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Delta Sculpture Walk
The Delta Sculpture Walk is a free, outdoor sculpture exhibit featuring a wonderful combination of traveling exhibits and permanent works held by Delta College. The variety showcases multiple styles and media used by the artists and sculptors. All are placed within the beautifully landscaped grounds of Delta College, in the heart of Michigan's Great Lakes Bay Region.
The sculpture exhibit has been developed to expand Delta College’s emphasis on visual artwork and the traveling pieces will be on display until spring 2013. We hope the exhibit will also help broaden the community’s view of the significant partnership between artistic expression and active learning.
We invite the public to enjoy the Delta Sculpture Walk, which is available 365 days a year without the need for an appointment. It is our desire to encourage intellectual conversation, illuminate the creative process and provide an aesthetic environment for everyone to enjoy.
The Delta Sculpture Walk was commissioned by Delta College, with the generous support of the Anderson Family of Bay City and is generously supported through a combination of private donations to the Delta College Foundation. If you would like to make a financial contribution, please call 989-686-9224.
Purchase a Sculpture
All of the traveling sculptures in this exhibit can be purchased. A portion of the proceeds from sculpture sales will benefit the Delta Sculpture Walk. For more information, contact curator John Suave at 734-819-3456 or visit www.sauveartfoundation.org.
Sculpture Map
The Delta Sculpture Walk is focused around the south end of campus. Free parking is available in the nearby west, southwest, southeast and east parking lots. View full campus map (PDF).
Sculpture Guide
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Untitled, 1974
By Don Williams
Wood, 7'7" tall x 7' wide
Donated by Susan and Robert Pumford
Don Williams was a student at Delta College from 1965-1968. He enjoyed a long career as an art teacher in Saginaw. The piece is made from seven different kinds of wood and will be resurfaced and maintained as needed by Delta College's construction students.
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Ripples, 1996
Designed by Susan Pumford
Created by Jeff Kuch
Steel, 10'7" tall
Donated by Susan and Robert Pumford
Susan Pumford utilized her love of artwork to design this piece and worked with Jeff Kuch of Saginaw, who applied his knowledge of metal and welding to create this sturdy piece.
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Untitled, 2009
By Mark Burrows Morley
Steel, 4' tall
On loan from Sage Morley
The winds of Higgins Lake and the Great Lakes can be seen in the sails of this piece by lifelong Saginaw resident Mark Morley. He loved sailing's challenge and the camaraderie he found on the open water. This piece was unfinished and untitled at the time of his passing in 2011.
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Unfolding Arch, 1999
By Russell Thayer
Aluminum, 9’6" tall x 10'10" wide
Commissioned by the Delta College Humanities Division, with the generous support of Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Frantz, Mrs. William Pochelon and Mr. & Mrs. J.P. Reinhard.
Russell Thayer designed this as a learning experience for advanced art students to assist in the construction, and they were able to work with him throughout the entire creative process. Mr. Thayer retired from Delta College in 1999.
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Currents, 2011
Commissioned by Delta College and designed by JJR of Ann Arbor
Wind elements created by Lyman Whitaker
Donated by the Anderson Family of Bay City
The wind elements are fabricated out of copper and stainless steel. The design permits the elements to be responsive to the currents of the wind, allowing changing forms to emerge in a slight breeze, yet balance in high winds. The weathered color palette of rust, brown tan and green are all elements of the applied patina.
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Inside My World, 2011
Designed by Susan Pumford
Created by Jeff Kuch
Steel, 3' ring inside 4' ring
Donated by Jeff Kuch and Susan and Robert Pumford
Utilizing stainless steel, welder Jack Kuch created this work to Susan Pumford's original design. The surface has been sanded and coated for durability. The two rings site on a base of triangles to reflect a "delta" and Delta College's service to its three county region – Saginaw, Bay and Midland counties.
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Strum, 2007
By John Sauve
Steel, 8' x 40" x 70"
Donated by Steve Prue
John Suave creates pieces that are composed of figures with strong vertical and horizontal objects, and are often painted in bold primary colors. A key element to his sculpture is the shadow that causes his work to change shape as the view moves around it.
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Gilardone, 2011
By Emmanuel Rodriguez
Steel, 13' x 14" x 20"
Traveling Exhibit
Purchase price: $9,000
The artist said, "My sculpture examines the relationship between fixed form and movement: each sculpture attempts to suggest the transformation that is possible."
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Cochon Rouge, 2011
By Sophie Marie
Steel, 6' tall x 23" wide base
Traveling Exhibit
Purchase price: $11,000
The artist said, "The properties inherent in the material I have chosen guide me in my development of each piece. Size, surface, texture and patina must combine to create balance, making the piece visually and spatially engaging."
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Wind’s Wings, 1982
By Russell Thayer
Cor-Ten Steel, 20' high
Donated by Russell Thayer
The sculpture represents clouds rising over high mountain peaks, like wings of the swirling winds. The top shape represents the clouds gathered, perched on a column of rising heat and air.
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Celebration, date unknown
By Verna Bartnick
Steel, 5' high x 3' wide
Donated by Susan and Robert Pumford
The sculpture focuses on the positive aspects of the circle. In art, architecture, dance and nature, a circle can show how lives connect. With the passage of time, we continue to intersect as we approach eternity.
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Vivando, 2010
By Ron Gard
Cor-Ten Steel, 14' x 3' x 2'
Traveling Exhibit
Purchase price: $26,000
The artist's imagination is led into places of discovery, mystery and pleasure in this piece. Motivation comes from the way shapes relate to each other and the tension in a negative space.
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Significant Body, 2011
By Kansas Williams
Steel Plate, 7' high x 40" wide base
Traveling Exhibit
Purchase price: $15,000
With sculptures part of his everyday life growing up, the artist has developed a three dimensional vocabulary, rather than verbal, to elaborate in his works.
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Tussle, 2009
By Ted Garner
Steel, 16' x 13" x 29"
Traveling Exhibit
Purchase price: $42,000
The artist said, "My aim in making art is to combine the power and aesthetics of my Native American heritage with modern techniques, theory, materials and world art history."
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Revolver, 2011
By Richard Mutt
Steel I Beam, 8’ x 20” x 48"
Traveling Exhibit
Purchase price: $9,500
The artist said, "History is constantly repeating itself and the more that we try to distance ourselves from the past, the more we are bound to it in the future."
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Dancer, 2007
By Eric Stevenson
Welded Stainless Steel, 12’6" x 10’ x 10’
Traveling Exhibit
Purchase price: $27,000
Focused on the abstraction of the human form, this graphic silhouette captures the body in motion. The intentions of a figure are revealed and are adorned with additional industrial artifacts such as bolts and tubes that tie it to the industrial age.
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17
Position, 2009
By Dusty Folwarczny
Salvaged Steel, 8’6" x 2’6" x 2’6"
Traveling Exhibit
Purchase price: $14,000
The artist sees a scrap pile of steel as a puzzle to be solved. It's an incredibly strong material with a raw textured surface, which can lead to beautiful shades of orange as it rusts.
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Darn, 2011
By Terrence Karpowicz
Granite/Steel/Polymer, 8' x 29" x 29"
Traveling Exhibit
Purchase price: $31,000
Created with actual or implied kinetic relationships among irregular, organic materials and machine-tooled geometric shapes of steel. The ways in which disparate materials interact with each other define the artist's life and relationship with the world.
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