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RiverSculpture! are public art displays found along the Milwaukee Riverwalk in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Information kiosks stationed near each presentation offer self-guided walking tours of this annual outdoor exhibition.^[1]

Description

Each year, new sculpture pieces are unveiled at the opening of RiverSplash!, a three-day summer festival held annually along the Milwaukee River, until the festival's cancellation prior to the 2010 festival. The 2009 exhibition featured 15 unique contemporary sculptures from various artists, which are positioned at locations between Wisconsin Avenue and Cherry Street.

Limitation Series: Bowls by Paul Sebben, 1993
Epiphanic Recurve Redux by Bilhenry Walker, 1995
Laureate by Seymour Lipton, 1969
Acqua Grylli by Beth Sahagian, 2001
Pere Jacques Marquette restored by Tom Queoff, 1987
Trigon by Allen Ditson, 1970
Victoria by Jim Agard, 2001
Round Ring by John Ready, 2009
Dream with the Fishes for Aurora by Cork Marcheschi, 1998
Gertie the Duck by Gwendolyn Gillen, 1997
Octagonal Ring by John Ready, 2009
Dancing Through Life by Schomer Lichtner, 2003
Gertie Gets Her Ducks in a Row by Benjamin Rothschild, 2007
You Rise Above The World by Richard Taylor, 1999
The Manpower Sculpture Collection

History

In 1998, seven sculptors from Wisconsin were selected by a committee of educators, artists, business people and architects, to lend artworks for installation along the Milwaukee River. The first installment included: Stephen Feren's OK Ready for Zora, Narendra Patel's Cuculidae, Bilhenry Walker's Epiphanic Recurve Redux, John Richardson's Dura-Membrane, Claire Lieberman's Riversponge, Thomas Uebelherr's Bath Tub Madonna, and Peter Flanary's Island. An initial 30,000 brochures were printed to describe each piece and give locations to the various sculptures, which also included permanent sculptures by Seymour Lipton, Allen Ditson and Gwendolyn Gillen. The sculptures are intended to be on loan for one year, but the artists or owners of the artworks have allowed for longer displays, and a few are owned by the Milwaukee Riverwalk District which organizes the exhibit.^[2]

Since its first presentation, RiverSculpture! has displayed works by more than 75 sculptors, and includes 12 permanent sculptures. John Ready's River Gems Urban Jewelry Collection which was created from items of daily life was the featured installation of 2009. The entire multi-piece sculpture exhibit will be on display through October 2010.^[3]

References

^ "River Sculpture". Milwaukee Riverwalk District. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
^ Auer, James, "Sculptures will give Riverwalk a splash of art for five months," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 May 1998: B8, Final.
^ RiverSculpture! 2009

External links

RiverSculpture! 2009

[1] "River Sculpture". Milwaukee Riverwalk District. Retrieved 2023-09-20.

[2] Auer, James, "Sculptures will give Riverwalk a splash of art for five months," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 May 1998: B8, Final.

[3] RiverSculpture! 2009

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+{{Short description|Public art displays along the river in Milwaukee, Wisconsin}}
-[[Image:Acqua Grylli.jpg|thumb|300px|right|''Acqua Grylli'' by Beth Sahagian]]
-'''RiverSculpture!''' are public art displays found along the [[Milwaukee Riverwalk]] in downtown [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin|Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]]. Information kiosks stationed near each presentation offer self-guided walking tours of this annual outdoor exhibition.
+'''RiverSculpture!''' are public art displays found along the [[Milwaukee Riverwalk]] in downtown [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin|Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]]. Information kiosks stationed near each presentation offer self-guided walking tours of this annual outdoor exhibition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=River Sculpture |url=https://milwaukeeriverwalkdistrict.com/river-sculpture/ |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=Milwaukee Riverwalk District |language=en}}</ref>
 == Description ==
+Each year, new sculpture pieces are unveiled at the opening of [[RiverSplash!]],  a three-day summer festival held annually along the [[Milwaukee River]], until the festival's cancellation  prior to the 2010 festival. The 2009 exhibition featured 15 unique contemporary sculptures from various artists, which are positioned at locations between Wisconsin Avenue and Cherry Street.
-Each year new sculpture pieces are unveiled at the open of [[RiverSplash!]], a three day summer festival held annually along the [[Milwaukee River]]. The 2008 exhibition featured 15 unique contemporary sculptures from various artists, which are positioned at locations between Wisconsin Avenue and Juneau Avenue.
 # ''Limitation Series: Bowls'' by Paul Sebben, 1993
 # ''Epiphanic Recurve Redux'' by Bilhenry Walker, 1995
-# ''Laureate'' by [[Seymour Lipton]], 1969
+# ''[[Laureate (Lipton)|Laureate]]'' by [[Seymour Lipton]], 1969
-# ''Acqua Grylli'' by Beth Sahagian, 2001 (permanent display)
+# ''[[Acqua Grylli]]'' by Beth Sahagian, 2001
-# ''[[Pere Jacques Marquette]]'' restored by Tom Queoff, 1987 (permanent display)
+# ''[[Pere Jacques Marquette (Queoff)|Pere Jacques Marquette]]'' restored by Tom Queoff, 1987
-# ''Ribbon Song'' by Stephen Fischer, 2006
+# ''[[Trigon (Ditson)|Trigon]]'' by Allen Ditson, 1970
-# ''Trigon'' by Allen Ditson, 1970
 # ''Victoria'' by Jim Agard, 2001
-# ''Inuit's Bone Sequi III'' by Bilhenry Walker, 1995
+# ''Round Ring'' by John Ready, 2009
 # ''Dream with the Fishes for Aurora'' by Cork Marcheschi, 1998
-# ''[[Gertie the Duck]]'' by Gwendolyn Gillen, 1997 (permanent display)
+# ''[[Gertie the Duck]]'' by Gwendolyn Gillen, 1997
-# ''Palm Tree Serenade'' by John Mishler, 2007
+# ''Octagonal Ring'' by John Ready, 2009
+# ''[[Dancing Through Life (sculpture)|Dancing Through Life]]'' by Schomer Lichtner, 2003
-# ''Immigrant'' by Mike Baur, 1996
-# ''Cow and Ballerina'' by Schomer Lichtner, 2003
 # ''Gertie Gets Her Ducks in a Row'' by Benjamin Rothschild, 2007
+# ''You Rise Above The World'' by Richard Taylor, 1999
+# ''The Manpower Sculpture Collection''
+==History==
+In 1998, seven sculptors from Wisconsin were selected by a committee of educators, artists, business people and architects, to lend artworks for installation along the Milwaukee River. The first installment included: Stephen Feren's ''OK Ready for Zora,'' Narendra Patel's ''Cuculidae,'' Bilhenry Walker's ''Epiphanic Recurve Redux,'' John Richardson's ''Dura-Membrane,'' Claire Lieberman's ''Riversponge,'' Thomas Uebelherr's ''Bath Tub Madonna,'' and Peter Flanary's ''Island.'' An initial 30,000 brochures were printed to describe each piece and give locations to the various sculptures, which also included permanent sculptures by Seymour Lipton, Allen Ditson and Gwendolyn Gillen. The sculptures are intended to be on loan for one year, but the artists or owners of the artworks have allowed for longer displays, and a few are owned by the Milwaukee Riverwalk District which organizes the exhibit.<ref>Auer, James, "Sculptures will give Riverwalk a splash of art for five months," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 May 1998: B8, Final.</ref>
+Since its first presentation, RiverSculpture! has displayed works by more than 75 sculptors, and includes 12 permanent sculptures. John Ready's ''River Gems Urban Jewelry Collection'' which was created from items of daily life was the featured installation of 2009. The entire multi-piece sculpture exhibit will be on display through October 2010.<ref>RiverSculpture! 2009</ref>
+== References ==
+{{reflist}}
 == External links ==
-* [http://www.onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/riversculpture.html RiverSculpture! 2000]
+* [http://www.riversplash.com RiverSculpture! 2009]
-* [http://www.jsonline.com/onwisconsin/arts/aug01/auercol22082101a.asp Beth Sahagian's "Acqua Grylli"]
-* [http://www.youth.net/memories/1999/0120.html Story of Gertie the Duck]
+{{MilwaukeePublicArt}}
-[[Category:Buildings and structures in Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]
-[[Category:Culture of Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]
-[[Category:Art exhibitions]]
-[[Category:Outdoor sculptures in Wisconsin]]
+[[Category:Outdoor sculptures in Milwaukee]]
-{{Wisconsin-stub}}

v t e Public art in Milwaukee
Downtown	The Victorious Charge Family The Calling Wisconsin Workers Memorial Wind Leaves Birds of Knowledge of Good and Evil The Great Double Woodland Indian and Whistling Swans Solomon Juneau Leif, the Discoverer Letter Carriers' Monument Argo Bronze Fonz Walkways Through the Wall Abraham Lincoln George Washington Referee Immigrant Mother King Gambrinus RiverSculpture! Gertie the Duck General Douglas MacArthur The Spirit of Polonia World War I Memorial Flagpole Pedestrian Drama Midsummer Carnival Shaft Acqua Grylli Laureate Diana Trigon Pere Jacques Marquette Spanish–American War Soldier Ruins X Ex Stasis City Yard Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Peter John A Beam of Sun to Shake the Sky Rainbow Machine Topiary Lucere Dancing Through Life Mother Teresa Monument Jacques Marquette You Rise Above the World The Last Alarm John Plankinton
North Side	Celebrating the Arts Christian Wahl Elk On Watch Pattern Lapham Memorial Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Music Fishing Spirit of the Firefighter Dauntless Guardian Buildings 1992 Gear 23 All in the Air at Once First Flight Sea of the Ear Kindred Ties
East Side	Cleopatra's Wedge Float Polyphony Boy with Goose Eight Stone Lions Three Bronze Discs Holocaust Memorial Happy-Go-Luckies of Nature and Technology Blue Dress Park Sentinels Hermes Milwaukee Eclipse 'X' Intertwining Compass Erastus B. Wolcott Sharing the Load Robert Burns Near Here Compass Walk Like a River Spillover II Tip Jantar-Mantar Cass Street Park Brady Street Beasts Connect Fairies Candles
South Side	Menomonee Count Casimir Pulaski Spirit of Commerce Bay View Series A Place to Sit Stratiformis The Hill Climber Deflected Jets Angel in a Cage R. D. Whitehead Monument Memorial for Belle Austin Jacobs T. A. Chapman Memorial Nature Belle Oops, Missed Space Game Engine Company No. 10 William A. Starke Memorial Steel Reborn Red Flower Rising Equestrian statue of Tadeusz Kościuszko Patrick Cudahy Memorial SOARING Two Opposites Reaching Up Toward the Peak of Progress Edge Elements Ribbons VI Bridge Stone Bracelet Untitled Quartet Tending the Fire Bird and Fish The Sower The Reaper Giving Gifts Watertower
West Side	Henry Bergh Goethe–Schiller Monument Chrysalis The Ideal Scout Uptown Triangles Tree of Life Magic Grove Steuben Monument Kneeling Camels Teamwork Aaron Monument Yount Monument Selig Monument Uecker Monument Fire and Water Vliet Street Commons Miller Valley Veterans Monument Children of the West End
Lynden Sculpture Garden	Sinai Wandering Rocks Sea Form (Atlantic) Sky Fence Floating Sculpture No. 3 Mo, Ni, Que Trio Two-Piece Reclining Figure No. 9 Way Four Compound Junior Salem No. 7 Bremen Town Musicians Ancestor Queen of Sheba Rhythm in Space Peristyle, Three Lines Orizzontale Embrace Ursa Major Three Graces Large Torso, Arch Double Up Upstart The Lovers (di Suvero) Poland Axeltree Orbits Ritual II Hara Olympus The Lovers (Daen) Tensione No. 2 The Source Rainbow Unfolding Vegetative Sculpture I Round About Lodgepole Twist for Max Bench-Stone Windfall Knife Tree Conversations with Magic Stones, Figure Three Conversations with Magic Stones (Magic Stone Three) Kumo Untitled Arch Epicenter Epicenter II III Columns Flight Pin Oak I
Mobile projects	Overpass Light Brigade