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Outdoor Art
The River Walk's New Floating Art Corridor
Public art installations along the River Walk Museum Reach, which opened in May 2009, feature local, national and international artists.
Each is unique and most are linked to a bridge or overpass and include waterfall, audio and kinetic elements.
Best Viewed From a River Taxi
One of the best ways to see the new art installations along the River Walk extension is from a river taxi at sunset. You'll see the full charm and beauty of the art lit up in the darkness.
At the Lexington Street Bridge, British artist Martin Richman has designed an installation of reflective, suspended elements that dance in the breeze, scattering flashes of color. This dazzling artwork creates a portal of light announcing the Museum Reach’s entrance and exit.
When are railings dynamic art? When San Antonio artist Rolando Briseno re-designs them on three bridges at McCullough Avenue, Brooklyn Avenue and Ninth Sreet. The railings and arbor forms also shade pedestrians and encourage them to linger by the river.
Now based in San Antonio, New York painter Mark Schlesinger uses the concrete of the Ninth Street underpass and bridge as his canvas for experimenting with space and perception. His vibrant art creates a complete environment under the bridge that enthralls viewers with texture, form and color.
Native plants and animals embellish the handrails on the Camden and Newell bridges, which frame the new grotto area on the river below. San Antonio sculptor George Schroeder has fashioned these intricately forged artworks from steel.
A school of larger-than-life fiberglass fish swim suspended above the river and below the Interstate 35 overpass adjacent to Camden Street. Philadelphia artist Donald Lipski created these whimsical, surreal sculptures, among the most visible public art in the city.
Art in the Park
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Forged metal gates by local sculptor George Schroeder, welcoming visitors at the newly renovated entrance at Broadway and Avenue B.
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“Glorieta,” a bronze sculpture placed where two park trails intersect. Slices cut from one of the park’s fallen pecan trees provide a base for the piece by local artist Anne Wallace.
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At three trailheads, fired clay sculptures atop stacked stone pedestals. Local artist Susan Budge designed each piece with a theme related to Brackenridge Park or its founder, George Brackenridge.
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At the new parking garage in the park near the Witte Museum, San Antonio artist Cakky Brawley has covered the brushed aluminum on the top two stories of the elevator shaft with images that evoke water and vegetation. LED lights make the sculpture glow at night.
River Walk Museum Reach Art
Funded by the San Antonio River Foundation
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