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.