Don Frost, Awaken
Music Credits: Don Frost “Awaken”
Sculpture Walk Peoria
Sixteen artists, representing nine US states and one other country, converged on Peoria, IL, in June 2016 to install their sculptures ranging in size from 43 pounds to half a ton.
These 16 artists were selected from 71 submissions and this free public art show will remain on display in downtown Peoria until May 2017.
Watch the behind scenes installation of “Awaken” by Don Frost and a crew of dedicated volunteers. Then enjoy the ribbon cutting ceremony and opening day with The Honorable Ray LaHood, Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis, Chair of the Sculpture Walk Committee Joe Richey, and ArtsPartners Executive Director Jenn Gordon.
About the Sculpture: Fiberglass, carbon fiber, urethane. 43 pounds. Creating beauty using non-recognizable shapes challenges the artist. This free form, play-ful structure depicts a sense of life, drama and movement through contrasting shapes and twists. Exquisite proportion, like that of the Fibonacci sequence found in nature, conveys harmony, balance and natural beauty.
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“Prelude No. 1” by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (
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James Johnson, Prairie Walker
James Johnson “Prairie Walker”
Sculpture Walk Peoria
Sixteen artists, representing nine US states and one other country, converged on Peoria, IL, in June 2016 to install their sculptures ranging in size from 43 pounds to half a ton.
These 16 artists were selected from 71 submissions and this free public art show will remain on display in downtown Peoria until May 2017.
Watch the behind scenes installation of “Prairie Walker” by James Johnson and a crew of dedicated volunteers. Then enjoy the ribbon cutting ceremony and opening day with The Honorable Ray LaHood, Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis, Chair of the Sculpture Walk Committee Joe Richey, and ArtsPartners Executive Director Jenn Gordon.
About the Sculpture: COR-TEN steel. 1200 pounds. Prairie Walker reflects James Johnson’s experiences as a runner and his early life in the Southwest and west-ern United States when he was taken by the illusion of man-made structures as they appeared to move against the horizon in the heat of summer. His work in-tends to make us pause and reflect on our surroundings.
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“Stoker” by Jingle Punks
“Long Road Ahead” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribu-tion license (
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William Vannerson, Borborymid 7.1b
William Vannerson “Borborymid 7.1b”
Sculpture Walk Peoria
Sixteen artists, representing nine US states and one other country, converged on Peoria, IL, in June 2016 to install their sculptures ranging in size from 43 pounds to half a ton.
These 16 artists were selected from 71 submissions and this free public art show will remain on display in downtown Peoria until May 2017.
Watch the behind scenes installation of “Borborymid 7.1b” by William Vanner-son name and a crew of dedicated volunteers. Then enjoy the ribbon cutting ceremony and opening day with The Honorable Ray LaHood, Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis, Chair of the Sculpture Walk Committee Joe Richey, and ArtsPartners Ex-ecutive Director Jenn Gordon.
About the Sculpture: Galvanized steel. 150 pounds. Borborygmus is the medical term for a rumbling digestive tract. This sculpture explores how essential, vari-able elements may form complex, visceral structures. The interesting resonance in the ambiguity between growth and erosion is explored in the forms of the sculpture.
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“Prelude No. 2” by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (
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“Long Road Ahead” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribu-tion license (
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Kristin Garnant, Cohesive Narration
Kristin Garnant “Cohesive Narration”
Sculpture Walk Peoria
Sixteen artists, representing nine US states and one other country, converged on Peoria, IL, in June 2016 to install their sculptures ranging in size from 43 pounds to half a ton.
These 16 artists were selected from 71 submissions and this free public art show will remain on display in downtown Peoria until May 2017.
Watch the behind scenes installation of “Cohesive Narration” by Kristin Gar-nant and a crew of dedicated volunteers. Then enjoy the ribbon cutting cere-mony and opening day with The Honorable Ray LaHood, Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis, Chair of the Sculpture Walk Committee Joe Richey, and ArtsPartners Executive Director Jenn Gordon.
About the Sculpture: Stainless steel. 125 pounds. The artist works with the dis-tinct quality of steel and texture to reveal a composition similar to the layering of fine, handmade paper. This sculpture reflects her skills in transforming metal and reinterpreting ideas previously explored in her career as a graphic artist and bookmaker.
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“Easy Lemon 30 Second” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons At-tribution license (
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“Long Road Ahead” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribu-tion license (
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Alex Barrett, Uppercut
Alex Barrett “Uppercut”
Sculpture Walk Peoria
Sixteen artists, representing nine US states and one other country, converged on Peoria, IL, in June 2016 to install their sculptures ranging in size from 43 pounds to half a ton.
These 16 artists were selected from 71 submissions and this free public art show will remain on display in downtown Peoria until May 2017.
Watch the behind scenes installation of “Uppercut” by Alex Barrett and a crew of dedicated volunteers. Then enjoy the ribbon cutting ceremony and opening day with The Honorable Ray LaHood, Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis, Chair of the Sculpture Walk Committee Joe Richey, and ArtsPartners Executive Director Jenn Gordon.
“Upper Cut” is fabricated/inflated aluminum. About the Sculpture: Modern and timeless forms of industry and emotion are juxtaposed with modern ideas of graffiti, abstract expressionism and comic figures to tell a story of old versus new, nature versus man and struggle versus triumph. As the heated metal is infused
with air it struggles and contorts, akin to Man’s internal struggle with the external world.
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“Art Lives 5” by Leaning Dog
“Long Road Ahead” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (
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Kurt Dyrhaug, Rolling Keel
Kurt Dyrhaug “Rolling Keel”
Sculpture Walk Peoria
Sixteen artists, representing nine US states and one other country, converged on Peoria, IL, in June 2016 to install their sculptures ranging in size from 43 pounds to half a ton.
These 16 artists were selected from 71 submissions and this free public art show will remain on display in downtown Peoria until May 2017.
Watch the behind scenes installation of “Rolling Keel” by Kurt Dyrhaug and a crew of dedicated volunteers. Then enjoy the ribbon cutting ceremony and open-ing day with The Honorable Ray LaHood, Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis, Chair of the Sculpture Walk Committee Joe Richey, and ArtsPartners Executive Director Jenn Gordon.
About the Sculpture: Cedar, cast iron, steel. 800 pounds. The shapes and func-tions of ship keels and buoys are reinterpreted and rescaled into a puzzling yet familiar new form. The artist suggests it is an anchored float serving as a naviga-tion mark to reveal hazards in the landscape.
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“Whitewater” by Leaning Dog
“Long Road Ahead” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribu-tion license (
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Nicole Beck, Spintronic
Sixteen artists, representing nine US states and one other country, converged on Peoria, IL, in June 2016 to install their sculptures ranging in size from 43 pounds to half a ton.
These 16 artists were selected from 71 submissions and this free public art show will remain on display in downtown Peoria until May 2017.
Watch the behind scenes installation of “Spintronic” by Nicole Beck and a crew of dedicated volunteers. Then enjoy the ribbon cutting ceremony and opening day with The Honorable Ray LaHood, Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis, Chair of the Sculp-ture Walk Committee Joe Richey, and ArtsPartners Executive Director Jenn Gordon.
About the Sculpture: Stainless steel, laminated dichroic glass discs. The artist in-terprets an emergent cutting edge technology that uses the “spin” – or electro magnetization – of atomic nuclei to store and process information. Custom di-chroic glass discs within the sculpture reflect one color and transmit another.
Colors radically shift, dependent upon light conditions, the sun’s angle and the viewer’s position.
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“Done Runnin” by RW Smith
“Long Road Ahead” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribu-tion license (
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Tommy Riefe, Towards Tomorrow
Tommy Riefe “Towards Tomorrow”
Sculpture Walk Peoria
Sixteen artists, representing nine US states and one other country, converged on Peoria, IL, in June 2016 to install their sculptures ranging in size from 43 pounds to half a ton.
These 16 artists were selected from 71 submissions and this free public art show will remain on display in downtown Peoria until May 2017.
Watch the behind scenes installation of “Towards Tomorrow” by Tommy Riefe and a crew of dedicated volunteers. Then enjoy the ribbon cutting cere-mony and opening day with The Honorable Ray LaHood, Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis, Chair of the Sculpture Walk Committee Joe Richey, and ArtsPartners Executive Director Jenn Gordon.
About the Sculpture: Aluminum. 350 pounds. This sculpture is part of a series “Spacetime” that centers on perceptions of outer space and astronomical phe-nomena such as wormholes that hypothetically offer shortcuts through large dis-tances across the universe. Using concepts in physics and mathematics, the artist explores the relationships of time, space, motion and weightlessness to give us an aesthetic sense of experiencing firsthand these natural phenomena.
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“Cataclysmic Molten Core” by Jingle Punks
“Long Road Ahead” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribu-tion license (
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Russell Whiting, Amazon with Divine Geometry
Russell Whiting “Amazon with Divine Geometry”
Sculpture Walk Peoria
Sixteen artists, representing nine US states and one other country, converged on Peoria, IL, in June 2016 to install their sculptures ranging in size from 43 pounds to half a ton.
These 16 artists were selected from 71 submissions and this free public art show will remain on display in downtown Peoria until May 2017.
Watch the behind scenes installation of “Amazon with Divine Geometry” by Russell Whiting and a crew of dedicated volunteers. Then enjoy the ribbon cut-ting ceremony and opening day with The Honorable Ray LaHood, Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis, Chair of the Sculpture Walk Committee Joe Richey, and ArtsPartners Executive Director Jenn Gordon.
About the Sculpture: Carved steel. 1000 pounds. An Amazon woman, formed of solid steel carved with a torch, stands on her shield to represent tolerance over violence. The figure, with her arm posed in a divine rectangle, evokes the spirit of these fierce warriors.
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“Hat the Jazz” by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution li-cense (
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“Long Road Ahead” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribu-tion license (
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Christopher Newman, Folding Forms
Christopher Newman “Folding Forms”
Sculpture Walk Peoria
Sixteen artists, representing nine US states and one other country, converged on Peoria, IL, in June 2016 to install their sculptures ranging in size from 43 pounds to half a ton.
These 16 artists were selected from 71 submissions and this free public art show will remain on display in downtown Peoria until May 2017.
Watch the behind scenes installation of “Folding Forms” by Christopher Newman and a crew of dedicated volunteers. Then enjoy the ribbon cutting ceremony and opening day with The Honorable Ray LaHood, Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis, Chair of the Sculpture Walk Committee Joe Richey, and ArtsPartners Ex-ecutive Director Jenn Gordon.
About the Sculpture: Aluminum. 350 pounds. Separate forms collide, twist and slide to keep themselves off the ground. This shows how each form’s collegiality makes it possible to succeed together. In the same way, buildings, nature and people around the sculpture join in their own way to share their shapes and forms with each other.
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“Spark” by Albis
“Long Road Ahead” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribu-tion license (
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Bilhenry Walker, Synaptic Sinew Sequi V
Bilhenry Walker “Synaptic Sinew Sequi V”
Sculpture Walk Peoria
Sixteen artists, representing nine US states and one other country, converged on Peoria, IL, in June 2016 to install their sculptures ranging in size from 43 pounds to half a ton.
These 16 artists were selected from 71 submissions and this free public art show will remain on display in downtown Peoria until May 2017.
Watch the behind scenes installation of “Synaptic Sinew Sequi V” by Bil-henry Walker and a crew of dedicated volunteers. Then enjoy the ribbon cutting ceremony and opening day with The Honorable Ray LaHood, Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis, Chair of the Sculpture Walk Committee Joe Richey, and ArtsPartners Ex-ecutive Director Jenn Gordon.
About the Sculpture: Painted aluminum. 300 pounds. Thirteen fabricated struts, mitered, welded and bolted at the adjoining ends, create a sculptural line draw-ing in space. It is rooted in the ground and extends to infinity with the illusion of a solid muscular presence, flexing into
space with controlled energy.
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“The Chance” by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (
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“Long Road Ahead” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribu-tion license (
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Roy Rogers, Progressive Woman
Roy Rogers “Progressive Woman”
Sculpture Walk Peoria
Sixteen artists, representing nine US states and one other country, converged on Peoria, IL, in June 2016 to install their sculptures ranging in size from 43 pounds to half a ton.
These 16 artists were selected from 71 submissions and this free public art show will remain on display in downtown Peoria until May 2017.
Watch the behind scenes installation of “Progressive Woman” by insert Roy Rogers and a crew of dedicated volunteers. Then enjoy the ribbon cutting cere-mony and opening day with The Honorable Ray LaHood, Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis, Chair of the Sculpture Walk Committee Joe Richey, and ArtsPartners Executive Director Jenn Gordon.
About the Sculpture: Stainless steel. 350 pounds. This modern abstraction of a Victorian-era woman embodies the century-long female struggle for equal rights in our society. Women’s determination and optimism pioneered change in a male-dominated world. The opening through the head represents an understand-ing of the past and a vision of the future.
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“For Mimi” by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (
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“Long Road Ahead” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribu-tion license (
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Stephanie Sailer, Nature's Quintet
Stephanie Sailer “Nature’s Quintet”
Sculpture Walk Peoria
Sixteen artists, representing nine US states and one other country, converged on Peoria, IL, in June 2016 to install their sculptures ranging in size from 43 pounds to half a ton.
These 16 artists were selected from 71 submissions and this free public art show will remain on display in downtown Peoria until May 2017.
Watch the behind scenes installation of “Nature’s Quintet” by Stephanie Sailer and a crew of dedicated volunteers. Then enjoy the ribbon cutting ceremony and opening day with The Honorable Ray LaHood, Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis, Chair of the Sculpture Walk Committee Joe Richey, and ArtsPartners Executive Director Jenn Gordon.
About the Sculpture: Painted Steel. 75 pounds each. Based on the Columbine flower, enlarged metal tendrils create a simplistic, other-worldly beauty as the entangled, arching forms appear to flutter and sway in the breeze. Their harmo-nious relationship mirrors the delicate movements of dance and music flowing in tandem. Dancing on the wind, they sing.
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“Real World” by Silent Partner
“Long Road Ahead” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribu-tion license (
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Charlie Brouwer, Hope
Sixteen artists, representing nine US states and one other country, converged on Peoria, IL, in June 2016 to install their sculptures ranging in size from 43 pounds to half a ton.
These 16 artists were selected from 71 submissions and this free public art show will remain on display in downtown Peoria until May 2017.
Watch the behind scenes installation of “Hope” by Charlie Brouwer and a crew of dedicated volunteers. Then enjoy the ribbon cutting ceremony and opening day with The Honorable Ray LaHood, Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis, Chair of the Sculp-ture Walk Committee Joe Richey, and ArtsPartners Executive Director Jenn Gordon.
About the Sculpture: Locust wood. 700 pounds. Constructed from durable locust wood — like us all, part our own invention and part nature. A younger child looks up at the older one, and the older one looks off into the distance. Young families are the epitome of Hope.
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“Beach Bum - Happy Rock” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (
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Robert Coon, Quetzalcoatl's Declination
Robert Coon “Quetzalcoatl’s Declination”
Sculpture Walk Peoria
Sixteen artists, representing nine US states and one other country, converged on Peoria, IL, in June 2016 to install their sculptures ranging in size from 43 pounds to half a ton.
These 16 artists were selected from 71 submissions and this free public art show will remain on display in downtown Peoria until May 2017.
Watch the behind scenes installation of “Quetzalcoatl’s Declination” by Robert Coon and a crew of dedicated volunteers. Then enjoy the ribbon cutting ceremony and opening day with The Honorable Ray LaHood, Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis, Chair of the Sculpture Walk Committee Joe Richey, and ArtsPartners Ex-ecutive Director Jenn Gordon.
About the Sculpture: Painted aluminum. 100 pounds. Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec god, appears as a feathered serpent in Mesoamerican mythology. He was at odds with another deity, the sun god. Quetzalcoatl traveled to the sun, and they battled. After Quetzalcoatl defeated the sun, he became the sun god.
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“Happy Boy Theme” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribu-tion license (
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“Long Road Ahead” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribu-tion license (
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Guy J. Bellaver, Quarks VII
Sixteen artists, representing nine US states and one other country, converged on Peoria, IL, in June 2016 to install their sculptures ranging in size from 43 pounds to half a ton.
These 16 artists were selected from 71 submissions and this free public art show will remain on display in downtown Peoria until May 2017.
Watch the behind scenes installation of “Quarks VII” by Guy J. Believer and a crew of dedicated volunteers. Then enjoy the ribbon cutting ceremony and open-ing day with The Honorable Ray LaHood, Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis, Chair of the Sculpture Walk Committee Joe Richey, and ArtsPartners Executive Director Jenn Gordon.
About the Sculpture: Welded steel, fiberglass, paint. 80 pounds. An interpretation of High Energy Physics and the collision of subatomic particles comprise the Quarks series. Yellow mass explodes, creating black disintegrating arcs as the mass leaves one area and explodes into another. The interactive energy of posi-tive to negative space studied at Fermilab inspires the artist.
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“Sunset Strip” by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (
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“Long Road Ahead” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribu-tion license (
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Pioneer Museum
Volunteers with the Pioneer Museum in Paso Robles CA gathered at dawn to clean out the barn. Antique tractors were loaded for the 20 mile journey to the Santa Margarita Ranch for the Trains, Tractors, and Tanks celebration on Memorial Day weekend.
See you there
Drone Flight in Downtown Peoria
Music is Down to Earth by Curiosity Killed the Cat. Classic 80's song. Video is best viewed in 1080P 60FPS.
From Distilleries to Stills: Prohibition in Peoria
Peoria was the whiskey capital of the world. Alcohol production was a business that meant a huge income for the distillery owners, who in turn made a huge contribution to the community in the form of culture, buildings and sculptures—some of which still stand today. It also provided jobs, not just in the alcohol industry but for a myriad of businesses that supported the distilleries. The production of whiskey and beer was a source of important taxes for both the federal and local governments. But times change, and in January of 1920, it all came to an end.
This original WTVP production looks at the causes of Prohibition, its effects on Peoria, and the legacy left behind. It also shares a few stories of the more lawless and colorful activities that it inspired.
Richard Pryor Statue Set In Place
A bronze statue of Richard Pryor is placed at the corner of State and Washington in the legendary comedian's hometown of Peoria, Illinois. The statue, which is seven feet tall, was created by artist Preston Jackson.