One of my favorite pieces of public art in Orlando is the bronze sculpture, “Bunk Baxter, Alligator Wrestler”, which sits near the fountain of Heritage Square in the front courtyard of The History Center. If you’ve never seen the piece, it is a remarkably realistic life-sized sculpture of a man wrestling an alligator, with two […]

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This piece, a bronze sculpture created by William Kilpatrick in 1988, was commissioned by the City of Orlando and depicts former Orlando mayor William “Billy” Beardall hugging a child who is holding an outstretched hand to a hovering bird. According to Kilpatrick, the bird represents youth “flying into the future.”
In advance of the “Great Public […]

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If you like a good scavenger hunt, Orange County’s Arts & Cultural Affairs Office is planning “The Great Public Art Challenge” on Saturday, April 12th in downtown Orlando. Prizes will be awarded to teams that are creative and able to track down public art based on a list of clues. Complete information on the challenge […]

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Here are some pictures from this past weekend at the Winter Park Art Festival. If you can identify any of the works, leave a note in the comments (since I didn’t write them down like a good journalist).

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As a kid growing up, I visited the Orlando International Airport many times for family vacations and when my Dad was coming or going on a business trip. On one of these visits, I noticed the “silver people” standing tall by the main terminal pointing up into the sky. Every time we visited thereafter, I’d […]

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The 49th Annual Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival starts Friday, with over 200 artists scheduled to put their works on display. These artists - working in disciplines including clay, digital art, glass, jewelry, painting, photography, sculpture and wood - will be joined by performing artists, a children’s workshop, merchandise and food tents and about 300,000 […]

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