The Windsor Sculpture Park, formerly known as the Odette Sculpture Park, is an open space in

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, that shows 35 large-scale

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s by artists including

Elisabeth Frink Dame Elisabeth Jean Frink (14 November 1930 – 18 April 1993) was an English sculptor and printmaker. Her ''Times'' obituary noted the three essential themes in her work as "the nature of Man; the 'horseness' of horses; and the divine in ...

Gerald Gladstone Gerald Gladstone (7 January 1929 – 7 March 2005) was a Canadian sculptor and painter. Life Born in 1929 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to Ralph and Dora Gladstone, Gerald was the sixth of nine children. In his youth, Gladstone was ...

, and

Sorel Etrog Sorel Etrog, (August 29, 1933 February 26, 2014) was a Romanian-born Israeli-Canadian artist, writer, and primarily, a sculptor. He specialized in modern art works and contemporary sculpture. Etrog's works explore his first-hand experience of the ...

. The park is located on the shore of the

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, spanning from Assumption Park to Centennial Park, between the

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(Huron Church Road) and the

Art Gallery of Windsor Art is a diverse range of cultural activity centered around ''works'' utilizing creative or imaginative talents, which are expected to evoke a worthwhile experience, generally through an expression of emotional power, conceptual ideas, tec ...

(Church Street). The Sculpture Park was funded by Mr and Mrs Louis Odette and the P & L Odette Foundation. The park is maintained by the city's Parks and Recreation Department, while the sculptures are cared for by the Cultural Affairs Department.

Works

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Leo Mol Leonid Molodozhanyn (January 15, 1915 – July 4, 2009), known as Leo Mol, was a Ukrainian Canadian stained glass artist, painter and sculptor. History Born Leonid Molodozhanyn in Polonne, Russian Empire (now Ukraine), Mol learned the art ...

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William McElcheran William Hodd ("Bill") McElcheran (Hamilton, Ontario; 1927–1999) was a Canadian designer and sculptor. Career McElcheran began modeling portraits as a boy at the age of 10. When he was 16, he was granted an advanced second-year standing at ...

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Ronald Zerafa Ronald is a masculine given name derived from the Old Norse ''Rögnvaldr'', Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 234; Hanks; Hodges (2003) § Ronald. or possibly from Old English '' Regenweald''. In some cases ''Ronald'' is an Anglicised form of ...

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Haydn Llewellyn Davies Haydn Llewellyn Davies (11 November 1921 – 24 March 2008) was a Welsh-born Canadian artist known for his large constructivist sculptures which stand outside many public buildings across Canada. Davies was born on 11 November 19 ...

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Tembo Day

Each year, the citizens of Windsor are invited to participate in washing ''Tembo''. ''Tembo'', a large bronze sculpture located in the Windsor Sculpture Park was created by Derrick Stephan Hudson. The sculpture features a mother elephant as well as two young babies. Each year, the citizens of Windsor are invited by the City of Windsor to help wash the elephants on Tembo Day. After a bath of gentle clean of warm water and soap using toothbrushes, Sculpture Conservation Assistants spend a couple of days applying wax to protect the sculpture in preparation for the winter The goal of Tembo Day is to create a better understanding of the importance of maintaining and preserving the care for bronze sculptures along the Windsor Sculpture Park. Tembo Day has gained recognition throughout Windsor for its engagement with the community and has been featured in the Windsor Star and CBC Windsor.

References

External links

Windsor Sculpture Park
- City of Windsor
Windsor Ontario Riverside Tour (July 2004) - "Google Video" (0:21:12)Local tourism information about Odette Sculpture Park
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Works

Tembo Day

See also

References

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