Sculpture Walk

The Sculpture Walk is proudly supported by BCCC's Cultural Affairs Committee, Dottie and Pat Fielder, Grounds For Sculpture, and the Seward Johnson Atelier.

The Bucks Sculpture Walk is a free sculpture exhibit featuring a combination of works on loan and permanent works within the beautifully landscaped grounds of Bucks County Community College’s Newtown Campus. The Sculpture Walk showcases multiple styles and media used by the artists and sculptors. Download the Sculpture Walk map and family-friendly Sculpture Scavenger Hunt and take a scenic walk across campus.

Sculpture has a long lineage on the Bucks County Community College campus dating back to before the college was founded. Stella Elkins Tyler was a sculptor and had a passion for the arts. She bequeathed the property and sculptures to Temple in 1963, where it was then sold to create BCCC. In 2017, Sculpture Walk was created to build upon what Stella Elkins Tyler begin almost a century before. Public art is essential to a diverse community by building opportunities for activating dialogue and providing a vehicle for the community to express its identity. This project will utilize the display of outdoor sculpture to enhance the historically established art environment of BCCC. These sculptures will continue to encourage the artistic transformation of the college, thus enhancing the experience for our students along with bringing visibility to BCCC in new and exciting ways.

Newtown Campus

	1. Title Unknown By Stella Elkins Tyler \| History \| Bronze \| 1936 \| (Permanent collection) Wall fountain based on Tyler’s composition on Harriet Whitney Frishmuth’s exuberant Joy of the Waters (1917), a bronze sculpture in her own collection.
	2. Castalia By Stella Elkins Tyler \| History \| Bronze \| 1935 \| (Permanent collection) The inspiration for this fountain came from the Greco-Roman story of Castalia and the God Apollo.
	3. El Cucaracha By Stella Elkins Tyler \| History \| Bronze \| 1936 \| (Permanent collection) Literally, la cucarachatranslates as “the cockroach,” and it usually referred to a Mexican dance that permeated popular culture in the 1930s.
	4. Death and Transfiguration By Stella Elkins Tyler \| History \| Bronze \| 1934 \| (Permanent collection) The title alludes to Richard Strauss’ tone poem of the same name. This sculpture provides an excellent example of how Tyler drew inspiration from the music that she loved and played on her piano.
‌	5. Timeless Offerings By Jon Burns, John Mathews, and Catia Whitmore \| Cast Bronze and water \| 1999 \| (Permanent collection) This work was a site-specific sculpture designed for the college’s Tyler Formal Gardens. Funded by a college grant in 1999, the artists created this piece as an homage to Stella Elkins Tyler’s bronze castings that are on display in the Tyler Formal Gardens. Jon Burns is an instructor in the Bucks Arts Department, John Mathews is the Dean of Arts, and Catia Whitmore is a Bucks alumna.
	6. Spring Wind By Stella Elkins Tyler \| Bronze \| (Permanent collection) Originally a plaster created in 1924. Reproduced in bronze through funding by the BCCC Foundation's Tyler Preservation Committee.
	7 & 8. Sunset & Sunrise By Stella Elkins Tyler \| History \| Bronze \| 1938 \| (Permanent collection) These pieces, present a cosmological theme appropriate to the garden - the cycle of night and day.
	9. Pensive or Thoughtful Mood By Stella Elkins Tyler \| History \| Bronze \| 1939 \| (Permanent collection) This sculpture was perhaps intended as a nod to Auguste Rodin's famous sculpture of a man deep in thought, The Thinker (1880) - although emphasizing the cognitive powers of a woman.
	10. Cat Masks By Stella Elkins Tyler \| History \| Bronze \| 1937 \| (Permanent collection) Two cat masks embellish the pair of wall fountains representing a detail of the Tyler family crest.
	11. Tears For Freedom By Mark P. Grisi \| Slate and Water \| 2002 \| (Permanent collection) Constructed in 2002 as a memorial to 9\|11, the work is “Dedicated to all who have suffered in the name of Freedom”. Mark Grisi was a Physical Plant administrator at Bucks.
	12. Illuminators By John Mathews \| Website \| Fabricated Steel and Light \| 1994 \| (Permanent collection) Funded by a college grant, this piece was constructed with recycled steam pipes from the Newtown campus. John Mathews is a Bucks County sculptor and Dean of the Bucks Arts Department.
	13. Gemini By Robert L. Rosenwald \| Fabricated Aluminum-Kinetic \| 1986 \| (Permanent collection) Gifted to the college in 1986 by Bucks County sculptor Robert Rosenwald who passed away in June 2006. Virtual walkthrough of 1996 Exhibition of Robert Rosenwald at Anne Reid Art Gallery at Princeton Day School featuring studio photographs of Gemini. More information about Robert Rosenwald, on the Michener Art Museum's Bucks County Artists Database.
	14. Twisted By Patrick Strzelec \| Patrick Strzelec \| Aluminum \| 2017 \|(On loan from the artist) To purchase this work or to donate it to the college, please contact foundation@bucks.edu.
	15. Building Blocks By Mark Sfirri \| Pine and Aluminum \| 2014 \| (Permanent collection) In 2014, this single 10-foot turning in pine was commissioned as part of the college’s 50^th anniversary. Mark Sfirri was a Professor in the Bucks Arts Department for 35 years and is an internationally known wood turning artist. He was the 2010 recipient of the Wood Art Lifetime Achievement Award and Distinguished Educator from the Renwick. Learn more about the process.
	16. Signal By Adam Garey \| Website \| Fabricated Stainless Steel \| 2015 \| (On loan from the artist) To purchase this work or to donate it to the college, please contact foundation@bucks.edu.
	17. The Creation Pole By Bucks Fine Arts Faculty and Fine Arts Alumni \| Carved Redwood \| 1984 \| (Permanent collection) This work was carved in 1984 and dedicated in 1985 as part of the college’s 20^th anniversary. The redwood log was transported from California to the Newtown campus. Bucks Fine Arts faculty and alumni carved the 10 ton, 41-foot redwood log into a design based on the Peaceable Kingdom as depicted in the colonial era paintings of Edward Hicks, an early Bucks County primitive artist and preacher.
	18. Untitled By Jonathan Hertzel \| Website \| Carved Walnut \| ca. 1985 \| (Permanent collection) Donated to the college by Jonathan Hertzel, a long-time Bucks County resident who now resides in New Mexico. Typically, he would translate his complex organic forms into bronze castings.
	‌19. Creative Inspiration By Nilda Comas \| Website \| Bronze \| 2014 \| (Permanent collection) Portrait of Danny “Rio” DeGennaro, a Bucks County singer, songwriter and musician. Unveiled in 2014.
	20. Scribble House By Catia Whitmore \| Painted Steel (Permanent collection) Bucks purchased this piece from Bucks alumna Catia Whitmore in 2002.
‌	21. Recline By Andrew Light \| Website \| Fabricated Steel \| 2017 \| (On loan from the artist) To purchase this work or to donate it to the college, please contact foundation@bucks.edu.
	22. Snaphance By Harry Gordon \| Website \| Black Granite \| 2010 \| (On loan from the artist) To purchase this work or to donate it to the college, please contact foundation@bucks.edu.
	23. Evolve By Wendy Liss \| Website \|Steel, Ceramic, Found Object \| 2023 \| (On Loan from the Artist) To purchase this work or to donate it to the college, please contact foundation@bucks.edu.
	24. Maestro By David Duthie \| Copper and Steel-Kinetic \| 1996 \| (Permanent Collection) This work was purchased by a college grant in 2006. David Duthie is a Bucks County sculptor who is best known for his glass works.
	25. Sienna By John Martini \| Website \| Painted Steel \| 2006 \| (On Loan from Grounds For Sculpture, Gift of The Seward Johnson Atelier) To donate to future sculpture projects, please contact foundation@bucks.edu.
	26. Loquacious Three By Lila Katzen \| Website \| Stainless Steel \| 1986 \| (On Loan from Grounds For Sculpture, Gift of The Seward Johnson Atelier) To donate to future sculpture projects, please contact foundation@bucks.edu.
	27. Red Diamond By Joel Perlman \| ;Website \| Painted Steel \| 1982 \| (On Loan from Grounds For Sculpture, Gift of Polytechnic University, Original Gift of the Dobkin Family) To donate to future sculpture projects, please contact foundation@bucks.edu.
	28. Crack the Whip By Seward Johnson © 1980 The Seward Johnson Atelier, Inc. \| Website
	29. Making a Point By Seward Johnson © 1984 The Seward Johnson Atelier, Inc. \| Website
	30. Agonic Line By Vincent Hawley \| Website \| Hand-hammered copper \| 2019 \| (On loan from the artist) To purchase this work or to donate it to the college, please contact foundation@bucks.edu.
	31.Technicolor Dreams By Milan J. Kralick Jr. \| Website \| stainless steel \| 2001 \| (Gift of the artist, permanent collection)
	32. Field Grass #7 Amedeo Salamoni \| Website \| Formed and welded steel, bluestone bases \| 2019 \| (On loan from the artist) To purchase this work or to donate it to the college, please contact foundation@bucks.edu.

Upper Bucks Campus

Wind Chain Three

Milan J. Kralik Jr. | Website | Stainless steel | 1997 | (On loan from the artist)

To purchase this work or to donate it to the college, please contact foundation@bucks.edu.

Changing Direction

John McDevitt | Website | Fabricated Steel | 2017 | (On loan from the artist)

To purchase this work or to donate it to the college, please contact foundation@bucks.edu.

Solar Column

Milan J. Kralik Jr. | Website | Stainless steel | 2005 | (On loan from the artist)

To purchase this work or to donate it to the college, please contact foundation@bucks.edu.

Gene & Marlene Epstein Campus at Bristol

Wish for Peace

Linda N. LaRose | Website | Hand-carved limestone and acrylic | 2018 | (Gift of the artist)

Hicks Art Center Gallery
Sculpture Walk
Book Group
Kevin and Sima Zlock Performing Arts Center
The Gallery at Lower Bucks Campus
Facilities Rental

Event Tickets

Peter Chiovarou

Director, Community Programming & College Events

215-968-8087 peter.chiovarou@bucks.edu Newtown

Event Tickets

Peter Chiovarou

Director, Community Programming & College Events

215-968-8087 peter.chiovarou@bucks.edu Newtown

	1. Title Unknown By Stella Elkins Tyler \| History \| Bronze \| 1936 \| (Permanent collection) Wall fountain based on Tyler’s composition on Harriet Whitney Frishmuth’s exuberant Joy of the Waters (1917), a bronze sculpture in her own collection.
	2. Castalia By Stella Elkins Tyler \| History \| Bronze \| 1935 \| (Permanent collection) The inspiration for this fountain came from the Greco-Roman story of Castalia and the God Apollo.
	3. El Cucaracha By Stella Elkins Tyler \| History \| Bronze \| 1936 \| (Permanent collection) Literally, la cucarachatranslates as “the cockroach,” and it usually referred to a Mexican dance that permeated popular culture in the 1930s.
	4. Death and Transfiguration By Stella Elkins Tyler \| History \| Bronze \| 1934 \| (Permanent collection) The title alludes to Richard Strauss’ tone poem of the same name. This sculpture provides an excellent example of how Tyler drew inspiration from the music that she loved and played on her piano.
‌	5. Timeless Offerings By Jon Burns, John Mathews, and Catia Whitmore \| Cast Bronze and water \| 1999 \| (Permanent collection) This work was a site-specific sculpture designed for the college’s Tyler Formal Gardens. Funded by a college grant in 1999, the artists created this piece as an homage to Stella Elkins Tyler’s bronze castings that are on display in the Tyler Formal Gardens. Jon Burns is an instructor in the Bucks Arts Department, John Mathews is the Dean of Arts, and Catia Whitmore is a Bucks alumna.
	6. Spring Wind By Stella Elkins Tyler \| Bronze \| (Permanent collection) Originally a plaster created in 1924. Reproduced in bronze through funding by the BCCC Foundation's Tyler Preservation Committee.
	7 & 8. Sunset & Sunrise By Stella Elkins Tyler \| History \| Bronze \| 1938 \| (Permanent collection) These pieces, present a cosmological theme appropriate to the garden - the cycle of night and day.
	9. Pensive or Thoughtful Mood By Stella Elkins Tyler \| History \| Bronze \| 1939 \| (Permanent collection) This sculpture was perhaps intended as a nod to Auguste Rodin's famous sculpture of a man deep in thought, The Thinker (1880) - although emphasizing the cognitive powers of a woman.
	10. Cat Masks By Stella Elkins Tyler \| History \| Bronze \| 1937 \| (Permanent collection) Two cat masks embellish the pair of wall fountains representing a detail of the Tyler family crest.
	11. Tears For Freedom By Mark P. Grisi \| Slate and Water \| 2002 \| (Permanent collection) Constructed in 2002 as a memorial to 9\|11, the work is “Dedicated to all who have suffered in the name of Freedom”. Mark Grisi was a Physical Plant administrator at Bucks.
	12. Illuminators By John Mathews \| Website \| Fabricated Steel and Light \| 1994 \| (Permanent collection) Funded by a college grant, this piece was constructed with recycled steam pipes from the Newtown campus. John Mathews is a Bucks County sculptor and Dean of the Bucks Arts Department.
	13. Gemini By Robert L. Rosenwald \| Fabricated Aluminum-Kinetic \| 1986 \| (Permanent collection) Gifted to the college in 1986 by Bucks County sculptor Robert Rosenwald who passed away in June 2006. Virtual walkthrough of 1996 Exhibition of Robert Rosenwald at Anne Reid Art Gallery at Princeton Day School featuring studio photographs of Gemini. More information about Robert Rosenwald, on the Michener Art Museum's Bucks County Artists Database.
	14. Twisted By Patrick Strzelec \| Patrick Strzelec \| Aluminum \| 2017 \|(On loan from the artist) To purchase this work or to donate it to the college, please contact foundation@bucks.edu.
	15. Building Blocks By Mark Sfirri \| Pine and Aluminum \| 2014 \| (Permanent collection) In 2014, this single 10-foot turning in pine was commissioned as part of the college’s 50^th anniversary. Mark Sfirri was a Professor in the Bucks Arts Department for 35 years and is an internationally known wood turning artist. He was the 2010 recipient of the Wood Art Lifetime Achievement Award and Distinguished Educator from the Renwick. Learn more about the process.
	16. Signal By Adam Garey \| Website \| Fabricated Stainless Steel \| 2015 \| (On loan from the artist) To purchase this work or to donate it to the college, please contact foundation@bucks.edu.
	17. The Creation Pole By Bucks Fine Arts Faculty and Fine Arts Alumni \| Carved Redwood \| 1984 \| (Permanent collection) This work was carved in 1984 and dedicated in 1985 as part of the college’s 20^th anniversary. The redwood log was transported from California to the Newtown campus. Bucks Fine Arts faculty and alumni carved the 10 ton, 41-foot redwood log into a design based on the Peaceable Kingdom as depicted in the colonial era paintings of Edward Hicks, an early Bucks County primitive artist and preacher.
	18. Untitled By Jonathan Hertzel \| Website \| Carved Walnut \| ca. 1985 \| (Permanent collection) Donated to the college by Jonathan Hertzel, a long-time Bucks County resident who now resides in New Mexico. Typically, he would translate his complex organic forms into bronze castings.
	‌19. Creative Inspiration By Nilda Comas \| Website \| Bronze \| 2014 \| (Permanent collection) Portrait of Danny “Rio” DeGennaro, a Bucks County singer, songwriter and musician. Unveiled in 2014.
	20. Scribble House By Catia Whitmore \| Painted Steel (Permanent collection) Bucks purchased this piece from Bucks alumna Catia Whitmore in 2002.
‌	21. Recline By Andrew Light \| Website \| Fabricated Steel \| 2017 \| (On loan from the artist) To purchase this work or to donate it to the college, please contact foundation@bucks.edu.
	22. Snaphance By Harry Gordon \| Website \| Black Granite \| 2010 \| (On loan from the artist) To purchase this work or to donate it to the college, please contact foundation@bucks.edu.
	23. Evolve By Wendy Liss \| Website \|Steel, Ceramic, Found Object \| 2023 \| (On Loan from the Artist) To purchase this work or to donate it to the college, please contact foundation@bucks.edu.
	24. Maestro By David Duthie \| Copper and Steel-Kinetic \| 1996 \| (Permanent Collection) This work was purchased by a college grant in 2006. David Duthie is a Bucks County sculptor who is best known for his glass works.
	25. Sienna By John Martini \| Website \| Painted Steel \| 2006 \| (On Loan from Grounds For Sculpture, Gift of The Seward Johnson Atelier) To donate to future sculpture projects, please contact foundation@bucks.edu.
	26. Loquacious Three By Lila Katzen \| Website \| Stainless Steel \| 1986 \| (On Loan from Grounds For Sculpture, Gift of The Seward Johnson Atelier) To donate to future sculpture projects, please contact foundation@bucks.edu.
	27. Red Diamond By Joel Perlman \| ;Website \| Painted Steel \| 1982 \| (On Loan from Grounds For Sculpture, Gift of Polytechnic University, Original Gift of the Dobkin Family) To donate to future sculpture projects, please contact foundation@bucks.edu.
	28. Crack the Whip By Seward Johnson © 1980 The Seward Johnson Atelier, Inc. \| Website
	29. Making a Point By Seward Johnson © 1984 The Seward Johnson Atelier, Inc. \| Website
	30. Agonic Line By Vincent Hawley \| Website \| Hand-hammered copper \| 2019 \| (On loan from the artist) To purchase this work or to donate it to the college, please contact foundation@bucks.edu.
	31.Technicolor Dreams By Milan J. Kralick Jr. \| Website \| stainless steel \| 2001 \| (Gift of the artist, permanent collection)
	32. Field Grass #7 Amedeo Salamoni \| Website \| Formed and welded steel, bluestone bases \| 2019 \| (On loan from the artist) To purchase this work or to donate it to the college, please contact foundation@bucks.edu.

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