)
Completed	2007

Sentinel Plaza

Artist(s)	Joy Fox, Andrew Rush, Chuck Sternberg, Judith Stewart, Bob Vint
Location	northwest corner of I-10 and Congress Street
Completed	2004

Shade Structure

Artist(s)	Geoff DeMark, Simon Donovan
Location	El Pueblo Senior Center, 101 West Irvington Road
Completed	2005

Sheltering Light, Sheltering Images

Artist(s)	Koryn Rolstad
Location	Kino Public Health Center, 3950 S. Country Club Road
Completed	2006

Skyline Roadway Enhancements

Artist(s)	Kathy Hoyer, Selina Littler
Location	Skyline Road: Campbell Avenue to First Avenue
Completed	2003

Sonora

Artist(s)	David Black
Location	Joel D. Valdez Main Library, 101 North Stone Avenue
Completed	1991

Strata: Gateway to the Catalinas

Artist(s)	Chris Tanz
Location	Catalina Highway, Tanque Verde Road to Houghton Road
Completed	2005

Sun Circle

Artist(s)	Paul T Edwards, Susan Holman, Chris Tanz
Location	Rillito River Linear Park at Roller Coaster Wash, north of Rillito River between La Canada Road and La Cholla Road
Completed	1994

The Santa Cruz Goes Underground

Artist(s)	Melody Peters
Location	Silverlake Road near Santa Cruz Lane
Completed	2003

Toby

Artist(s)	Joseph O'Connell
Location	Scott Avenue at Ochoa, south of Broadway
Completed	2009

Tohono O'odham Hua Puindi (Tohono O'odham Basket Bridge)

Artist(s)	Rosemary Lonewolf
Location	Crosses over Park Avenue and Euclid Avenue, south of Broadway Boulevard
Completed	2008

Tucson Totems

Artist(s)	Rachel Slick
Location	Glenn Street west of N. Los Altos

Untitled (Cortaro Farms Road)

Artist(s)	Nina Borgia-Aberle, Stephen Grede
Location	Cortaro at I-10 & Thornydale
Completed	2007

Untitled (La Cholla Boulevard Ina to Omar Phase I)

Artist(s)	Vicki Scuri
Location	La Cholla Boulevard: Ina Road to Omar Drive
Completed	2003

Untitled (Mt. Lemmon-Summerhaven Road Improvements)

Artist(s)	Selina Littler
Location	Summerhaven, Mount Lemmon

Untitled (Quincie Douglas Library)

Artist(s)	Nina Borgia-Aberle, Stephen Grede
Location	Northeast corner of Kino Boulevard and 36th Street.
Completed	2005

Untitled (Rillito River Bridge at Mountain Avenue)

Artist(s)	Eric Lee Cooper
Location	Mountain Avenue at the Rillito River
Completed	1997

Untitled (River Road Campbell Avenue to Alvernon Way)

Artist(s)	Kathy Hoyer, Selina Littler
Location	River Road Campbell Avenue to Alvernon Way
Completed	2007

Untitled (River Road Crossing)

Artist(s)	Patricia C. Morgan
Location	River Road west of Oracle Road
Completed	1990

Untitled (River Road: First Ave. to Campbell)

Artist(s)	Barbara Grygutis
Location	River Road: First Avenue to Campbell Avenue
Completed	2003

Untitled (Ruthrauff/Wetmore)

Artist(s)	Alex Garza, Richard Green
Location	Ruthrauff/Wetmore Roads: La Cholla Boulevard to Fairview Avenue
Completed	2006

Untitled (Santa Cruz Gateway)

Artist(s)	Susan Gamble
Location	Santa Cruz River Park, west of Santa Cruz River between Saint Mary's Road and Speedway Boulevard
Completed	1992

Untitled (South 12th Avenue)

Artist(s)	Juan & Patricia Navarrete
Location	South 12th Avenue, Veterans Boulevard to Los Reales Road
Completed	2003

Untitled (Sunrise Drive: Swan Road to Craycroft Road)

Artist(s)	Susan Gamble
Location	Sunrise Drive between Swan Road and Craycroft Road
Completed	4/07

Untitled (Sunrise Phase I)

Artist(s)	Susan Gamble
Location	Sunrise Drive: Swan Road to Craycroft Road
Completed	2003

Untitled (Thornydale Road)

Artist(s)	Joe Tyler
Location	Thornydale Road from Ina Road to Cortaro Farms Road
Completed	2001

Viva Cesar Chavez

Artist(s)	Alex Garza, Joshua Sarantitus
Location	Highway Interstate 10 Overpass at 6th Avenue
Completed	2008

Welcome Waves

Artist(s)	Mary Lucking
Location	Quince Douglas Pool, 1575 East 36th Street
Completed	2006

What's Next?

Artist(s)	Hirotsune Tashima
Location	Mission Branch Library, 3770 So Mission Road at Ajo Way
Completed	2008

Wondrous

Artist(s)	Joseph O'Connell
Location	Wheeler Taft Abbett, Sr. Branch Library 7800 N. Schisler Drive SE corner Silverbell and Cortaro Farms Roads Mon 10-8, SE corner Silverbell and Cortaro Farms Roads.
Completed	2008

Xhilaration

Artist(s)	Kevin Caron
Location	Riverview Park 1600 N. Yavapai Street
Completed	2006