Public Art Type: Sculpture

Artist Statement Cicada Parade-a is a large-scale collaborative art project organized by The Insect Asylum and Formstone Castle Collective that will be on display in and around Chicago starting in May and running through the end of summer 2024. This project celebrates once-in-221-year re-emergence of Broods XIII and XIX, Illinois’ 17-year and 13-year cicada broods. […] … Read more “Cicada Parade-a”

Artist Statement My concept for these pieces is based on the natural life cycle of the types of trees commonly used to create utility poles.  These poles are generally made from Douglas Fir and Southern Pine trees.  In their natural environment at the end of a tree’s life downed logs and decaying stumps become nurseries […] … Read more “The Nurse Trees”

Project Details In early 2022, teachers at Ravenswood Elementary contacted the Ravenswood Community Council (RCC) to share news about an art project being developed by the school’s Engineering Club. The students were looking for temporary exhibition space for a small project. The piece was an adapted version of their plans, which were for a two-sided, […] … Read more “Musical Message”

This 11 foot high sculpture by Chicago-based artist Margaret Lanterman consists of a nesting platform atop three cedar beams, with a cedar roof and woven wind baffle. The baffle area provides birds a concealed observation post, whereas the nesting platform is sized to attract phoebes, robins, blue jays and morning doves. Project Details After several […] … Read more “Nesting Loft”

Artist Statement Graphic data is often used to represent what happens in the wild. Flight of the Honey Bee is a sculptural interpretation of an existing soundwave captured as bees were returning to a hive.  Flapping their wings an average of 230 beats per second causes the air around a bee to vibrate and that vibration […] … Read more “Flight of the Honey Bee”

Project Details Pino, A Habitat Tree was commissioned and installed as a part of the debut of the Ravenswood Sculpture Garden in 2021. The piece functions as a pollinator habitat and public artwork, joining art and science. The sculpture is designed to meet the optimal dwelling needs of indigenous pollinators, solitary bees, and other insects. […] … Read more “Pino, A Habitat Tree”

Project Details “International Architect” by artist John Himmelfarb was purchased and installed as a part of the debut of the Ravenswood Sculpture Garden in 2021. The sculpture was among a group selected by community vote. Sponsors: Ravenswood Community Council, Greater Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce, Special Service Area #31 About the Artist John Himmelfarb was born […] … Read more “International Architect”

Artist Statement I have always been fascinated by the intricacy and beauty of the tiniest natural elements. At Natural History Museums, my favorite rooms are the ones filled with drawers and boards of patterned pinned butterflies and rows of seed pods and shells. I love finding helicopter pods and dropping them to watch their whirling […] … Read more “Seed”

Project Details “Oak Leaf Shade Bench II” was purchased and installed as a part of the debut of the Ravenswood Sculpture Garden in 2021. The bench celebrates our tree canopy and how important it is– it gives us breath, shade and protection. The bench’s “whisper tubes” are about building bonds with friends, neighbors and the […] … Read more “Oak Leaf Shade Bench II”

Artist Statement With Subterranean Figure, I am exploring our human tendency to find reflections of ourselves in the natural world. Though this sculpture is a faithful replication of a simple piece of ginger, the scale and material shifts the context enough to resonate with the viewer as an abstract form with a figurative presence. – […] … Read more “Subterranean Figure”

Artist Statement I was thinking about Frog and Toad, a book series I read to my daughter. I found it quite wonderful- the bliss of simplicity and friendship. Inspired by the fact that my daughter was pregnant at the time, I proposed a Frog & Toad sculpture would resonate with the idea of a new […] … Read more “Frog & Toad”

Artist Statement This sculpture is designed to contribute a vivid and whimsical form to the sculpture park being established through Ravenswood Corridor. This work is a reflection of the human form. An 11ft tall, three armed figure covers their eyes with one hand and forms a heart with their others. This figure exists as an […] … Read more “Blind Love”