PETER W. MICHEL, Sculptor   ●  Sculpture in Celebration of Self, Relationship and Community

. SCULPTURE TYPE:  PUBLIC ART .

"Community As Family" Syracuse, New York, 20011    In front of the Beauchamp Library in the Southside Neighborhood      Painted Aluminum   6'-7" h x 6'-0" in diameter  . "Honoring the Onondaga Creek" Syracuse, New York, 2011   At Meachem Field in the Valley neighborhood       Painted Aluminum    6'-7" h x 12'-0" w x 3'-9" d  (not including concrete base) . These Fantasy Tree Sculptures are installed at Texas Children's Hospital West Campus in Houston, TX  2010 The tallest of these Tree Family Groups is 10 feet tall - the painted aluminum modular units are 4 feet wide.  more info . "Peace Garden Totem" Utica, New York, 2009        Part of the Thea Bowman House Memorial Peace Garden       Painted Aluminum  12'-6" h x 3'-7" x 3'10"  more info   . Participatory "Community Totem" project  - painted by 60 children at City Hall Commons in Syracuse, NY      on July 25th, 2009 during ArtsWeek festivities and displayed in Clinton Square on August 1st.  more info      Painted Wood     21'-6" h x 3'-9" x 3'-9"                               . "Two Are Halves of One"  Stamford, Connecticut, 2006             On display at the Federal Reserve Board in      Painted Aluminum     9'-9" h x 3'-10" x 4'-2"                               Washington DC,  2009 . "Family Celebration" Stamford, Connecticut, 2006                                                                Maquette      Painted Aluminum     7'-9" h x 5'-10" x 5'-5"                                     Shown at the Stamford Town Center - part of the Art In Public Places Figuratively Speaking Exhibition . "Standing Tall - A Community Totem"  Chicago, Illinois, 2000    (Pierwalk 2000 on the Navy Pier)      Painted Wood and Steel     19'-5" h x 8'-0" x 8'-0"          Now part of the Oakton Sculpture Park in Des Plaines, IL . "Fathers and Sons"  Chicago and Urbana, Illinois, 1999      (Pierwalk 1999 on the Navy Pier)      Painted Aluminum   10' h x 10'-6" in diameter . "Childhood Rhythms"  Hamilton, NY, 1995    shown on the village green        Painted Wood   6'-1" h x 8'-0" w x 8'-0" d . "Conversations in the Woods"    Stockbridge, Massachusetts,  1994 "Conversations in a Space Between Two Tall Trees and a House"        Lenox, Massachusetts, 1994     Painted Wood   . "Portal with View",   (Downtown Houston showing in view)   Houston, Texas,  1983       Painted Wood  (reinforced with metal)   14'-8" h x 16'-6" x 7'-0" . .

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© 1983/2008 by Peter W. Michel                Posted 12-23-11   updated  4-20-13

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Peter W. Michel, sculptor ● 185 Brookside Lane ● Fayetteville, NY 13066 ● 315-632-4780 ● peter@petermichel.com