Windsor Sculpture Park
{{Short description|Open space in Windsor, Ontario, Canada}}
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The Windsor Sculpture Park, formerly known as the Odette Sculpture Park, is an open space in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, that shows 35 large-scale contemporary sculptures by artists including Elisabeth Frink, Gerald Gladstone, and Sorel Etrog.
The park is located on the shore of the Detroit River, spanning from Assumption Park to Centennial Park, between the Ambassador Bridge (Huron Church Road) and the Art Gallery of Windsor (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.
The City of Windsor provides free public guided tours of the five kilometre open air gallery. The tours are done in a vehicle called The Art Cart; an electric golf cart which can hold five people. Tours run on a first-come-first-served basis. Art Cart Tours depart from the base of the Great Canadian Flag at the foot of Ouellette Avenue. Fee-based tours require reservations. Fee-based tours are offered outside of public tour hours.{{cite web |title=Art Cart Tours |url=https://www.citywindsor.ca/residents/Culture/Windsor-Sculpture-Park/Pages/Art-Cart-Tours.aspx |publisher=City of Windsor |accessdate=January 4, 2019}}
Works
File:Little Lady (2824738567).jpg|Anne, Leo Mol
File:Apatosaurus.jpeg|Apatosaurus
File:Audio Corridor.jpeg|Audio Corridor, Ian Lazarus
File:Bell Measure.jpeg|Bell Measure, Stephen Cruise
File:The Chicken and Egg.jpeg|Chicken and Egg, Morton Katz
File:Business Man on a Horse.jpeg|Business Man on a Horse, William McElcheran
File:Claim Post.jpeg|Claim Post, Scott McKay
File:The Columns.jpeg|The Columns, Ronald Zerafa
File:Composition with Five Elements (2825585348).jpg|Composition with Five Elements, Haydn Llewellyn Davies
File:Consophia.jpeg|Consophia, Ian Lazarus
File:Cordella.jpeg|Cordella, Maryon Kantaroff
File:Ground to Ask the Sky.jpeg|Ground to Ask the Sky, Royden Mills
File:Odette Sculpture Park Consolation 03.jpg|Consolation, Joe Rosenthal
File:Windsor Sculpture Garden.jpeg|Dancing Bear, Pauta Saila
File:Edwina Sandys Odette Sculpture Park.jpg|Eve's Apple, Edwina Sandys
File:Elisabeth Frink Odette Sculpture Park 02.jpg|Flying Men, Elisabeth Frink
File:Kantaroff Odette Sculpture Park.jpg|The Garden, Maryon Kantaroff
File:Inukshuk.jpeg|Inukshuk
File:Sorel Etrog Windsor, Ontario.jpg|King and Queen, Sorel Etrog
File:Odette Sculpture Park Gerald Gladstone.jpg|Morning Flight, Gerald Gladstone
File:Obelisk.jpeg|Obelisk, Sigmund Reszetnik
File:Odette Sculpture Park Penguins.jpg|Penguins on a Waterfall, Yolanda Vandergaast
File:Racing Horses.jpeg|Racing Horses, Derrick Stephan Hudson
File:DeAngelis Odette Sculpture Park.jpg|Rinterzo, Joseph DeAngelis
File:Salutation.jpeg|Salutation, Ralph Hicks
File:The Sisters Sculpture.jpeg|Sisters 2, Morton Katz
File:Space Plough II.jpeg|Space Plough 2, Sorel Etrog
File:Odette Sculpture Park Tembo.jpg|Tembo, Derrick Stephan Hudson
File:Tiger.jpeg|''Tiger
File:Anne Harris Odette Sculpture Park.jpg|* Tohawah, Anne Harris
File:Tower Song.jpeg|Tower Song, Ted Bieler
File:Triceratops.jpeg| Triceratops
File:Odette Sculpture Park Bruce Watson.jpg|Union Six, Bruce Watson
File:Voyager Canoe.jpeg|Voyageur Canoe, Ralph Ireland
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{{Cite web|url=https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/bath-time-for-tembo|title=Daunting tusk: Windsorites come together to give Tembo its yearly bath|date=2016-06-30|language=en-US|access-date=2016-08-31}}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/tembo-the-elephant-gets-a-bath-on-windsor-s-riverfront-1.3199513|title=Tembo the elephant gets a bath on Windsor's riverfront|access-date=2016-08-31}}
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.citywindsor.ca/residents/culture/windsor-sculpture-park/Pages/Windsor-Sculpture-Park.aspx Windsor Sculpture Park] - City of Windsor
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE60OIR3JPU Windsor Ontario Riverside Tour (July 2004) - "Google Video" (0:21:12)]
- [http://www.visitwindsoressex.com/wps/wcm/connect/twepi/twepi/main+nav/arts+and+entertainment/galleries/windsor+sculpture+park Local tourism information about Odette Sculpture Park]
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Category:Sculpture gardens, trails and parks in Canada