Sculpture Walk
Foundation, foundation@bucks.edu
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
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1. Title UnknownBy Stella Elkins Tyler | www.bucks.edu/discover/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. |
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2. CastaliaBy Stella Elkins Tyler | www.bucks.edu/discover/history | Bronze | 1935 | (Permanent collection) The inspiration for this fountain came from the Greco-Roman story of Castalia and the god Apollo. |
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3. El CucarachaBy Stella Elkins Tyler | www.bucks.edu/discover/history | Bronze | 1936 | (Permanent collection) Literally, la cucaracha translates as “the cockroach,” and it usually referred to a Mexican dance that permeated popular culture in the 1930s. |
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4. Death and TransfigurationBy Stella Elkins Tyler | www.bucks.edu/discover/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. |
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5. Timeless OfferingsBy 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. |
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6. Spring WindBy 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. |
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7 & 8. Sunset & SunriseBy Stella Elkins Tyler | www.bucks.edu/discover/history | Bronze | 1938 | (Permanent collection) These pieces, present a cosmological theme appropriate to the garden - the cycle of night and day. |
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9. Pensive or Thoughtful MoodBy Stella Elkins Tyler | www.bucks.edu/discover/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. |
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10. Cat MasksBy Stella Elkins Tyler | www.bucks.edu/discover/history | Bronze | 1937 | (Permanent collection) Two cat masks embellish the pair of wall fountains representing a detail of the Tyler family crest. |
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11. Tears For FreedomBy 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. |
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12. IlluminatorsBy John Mathews | www.johnmathewsculpture.com | 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. |
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13. GeminiBy 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. Video link to 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 is located here, on the Michener Art Museum's Bucks County Artists Database. |
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14. TwistedBy Patrick Strzelec | www.patrickstrzelec.com | Aluminum | 2017 |(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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15. Building BlocksBy 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 50th 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. To learn more about the process click here for a video. |
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16. SignalBy Adam Garey | www.adamgarey.com | 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. |
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17. The Creation PoleBy 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 20th 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. |
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18. UntitledBy Jonathan Hertzel | www.jonathanhertzel.com | 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. |
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19. Creative InspirationBy Nilda Comas | www.nildacomas.com | Bronze | 2014 | (Permanent collection) Portrait of Danny “Rio” DeGennaro, a Bucks County singer, songwriter and musician. Unveiled in 2014. |
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20. Scribble HouseBy Catia Whitmore | Painted Steel (Permanent collection) Bucks purchased this piece from Bucks alumna Catia Whitmore in 2002. |
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21. ReclineBy Andrew Light | www.alightsculpture.com | Fabricated Steel | 2017 | (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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22. SnaphanceBy Harry Gordon | www.gordonsculpture.com | Black Granite | 2010 | (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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23. Technicolor DreamsBy Milan J. Kralick Jr. | www.mjkraliksculpture.com | stainless steel | 2001 | (Gift of the artist, permanent collection)
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24. MaestroBy David Duthie | www.buckscountyhotglass.com | 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. |
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25. RuptureBy Claudia Aranovich | www.groundsforsculpture.org/Artist/Claudia-Aranovich | Painted Steel, Polyester Fiberglass Resin | 2001 | (On Loan from Grounds For Sculpture, Gift of the Artist) To donate to future sculpture projects, please contact foundation@bucks.edu. |
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26. Loquacious ThreeBy Lila Katzen | www.groundsforsculpture.org/Artist/Lila-Katzen | 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. |
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27. Red DiamondBy Joel Perlman | www.groundsforsculpture.org/Artist/Joel-Perlman | 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. |
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28. Crack the WhipBy Seward Johnson © 1980 The Seward Johnson Atelier, Inc. | sewardjohnsonatelier.org |
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29. Making a PointBy Seward Johnson © 1984 The Seward Johnson Atelier, Inc. | sewardjohnsonatelier.org |
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30. Agonic LineBy Vincent Hawley | vwhstudio.com | 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.
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31. Field Grass #7Amedeo Salamoni | https://amedeosalamoniarts.wordpress.com/ | 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
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Wind Chain ThreeMilan J. Kralik Jr. | https://www.mjkraliksculpture.com/ | Stainless steel | 1997 | (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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Changing DirectionJohn McDevitt | http://www.mcdevittsculpture.com/ | Fabricated Steel | 2017 | (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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Solar ColumnMilan J. Kralik Jr. | https://www.mjkraliksculpture.com/ | 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
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Wish for PeaceLinda N. LaRose | lnlportfolio.com | Hand-carved limestone and acrylic | 2018 | (Gift of the artist)
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