Art on the Green

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Art on the GreenArt on the Green is a periodic exhibition of large scale outdoor sculptures by noted artists. Coordinated by the Winter Park Public Art Advisory Board, Art on the Green creates a “museum without walls.” The combination of Art on the Green with the city’s other museums and cultural activities provides enjoyable educational opportunities for both Winter Park’s residents and guests.

2026 Exhibition

This latest public art exhibition is a partnership with Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs and its Public Art Review Board, and serves as an extension of Orange County’s Sculpture on the Lawn program. Three sculptures will rotate annually with new sculpture installation every January to create a fun, artistic and colorful palette throughout Seven Oaks Park, the city’s newest green space located at 1150 N. Orange Ave.

The 2026 exhibition will include Drop by John E. Bannon, Melt Piece by Maxwell Hartley and Blue Mulberry by Lionel T. Dean.

Lionel T. Dean
3D printing & fibreglass
2024
Blue Mulberry is a large-scale sculpture created using advanced 3D printing and traditional fiberglass techniques. Printed from recycled plastic, the form is wrapped in a durable skin of glass-reinforced plastic, allowing it to withstand the elements while maintaining a smooth, fluid surface.
The sculpture’s unusual geometry is made possible through digital design tools, which allow the artist to explore shapes that would be difficult to achieve by hand alone. These digital processes are then combined with manual finishing techniques drawn from boat building and sculpture.
Standing eight feet tall, Blue Mulberry reflects a dialogue between technology and craft, bringing together contemporary manufacturing methods and established material knowledge in a work designed for public space.
John E. Bannon
stainless steel
2019
Drop is an object/action metaphor symbolizing the current status of the global climate presented through the tenuous connection of a dewdrop clinging to a blade of grass. The scale provides a unique perspective to suggest how one can experience nature.
The sculpture won the People’s Choice Award at the 2024 Works in Progress sculpture exhibition, presented by the Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County, North Carolina.
Maxwell Hartley
wood, resin, steel & concrete
2023
Hartley’s pieces are illustrations of how energy is absorbed and distorted. Gravity and time become focal points as the compositions develop. Each work challenges him to utilize reclaimed materials and advanced, refined resources. He enjoys producing objects that produce strong memories, and excite with unexpected possibilities.
Molding and casting techniques are applied to capture and reproduce forms by using substances that convert from liquid to solid. This state change allows motion to be frozen in space, like a single frame from a time-lapse video.
Melt Piece depicts a sheet of ice, transitioning from solid and stable, to flowing and kinetic. Two thermodynamic states are present at once, with eventual evaporation being implied. The loss of a precious resource is made symbolic through a familiar natural process.

2018-2019 Exhibition

Art on the Green 2018-2019 features six iconic monumental abstract sculptures by American modern master David Hayes (1931-2013). The sculptures are exhibited on the lawn of city hall and along the West Morse Boulevard medians. The colorful biomorphic works show the influence of his mentor David Smith and friend Alexander Calder.

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2015-2016 Exhibition

Art on the Green 2015-2016 was curated by Suzanne Delehanty and featured sculptures by seven Miami-based artists which were exhibited throughout Central Park.

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2006-2012 Biannual Exhibitions

Art on the Green 2012 included eight sculptures selected by curator Olga Viso, Director of the internationally recognized Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, which were exhibited in Central Park and City Hall lawn to celebrate the renovations of city hall and its surroundings.

In celebration of the improvements to Central Park, Art on the Green 2010 featured the exhibition of two sculptures which included Dwellings in Red by Barbara Sorensen near Park and New England avenues and Trailer by Chris Scala near the Emily Fountain.

Currently on permanent exhibition in Shady Park, Art on the Green 2008 features Molecular Dog/C3H8 by renowned sculptor Robert Chambers. This “dog” is actually a strategically configured sculpture of a propane molecule showcasing how Chambers integrates art and science. The artist chose this molecule to bring attention to the importance of ecology in today’s world.

A periodic exhibition of large scale outdoor sculptures, Art on the Green made its début in 2006 with an exhibition of sculptures in Central Park by world-class artists including works by Louise Nevelson, Vito Acconci, Tom Otterness and Red Grooms, among others.

Our Vision

Winter Park is the city of arts and culture, cherishing its traditional scale and charm while building a healthy and sustainable future for all generations.