Sculpture Walk

Explore the city's outdoor sculptures with a self guided tour

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Nutum

Ron Baird

Year Acquired: 1980

Materials: Corten Steel

Location: Outside main entrance of 6240 Main St.

About:

Nutum is a 16-foot-high welded steel sculpture designed to swing freely in the wind.
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Goat

Bill Lishman

Year Acquired: 1981

Materials: Steel

Location: Outside main entrance of 6240 Main St.

About:

Bill Lishman, born in Pickering Township in 1939, was a renowned artist, sculptor, and pioneer in aviation.
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Bear

E.B. Cox

Year Acquired: 1981

Materials: Limestone

Location: Outside main entrance of 6240 Main St.

About:

E.B. Cox (1914-2003) was a Canadian artist known for his exceptional talent in sculpture. Pioneering the use of compressed air chisel and power tools for carving stone, he is widely acknowledged as Canada’s foremost sculptor in stone.
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Blue Angel

Ron Baird

Year Acquired: 2009

Materials: Painted Steel

Location: South of 6240 Main Street

About:

Blue Angel is one of Ron Baird’s earlier works, taking from 1979 to 1984 to complete. It is the second of Baird's works to join the sculpture walk - the first being Nutum (acquired in 1980).
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He is all Pine and I am Apple Orchard

Anne Allardyce

Year Acquired: 1983

Materials: Rusted and painted steel

Location: South of Main Street

About:

Anne Allardyce’s, He is all Pine and I am Apple Orchard is based on Robert Frost’s poem, Mending Wall (1914).
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Untitled

Ted Bieler

Year Acquired: 1983

Materials: Cast aluminum and concrete

Location: South of Main St. East of Market St.

About:

Ted Bieler’s practice includes working with traditionally structured materials like stainless steel and wood to manipulate them into more naturalistic forms.
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Sentinel

Ron Baird

Year Acquired: 2019

Materials: Corten Steel

Location: South of Main St. East of Market St.

About:

Sentinel  is a large scale Corten steel sculpture dating to 1963-64, originally commissioned by the school of architecture at University of Toronto, but gifted to the town of Stouffville in November of 2019
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Fractal

Ron Baird

Year Acquired: 2012

Materials: Steel

Location: South of Main St. East of Market St.

About:

Fractal is made of Corten steel, also known as weathering steel – a type of alloy designed to form a rust-like appearance when exposed to the weather, creating a protective layer over time.