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Southlake Public Art
Welcome to Southlake Public Art! We are so glad you are here.
Southlake Public Art showcases the culture, look, and feel of Southlake, the City’s public art collection is an integral part of what makes up the city’s charm. One can travel throughout the City and find public art proudly displayed in open spaces, intersections, key gateways, key destinations, and roundabouts. Throughout the years, the City of Southlake has developed a remarkable collection of public art and has consistently invested in routine maintenance and conservation of those assets.
The Southlake public art collection has always been a staple in the community. It tells a story about the City’s history, artistic style, and residents. With the continued expansion of the public art collection, the Southlake Arts Council has worked diligently implementing the City’s public art initiatives through Southlake Public Arts Programs.
The Southlake City Council and the Southlake Arts Council have been working together for years to cultivate the Public Arts Programs. The program is designed to enhance the cultural life of the community through the arts. The City Council and Arts Council came together to present the virtual video tour showcasing some of the City's most recent public art additions. Southlake City Council appointed the Southlake Arts Council for the arts council to advise on art-related matters and align all the public art initiatives. Resources for programs are granted through the Public Art fund and partnerships with arts organizations and community groups that bring art-related programming to the community.
The City’s first public art pieces were placed in 2008. Since that time, many more pieces have been carefully added with vision and guidance correlating with the City’s Public Art Master Plan, which explains the City's future strategy, how the Hotel Occupancy Tax supports it, and the program's rich history.
Experience Southlake's public art and let us know what you think!
Recent Additions
Take-Off’
Most recently, the City has installed a new water feature at Park Village that boasts the latest public art piece as part of the new structure. The Southlake Arts Council were the visionaries for the new art piece, planning for a contemporary sculpture that portrays flight since the property is the former site of an airport. The Arts Council worked with an Arkansas-based artist, Hunter Brown, to create the piece titled, Take-Off’. The art piece is a modern stainless steel sculpture design, composed of twisting and turning forms that ascend upward, intersecting and jutting through space. Although the design is abstract, the movement of the forms exhibits an aeronautical feel. Each form twists and similarly tapers across the sky to flight maneuvering. The cantilevered balance, delicate joineries, and asymmetrical composition gives the piece a gravity-defying feel and pushes the aviation theme. The relationship and orientation of each form create drastically different compositions from different perspectives, making the piece transformative. The scale of the piece is large but not overpowering for the space. The piece extrudes into the sky, which pushes creates a dramatic effect by using the skyline as its canvas. Funding for the artwork came from a public investment agreement with the property owner that uses sales and property tax from the development. Read more about the planning for public art at Park Village.
"I Believe In Southlake" Mural
An addition to the program in Spring 2021, was the “I Believe in Southlake” mural located in Town Square outside of Town Hall. The mural which was designed by City employee Missy Saunders and developed by local artist Liz Bonham was inspired by the public art displays in New Orleans, Southlake Town Hall’s “I Believe in Southlake’ mural includes beloved staples of the Southlake community and Texas. The mural was meant to captures all the things that make Southlake unique and special. Mayor Laura Hill is pictured with the mural and encourages others to take a selfie using #IBelieveInSouthlake with this newest piece of art. Read more about the "I Believe in Southlake" mural here.
Coming Soon
The City’s public art collection is ever-expanding enhancing the City’s landscape. The public art collection will soon add a sculpture of Bob and Almeady Jones in the Bob Jones Park. The sculpture, approved by City council in November 2020, will be a tribute to the Jones family. Read more about the Bob and Almeady Jones sculpture.
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Be the Bridge
By: Boris Kramer – Location: White Chapel & Highland Street Roundabout. The Arts Council goal with the Building the Bridge piece of artwork was for it to highlight unity and culture. The concept of this artwork is about bringing acceptance and tolerance through the experiences of play and dance. The central figure will have five predominant colors: black, brown, yellow, red, and white. The artist, Boris Kramer’s theory is that the figure can be interpreted from a variety of viewpoints. The sculpture can represent everyone from different backgrounds with one of the figures in the middle of the group making the connection, the middle figure could also be interpreted as the person who does not fit into simply one ethnic background or social group, or the figure could be a person who is blended into a number of different groups but can still be a catalyst for equality.
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Mockingbird Tree
By: Michael Warrick - Location: Zena Rucker & Tower Roundabout. The Mockingbird Tree by Michael Warrick celebrates the tree as one of Texas’ natural resources and represents the medical, retail and residential developments surrounding the Zena Rucker & Tower roundabout, where it is located. The tree also incorporates three mockingbirds, which is the Texas State bird.
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Prarie Winds
By: Seth Vandable - Location: Southlake Log House at Bicentennial. Prairie Winds sculpture represents the early settlers and wagon trails that were part of the westward migration. The artwork is located near the log cabin in Bicentennial Park.
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Southlake Burro Trio
By: Jane DeDecker - Location: Southlake Commons Development. Southlake Burro Trio is a statue of three bronze donkeys was installed in October 2020 in remembrance of the donkeys that once lived there.
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Southlake Constellation
By: Kathi Caricoff - Location: The Marq Southlake. The City of Southlake dedicated the “Southlake Constellation” sculpture by Kathi Caricoff at The Marq Southlake on Monday, May 23, 2016. The artist, Kathi Caricoff, designed a celestial-inspired piece with three abstract stainless steel stars. The celestial theme was created when Southlake Arts Council had an idea for the artwork to resemble a Texas night sky. The way the stars interact with one another is reminiscent of people dancing and their various heights make the artwork visually engaging from inside The Marq as well as outside. Caricoff’s work is designed to be relevant, welcoming and approachable for a broad audience.
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Flying Together
By: Dream Big Sculptures - Location: Dove/ Peytonville/ Sam School Rd. “Flying Together” sculpture by Adam Schultz from Dream Big Sculpture at Dove, Peytonville and Sam School Rd roundabout on Friday, May 19, 2017. Artist, Adam Schultz, designed “Flying Together” featuring two bronze eagles soaring into the sky. This image symbolizes the great heights that have been achieved through the spirit of community in Southlake. The eagles, birds native to the Texas area, represent the ideas of freedom and innovation while reflecting Southlake’s traditional, small town charm. The pair of eagles are flying across a stainless steel circle, moving into the future.
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Moonicipal
By: Jane Flury - Location: Southlake Town Hall. Jane Flury first painted Moonicipal, a fiberglass longhorn, in 2006 as a part of The Southlake Stampede art event in honor of the City of Southlake’s 50th year anniversary. Southlake Stampede was a public art event with the mission of providing fun, family oriented public art to showcase throughout Southlake. Moonicipal, which was refurbished in 2016 by Flury, is covered in scenes of Southlake and was painted to represent the original landmarks of the city. Flury noted how she wanted to incorporate all the different aspects of Southlake onto the 3D art canvas with her own personal touches.
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The Ties That Bind
By: Jane DeDecker - Location: Family Park, Southlake Town Square. The Ties That Bind was the first piece of public artwork in the City, unveiled December 6, 2011. Honoring the project’s visionary and developer, Southlake resident Brian Stebbins, a bronze sculpture titled “The Ties That Bind” by Jane DeDecker was placed at the corner of State and Main Streets in Rustin Park. Depicting a child and a father who have paused to tie the child’s shoe after playing in the park, the sculpture symbolizes the importance of family that has always been the heart of Southlake Town Square. Stebbins, along with his wife and two children, were present to view the sculpture that was created in his honor.
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Morning
By: Darrell Davis-Location: Carroll & Dove
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Taking Flight
By: Seth Vandable - Location: Brumlow & Continental
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On the Count of Three
By: Jane DeDecker-Location: White Chapel & Continental.
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Lessons We Have Learned
By: Jane DeDecker - Location: White Chapel & Dove
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Saluting a Hero
By: Gary Alsum - Location: Southlake DPS North
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Reunion
By: Gary Alsum - Location: Southlake DPS North.
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Loyalty & Service Above All Else
By: Archie St. Clair - Location: Southlake DPS Headquarters
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Southlake Memorial Bell
Location: Southlake DPS Headquarters
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Sentinel
By: Archie St. Clair - Location: Southlake DPS Headquarters
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