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There are currently 158 art pieces in the catalog.

Art Title	Artist's Name	Description	Location
Poet's Garden		Benches inscribed with poetry along a wooded path	Highland Park, opposite the Lamberton Conservatory
Legal Wall Graffiti		An impressive display of very creative and energetic graffiti applied to backs of buildings	Behind 200 Anderson Avenue, in the Neighborhood of the Arts
Cab Calloway Monument		Monument to one of Rochester's own	Otto Henderberg Square, on Sycamore Street, Swillburg Neighborhood
Tojo Memorial Garden		Trickle fountain, garden pond and stone lanterns	Rochester Institute of Technology
Ferry Terminal Paintings	Nicholas Agnello	3 paintings representing historic scenes	Rochester Ferry Terminal, 4791 Lake Avenue
Dream	Dexter Benedict	Figure waiting at the door	Corporate Woods Office Park
Oracle	Dexter Benedict	One of 7 pieces at Corporate Woods.	Corporate Woods Office Park
Orpheus	Dexter Benedict	One of 7 pieces at Corporate Woods.	Corporate Woods Office Park
Messenger	Dexter Benedict	Bronze figurative sculpture	Corporate Woods Office Park
Col. Partick Henry O'Rorke	Dexter Benedict	Portrait bust	Visitor's Center, The Center at High Falls
Children in the Hand of God	Dexter Benedict	Bronze hand holding a boy with a Torah and a girl	Temple Brith Kodesh - Courtyard
Birdman	Dexter Benedict	Cast Bronze	Corporate Woods Office Park
Seventh Spirit	Dexter Benedict	A small bronze angel	Unknown, stolen from 164 Gibbs Street, in Grove Place
Thought	Dexter Benedict	Figurative sculpture, waiting outside the entrance	Corporate Woods Office Park
Workman Poet	Dexter Benedict	Bronze figurative sculpture	Corporate Woods Office Park
Zeus	Dexter Benedict	Bronze figurative sculpture	Corporate Woods Office Park
Sundial	Alistair Bevikngton	A modern sundial, designed by an architect	In the Residence Quad, Rochester Institute of Technology
Bragdon Windows	Claude Bragdon	Stained glass windows	Universalist Church, 150 Clinton Avenue, South
Tribute to Man	Kerro Bruegging	A walkway and observation tower suspended over a sunken fountain area with a concert stage	Howard Hanson Plaza in Manhattan Square Park Chestnut Street at Court Street
Sound/Play Sculptures	Bill & Mary Buchen	A playground featuring big ears, eyes, a gong, slapped pipes, twist, wind reeds and parabolic benches	Manhattan Square Park, Chestnut Street at Woodbury Boulevard
Wallana	Deborah Butterfield	A larger than life horse that looks like it's made of twisted branches	Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue
Balance	Juan Carlos Caballero-Perez	Soaring steel sculpture with elements balanced at the top	Flatiron Building, 706 University Avenue
Big Head	Sean Calyer	Welded steel head	Courtyard, Village Gate, 274 North Goodman Street
George Elwanger Tomb	Nicola Cantalamessa-Papotti	George Elwaner's tomb in M.t Hope Cemetery	Mt. Hope Cemetery, 1133 Mount Hope Avenue
Weary Pilgrim	Nicola Cantalamessa-Papotti	Aaron Erickson's tomb by Nicola Cantalamessa-Papotti	Mt. Hope Cemetery, 1133 Mount Hope Avenue
In Memory of Lives Lost	Lucien Casartelli	The monument consists of a stepped black granite base supporting two bronze towers topped by a waving American flag	Clinton Square Courtyard, 206 East Broad Street
Henry Lomb Memorial	Walter H. Cassebeer	An art deco obelisk	Upper Falls Blvd. at St. Paul Street
Lunar Eclipse	Wendell Castle	Clock on top of a misaligned segmented column	Rochester International Airport (Storage), 1200 Brooks Avenue
Metamorphosis	Wendell Castle	Lighted wall relief	Winter Garden, Bausch & Lomb, One Bausch & Lomb Place
Twist	Wendell Castle	Pretzel-shaped red plastic sculpture	Between the Sister Cities Pedestrian Bridge and Mortimer Street
Monroe Gateway	Guy Chiazza	A "Gateway" sculpture that includes objects found in the neighborhood by by children	The corner of Monroe Avenue and Laburnam Crescent
Laura D. Knapp Monument	Stonecarvers Collaborative	Elaborately carved stone marker	Mt. Hope Cemetery, 1133 Mount Hope Avenue
Trust and Security	Jesse Corbin	Bas-relief sculpture	Times Square Building, 45 Exchange Boulevard
Family Tree	Eddie Davis	Bronze narrative sculpture	Lamberton Conservatory, in Highland Park
Children At Play	Sylvia Reid Davis	Designed by Sylvia Davis, fabricated by Mark McDermott	School of the Arts, Prince Street at University Avenue
Construction105	Jose de Rivera	Rotating twisted oval that does not turn any more	Rochester Institute of Technology
Animal Totem	John Dempsey	Chain saw sculpture based on student's pictures of animals	Rochester City School #23, 170 Barrington Street
Frederick Douglass	Sidney Wells Edwards	Bronze figure	Highland Park, Resevoir at South Avenue
Goethe	William Ehrich	Stylized head on a base	Highland Park, Reservoir at South Avenue
Civil War Monument	Sallie Farnham	Bronze monument of a soldier and boy	Mt. Hope Cemetery, 1133 Mount Hope Avenue
Untitled Ceramic Mural	Kurt Feuerherm, James and Phil Secrest	Multi-panel ceramic mural	Formerly on the balcony, Midtown Plaza, Main Street. (Removed, wiating for a new location)
Frederick Douglass Mural	K. Fitch	Portrait of Frederick Douglass	On a traffic signal control box at the intersection of Main, West and Chili Avenues
Rochester Project	Richard Fleischner	6 part site-specific Installation in a riverside park	Charles Carroll Plaza, Andrews Street at the Genesee River
Firemen	Joseph P. Flynn	Relief sculptures of stylized firemen flanking the entrance	Rochester Fire Station, 414 Andrews Street
George Eastman Memorial	Leo Friedlander	Marble pillar with 2 figures	Kodak Park, 1700 Lake Avenue, near Ridge Road
Dragonslayer	Jim Gary	A dinosaur skeleton sculpture	Canal View Office Park, Canal View Boulevard
Engineers Have Fun Too	Nancy Gong	Bus shelter	In front of Gleason Works, 1000 University Avenue
Another Little Adventure	Nancy Gong	2 leaded glass windows	Rochester Ferry Terminal, 4791 Lake Avenue
Let Me Be Your Shelter	John & Laurie Grieco	Bus shelter	822 University Avenue
Clock of Nations	Victor Gruen and Dale Clark	Tall animated musical clock originally at Midtown Plaza	Temporarily located at the Rochester International Airport, 1200 Brooks Avenue
Collecta Cultura	Jill Gussow	Mosaic mural in the student union commons	Wilson Commons, Student Union, U of R, River Campus
Three Forms	Roy Gussow	Interlocking triangular forms on a marble base	Xerox Building, 1 Xerox Square
Equilateral Six	Duayne Hatchett	Twisted square	In front of the Kenneth B. Keating Federal Building, State Street
Fireman's Monument	H.S. Hebard	A uniformed figure atop a pedestal overlooking the fireman's section	Mt. Hope Cemetery, 1133 Mount Hope Avenue
Schiller Monument	Carl August Heber	A glowering bronze bust	Schiller Park - Andrews Street at Franklin Street
Les Racines et les Raisons	Jennifer Hecker	A steel sculpture representing a bed incorporating images depicting Brockport's history.	Remembrance Park, at Park and High Streets
Growth of Man	Joe Hendrick	Carved panels with symbols on the facade	Virgil I. Grissom School #7, 31 Bryan Street at Dewey Avenue
Austin Steward Bust	Calvin Hubbard	Bronze bust	2nd Floor - Clarion Hotel Riverside, 120 Main Street East
War Memorial Eagle	Carl Paul Jennewein	Eagle breaking chains that are falling away	War Memorial Plaza, near Court Street
Liberty Pole	James Johnson	A modern interpretation of a traditional liberty pole	Liberty Pole Plaza, at the corner of Main and Franklin Streets
Edward Mott Moore	Thomas Hudson Jones	Bronze seated figure looking toward the river	Genesee Valley Park
Emergence (two sculptures)	Nancy Jurs	Ceramic sculpture with vaguely human form	Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue
Lady Rochester	Nancy Jurs	Ceramic sculpture	Linden Oaks Office Park, 400 Linden Oaks
Triad	Nancy Jurs	Site-specific ceramic sculpture	In storage at the Rochester International Airport, 1200 Brooks Avenue
Historical Charlotte	John Kastner	Mural representing Charlotte's history	Charlotte Library, 3615 Lake Avenue
Tribute to City Government	John & Bill Kastner	Painted mural representing the ideals of local government	Rochester City Hall, 30 Church Street
Nathanial Rochester	Pepsy M. Kettavong	The founder of Rochester, seated on a millstone in a pocket park	The corner of Alexander and South Avenues, in the South Wedge
Let's Have Tea	Pepsy M. Kettavong	Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass sharing a pot of tea	Susan B. Anthony Square between Madison and King Streets
Present Passage	Larry Kirkland	An armillary suspended above a map of the world etched into the floor	Lobby, Bausch & Lomb, One Bausch & Lomb Place
Zakor (Remember)	David Klass	Broken menorah & barbed wire	Courtyard, Jewish Community Center, 1200 Edgewood Avenue
School of Fish	Paul Knoblauch	Fabricated steel fish and a weather vane	Rochester Ferry Terminal, 4791 Lake Avenue
Pride Symbols	Christine Knoblauch	Several fabricated steel symbols	Corner of Atlantic and Beacon Street
Bette Midler Bench	Paul Knoblauch	Forged steel bench with a wave-like pattern back and teak slat seat	Gibbs Street at University Avenue, in the Grove Place
Playground Bench	Paul Knoblauch	A whimsical bench by an artist who works in The Neighborhood of the Arts	Meriman Street at University Avenue, in the Neighborhood of the Arts
Planter and Bench	Paul Knoblauch	A fanciful bench and planter	80 Cascade Drive
Josephine Baker Bench	Paul Knoblauch	Fanciful bench with teak seat with abstract metal curlicues	Corner of Gibbs and University Avenue
Cascade Drive Bench	Paul Knoblauch	An artist's bench that mimics the now renovated industrial buildings in the Cascade District	On Cascade Drive, opposite Bemis Alley
Untitled (Bench)	Paul Knoblauch	One of Knoblauch's fun art benches	Seldon Street, in Grove Place
9/11 Tribute	Richard Kron	Monument to the firemen lost in the attacks on the Twin Towers in 2001	In front of the Fire Department, Main Street
Sailboats	Peter Macon	Steel sculpture along the river walk.	Rochester Ferry Terminal, 4791 Lake Avenue
Dancers	Peter Macon	Abstract steel dancers	10 Seldon Street, in Grove Place
Bus Transfer by the Dixie Wig	Ruth Manning	Handwoven tapestry	Rochester International Airport (Storage), 1200 Brooks Avenue
Rochester Landmarks	Richard Margolis	Big B&W photographs of Rochester landmarks	Rochester International Airport, 1200 Brooks Avenue
Wall Relief	Tom Markusen	Wall mounted relief sculpture	Red Cross, 75 College Avenue
Massaro Sculpture Garden	Vincent Massaro	Landscaped yard with fabricated elements, vines, tree debris, and anonymous donations	The intersection of Canterbury Road and Harvard Street
Chubby	Vincent Massaro	A horse and fireman representing the last fire horse in Rochester	In front of Craft Company #6, on University Avenue
Cat and Bird	Vincent Massaro	A bird and cat modeled after student sculptures.	Rochester City School #23, 170 Barrington Street
ARTWalk Cat	Vincent Massaro	A concrete cat on a base, with a time capsule sealed inside	Corner of Merriman and University Avenue
Passenger Pigeon	Todd McGrain	Bronze bird near the ARTWalk Bus Shelter	Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue
The Monument	Peter McGrain	A huge dichroic glass window that dominates the center of the observation area	Rochester International Airport, 1200 Brooks Avenue
Webster Street Garden	David Merkel	A triangular urban oasis with paths, benches, flowers and landscaping, transformed from a littered empty lot in a transitional neighborhood	The corner of Webster and Goodman Streets
Fred & Ginger	Arch Miller	Pair of dancing shapes	Main Street at Scio
U of R Untitled	Arch Miller	Geologic forms protruding from the earth, at the entrance of the studio art building	Joseph Wilson Drive, University of Rochester
Mercury	J. Guernsey Mitchell	Messenger on top of the Aquaduct Building	Aquaduct Street, Between Main and Broad Streets
Three Piece Reclining Figure No. 1	Henry Moore	Bronze segments that resemble vertebrae	Rochester Institute of Technology
Mountain Piece	Hilda Morris	Shrouded figures, dancing	Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue
Ivory Soap Sign	John Deats and Christine Muratore	Perhaps the last original Ivory Soap sign	Bittersweet Building, 41 N. Main Street
Merchants Road Mural	Rick Muto	An active neighborhood scene painted on the side of a building	The intersection of Merchants and Culver Roads
Genesee Passage	Albert Paley	Soaring formed and fabricated steel tower	Bausch & Lomb, One Bausch & Lomb Place
Main Street Bridge Railings	Albert Paley	10 elaborate railing segments	Main Street Bridge across the Genesee River, Downtown

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