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We hope that you will enjoy this on-line tour of
Columbia's public art but encourage you to take the
tour in person so that you can view each work in its
actual setting. As is always the case with the arts, a
reproduction, like this guide, cannot truly substitute
for the real thing. Whether on foot or in your car,
you are sure to see something that you wouldn't
otherwise.
Art enriches our surroundings. It
expands our everyday experiences. Publicly accessible
art is special in that it is available for all to enjoy.
When we park our cars, run errands or shop downtown,
public art is part of our surroundings. Through
abstract or historical representation, sculpture can tell a story, communicate a message, embody an ideal or convey a feeling. When grouped together, as
in this guide, Columbia’s many sculptures become an
outdoor museum accessible to everyone.
No special outing must be planned to
enjoy this museum -- it is open every day, has endless
hours and charges no admission fee. Each work of art in
this guide has its own connection to Columbia’s history
and is a part of our cultural legacy. The
works were initiated by a range of businesses,
individuals, organizations and agencies, each with a
different mission but all sharing the common view that art
enriches our city. By highlighting these important
cultural resources, we hope that citizens and
visitors alike will learn about our city and our
history, and that Columbia's public art will enrich their experience here.
A great effort was made to ensure the
accuracy of the information included in this guide. Used as a reference, it can enhance anyone's enjoyment of Columbia; however, it is not a comprehensive inventory. The city has planned future revisions of
the guide to include new works not yet installed, or even imagined at this time. While taking the tour, watch for additional
discoveries. A hard-copy brochure
of this on-line guide can be obtained from the city's
Office of Cultural Affairs (see Contact
Us page). Copies are also available at the
Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau and at the
Daniel Boone City Building.
Some information in the guide was
provided by Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!), a program of
the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Heritage Preservation.
For more information about public
sculpture, consult the public library or contact Heritage Preservation at
1012 14th Street, Suite 1200, Washington, D.C., 20005;
(202) 233-0800; sos@heritagepreservation.org or
www.heritagepreservation.org. Contact the Smithsonian's Inventory
of American Sculpture for information about America's sculpture
at, (202) 275-1932, artref@saam.si.edu or
www.siris.si.edu. For a printable brochure of the Self Guided tour of Selected Works of Publicly Accessible Art
click here.
Text & Project
Coordination: Marie Nau Hunter; Design:
Magee Marketing; Photography: Scott Myers & Susan Taylor
Glasgow; Map: James Rowden. Revised 07/2009.
Financial assistance for this project has
been provided by the Missouri Arts
Council, a state agency.
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