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Art Center Waco: Sculpture Path
www.artcenterwaco.org/garden.htm
1300 College Drive,
Waco, TX 76708
Tel: (+ 1) 254 752 4371
E: info@artcenterwaco.org

This sculpture path hosts six permanent sculptures and a rotation of 28 temporarily sited sculptures on two-year loan from Texas artists, set in 1.6 acres of grounds overlooking views of the Brazos and Bosque River valley. 

The sculpture path is open daily at all hours.  The Center is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10am till 5pm, and Sunday from 1pm till 5pm. Donations are accepted.

 

Benini Foundation Galleries and Sculpture Ranch
www.sculptureranch.com
377 Shiloh Road
Johnson City, TX 78636
Tel: (+ 1) 830 868 5244
E: lorraine@benini.com

One hour west of Austin or San Antonio in the Texas Hill Country is the setting for artist Benini’s Sculpture Ranch, situated on 140 acres features large-scale, contemporary sculpture by national and international artists.

Open by appointment. Also on the grounds is a 14,000 square foot gallery featuring the work of Benini and guest Italian artists.

 

Buffalo Bayou Art Park
www.bbap-houston.com 
3201 Allen Parkway Site 150
Houston, TX 77019
Tel: (+ 1) 713 520 0152
E: bbap@bbap-houston.org

From a guerrilla show in 1987 on the site of the old Farmer's Market, Buffalo Bayou Art Park (BBAP) has grown into an artist-run Houston showcase for site specific temporary public outdoor art. BBAP is a non profit corporation that manages changing art exhibitions in parkland along the banks of lush bayous of Sabine Street bridge between Allen Parkway and Memorial Drive on the north side of Houston. Usually 20-25 pieces can be seen for up to nine months. Small stipends are available for visiting artists and there is artist-in-residence program.

 

Chinati Foundation
www.chinati.org
1 Cavalry Row
Marfa, TX 79843
Tel: (+ 1) 432 729 4362
E: information@chinati.org

The Chinati Foundation is located in open desert plains on the former Fort Russell Air Force base, Marfa, Texas, on 340 acres that were purchased by artist Donald Judd with the assistance of the DIA Art Foundation to host permanent exhibitions of large scale art works by Judd, John Chamberlain and Dan Flavin. Since inception other artists have been added to the collection; Carl Andre, Ingólfur Arnarsson, Roni Horn, Ilya Kabakov, Richard Long, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, David Rabinowitch, and John Wesley.  Monumental works and installations are on long-term display on the expansive desert surrounds, in converted barracks and hangers, and spill out into the streets and buildings of the neighbouring town of Marfa.

Visits are by guided tour only, available from Wednesday to Sunday. Admission is charged. Dress appropriately for desert terrain and temperatures.

 

Caelum Moor
www.arlingtontx.gov/publicart/caelummoor.html
Richard Greene Linear Park
1601 E. Randol Mill Road,
Arlington, TX

Caelum Moor is an artist-designed sculpture park with a collection of 22 large scale granite sculptures inspired by ancient megaliths of England and Scotland, created by artist Norman Hines between 1984-6. From 1986 to 1997 this environmental artwork was located at The Highlands, a business development in Arlington, until the property was sold in 1997 and the large sculptures were donated to the City of Arlington. In 2009 the granite works were relocated to the grounds of the new Richard Greene Linear Park, situated along the banks of Johnson Creek.

Open daily.

 

Dallas Museum of Art: Sculpture Garden
http://dallasmuseumofart.org/ 
1717 North Harwood
Dallas, TX 75201
Tel: (+ 1) 214 922 1200

Opened 1983, this sculpture garden was designed by landscape architect Dan Kiley as a series of outdoor rooms punctuated by canals and trees. On display are significant works by David Smith, Tony Smith, Richard Serra, Barbara Hepworth, Richard Long, Martin Puryear, Scott Burton, and Zaha Hadid. In addition, a long reflecting pool frames an untitled sculpture by Ellsworth Kelly.

Admission to the museum is from 11am till 5pm, Tuesdays to Sundays (late nights on Thursdays). Admission is charged.

 

Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden
www.lafta.org/index.html
Campbell Park
501 E North Avenue
Lampasas
TX 76550
Tel: (+1) 512 556 6997
E: info@lafta.org

The Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden was originally conceived by local artist Nancy Gray and opened in 2005. The sculpture garden is located on the site of the old Hanna Springs Opera House of the 1800s.

Sculptures on display include works by Texan artists T.J. Mabrey, David Hickman and Carolann Haggard. In addition to the permanent works on display, the Lampasas Association for the Arts (LAFTA) arranges annual sculpture exhibitions.

Open daily.

 

Huntington Sculpture Foundation
www.huntingtonsculpture.org
212 N. Broad St. corner of Hoxie St.
Coupland, TX 78615
Tel: (+ 1) 512 856 2334
E: jim@huntingtonsculpture.org

The Huntington Sculpture Foundation in the rural area of Coupland hosts the working studios and sculpture garden of prominent American sculptor Jim Huntington. The sculpture garden features around 50 large scale granite and bronze works. 

The studios and garden are open to the public 365 days a year. Call or email in advance.

 

Irving Arts Center: Sculpture Garden
www.irvingartscenter.com
3333 N MacArthur Blvd
Irving, TX 75062
Tel: (+ 1) 972 252 7558

The finely landscaped lawns of the Sculpture Garden features permanent works by Jesus Moroles, Michael Manjarris, James Surls, and John Brough Miller, in addition to the monumental Irving Centennial Mural made by Francisco Mendoza and the city’s young people.

Designed by Dallas architect Mahlon Perry, this sculpture garden has a reflection pool, water wall and hosts both temporary exhibits and permanent sited sculpture.

The Center is open Monday to Friday from 9am till 5pm (till 8pm on Thursdays), Saturdays from 10am till 5pm and Sundays from 1pm till 5pm. To visit the garden is free of charge.

 

Kemp Center for the Arts: Art on the Green Sculpture Garden
www.kempcenter.org/SculptureGarden.php
1300 Lamar Street
Wichita Falls
TX 76301-7031
Tel: +1 (940) 767-2787
E: info@kempcenter.org

Established in 2005, the Art on the Green sculpture garden hosts an annual invitational of visiting works in addition to 8 permanent sculptures. The invitational exhibit brings renewed vitality and interest to the art centre, and the opportunity for visitors to enjoy sculpture from a wide variety of artists and cultures. Artists included in the sculpture gardens are both regional and national.

The Art on the Green sculpture garden is free and open to the public during normal Kemp Center hours: Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm and on Saturday, 10am - 4pm (Closed Sundays).

Also known as the Minnie Rhea Wood Sculpture Garden.

 

Landmarks
http://landmarks.utexas.edu/
University of Texas, Austin
1 University Station (mailing address)
Austin, TX 78712-0222
E: landmarks@austin.utexas.edu

Landmarks, the outdoor art collection of the University of Texas at Austin, comprises a significant collection of works both on the grounds of the campus and inside university buildings. Landmarks launched in 2008 and includes work on long term loan from Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in addition to gifts and site specific commissions. Artists include Mark di Suvero, Anthony Caro, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Donald Lipski, Tony Smith and James Turrell. Landmarks also offers students at the university training in maintenance and preservation of the artworks.

Landmarks projects are principally concentrated on the main campus, which is located east of Guadalupe Street, south of 27th Street, west of IH-35, and north of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. A PDf map if the campus is available here: http://landmarks.utexas.edu/files/brochure_web_TEMP.pdf.

Artworks located outdoors are available for viewing at all times. Works located indoors may be viewed during each facility’s regular hours of operation.

 

 

Liberty Hill International Sculpture Park
www.libertyhill.txed.net/sculpark/index.htm
Adjacent to Liberty Hill ISD
14001 HWY 29 W
Liberty Hill, TX  78642

Thirty miles north of Austin on ten acres of park land adjacent to the local school of Liberty Hill, more than twenty large-scale sculptures by national and international artists are on display. Conceived by local artist Mel Fowler, twenty sculptors from USA, Italy, France, Poland, Japan and Canada were invited to create site specific works originally for the City Square in 1976 as Liberty Hill’s contribution to the United States Bicentennial Celebrations. By 1987 the works were moved to their current site and the site was dedicated the Liberty Hill International Sculpture Park.
The webpage has a link to the map of the park and the works on display.

 

McNay Art Museum: The Jane and Arthur Stieren Center for Exhibitions and Sculpture Garden
www.mcnayart.org
6000 North New Braunfels
San Antonio, TX
Tel: (+ 1) 210  824 5368
E: info@mcnayart.org

The Stieren Center and Sculpture Garden opened in 2008 as an extension to the McNay Art Museum building, designed by architect Jean-Paul Viguier. Temporary exhibitions have included a George Rickey retrospective.

Open Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 10am till 4pm, Thursday from 10am till 9pm, and Saturday from 10am till 5pm. Admission fee applies.

 

The Menil Collection: Outdoor Sculpture
www.menil.org
1515 Sul Ross
Houston, TX 77006
Tel: (+ 1) 713 525 9400
E: info@menil.org

The Menil Collection buildings and sited outdoor sculptures in neighbouring parks and open spaces have created an "art neighbourhood", bordered by Mandell Street on the north, upon on the south, West Alabama on the east and Richmond Street on the west.

Within these bounds are the Menil Collection building designed by Renzo Piano. Across Branard Street is the Cy Twombly Gallery which is dedicated to the display of artist Cy Twombly.

One other important collection in the area is the Rothko Chapel; paintings by Mark Rothko installed in an octagonal-shaped chapel structure with Barnett Newman's ‘Broken Obelisk’ outside.

In various select locations are outdoor sculptures in the are sculptures by Michael Heizer; Tony Smith; Mark di Suvero, and Tony Smith whose multiple element sculpture is sited in Loreto Park; ‘The Elevens Are Up’, ‘Wall’ and ‘New Piece’ (1963, 1964 and 1966 respectively).

Images and a map of the collection of outdoor sculpture can be found on the following web page: http://www.menil.org/visit/outdoor.php. For information about Rothko Chapel, visit http://www.menil.org/visit/rothko.php.
The Menil galleries are open Wednesday to Sunday from 11am till 5pm, free of charge.

 

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: Sculpture Garden and Terrace
www.themodern.org/
3200 Darnell Street,
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Tel: (+ 1) 817 738 9215
E: info@themodern.org

The collection of modern and contemporary art at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is considered one of the most significant in Central USA. The Sculpture Garden and Terrace is situated on the museum’s 11 acres, and includes a large reflection pool at the building's edge. The monumental sculpture ‘Vortex’ by Richard Serra is sited on the museum’s grounds.

Open Tuesday to Saturday 10am till 5pm, Sunday 11am till 5pm. Entrance fee applies.

 

The Museum of Fine Arts: Lillie & Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden
www.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/default.asp
1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston, TX 77005
Tel: (+ 1) 713 639 7300
E: guestservices@mfah.org

Opposite the Museum of Fine Arts and making a pathway to Glassell School of Fine Arts is the renowned one-acre Cullen Sculpture Garden, designed by Isamu Noguchi (1976-1986). Tall walls, landscaped stone pathways and handsome selected trees and open spaces, all make this garden a master piece, designed for the display of around 30 sculptures.
The permanent collection includes works by Mark di Suvero, Émile-Antoine Bourdelle, Lucio Fontana, Louise Bourgeois, Barbara Hepworth, Frank Stell, Joel Shapiro, David Smith, Alberto Giacometti, Alexander Calder and Anthony Caro. The garden setting is a place for contemplation, in contrast to the visual clutter of downtown Houston.

The Cullen Sculpture Garden is located at the corner of Montrose Boulevard and Bissonnet Street.

Open Daily from 9am - 10pm. Admission to the Garden is free at all times.

 

Nasher Sculpture Center and Gardens
www.nashersculpturecenter.org/
2001 Flora St.
Dallas, TX 75201
Tel: (+ 1) 214 242 5100

Adjacent to the Dallas Art Museum in downtown Dallas, the world class Nasher Sculpture Center, designed by Renzo Piano with landscaping by Berkeley's Peter Walker, opened in 2003 hosting Raymond and Patsy Nasher’s collection of over 300 large scale sculptures. Around 25 sculptures are on view in the gardens.

Naum Gabo, Henri Matisse, Henry Moore, Mark di Suvero, Barbara Hepworth, Alexander Calder, Max Ernst and Magdalena Abakanowicz are simply a few amongst a vast range of sculptors represented in the collection.

The Nasher Center is open Tuesdays to Sundays from 11am till 5pm, till 9pm on Thursdays. Admission is charged.

 

Nasher Sculpture Garden, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
International Terminal D and Skylink Train Stations
3200 East Airfield Drive
DFW Airport, TX 75261

Raymond Nasher donated four sculptures for the opening of the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport’s Terminal D in 2005, sited in the Nasher Sculpture Garden. On display is ‘New Beginning’ by Mark di Suvero, ‘Fanshoal’ by Anthony Caro, ‘Torus Orbiculans’ by John Newman and "Chicota" by Mac Whitney.

Open to the public.

 

The Old Jail Art Centre: The Marshall R. Young Courtyard
www.theoldjailartcenter.org/Collection/artcenterperm.html
201 South 2nd Street
Albany, TX 76430
Tel: (+ 1) 325 762 2269
E: receptionist@theoldjailartcenter.org

The courtyard is named after local oil pioneer Marshall R. Young and exhibits the Center’s collection of 20th Century sculpture, including works by Jesus Bautista Moroles, Evaline Sellors, Charles Williams, Luigi Broggini, and Augusto Perez. Other works can be found displayed around the museum grounds.

The Center is open Tuesdays to Saturdays from 10am till 5pm, Sundays from 2pm till 5pm. Admission is free of charge.

 

San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts: Sculpture Terrace
http://samfa.org/
One Love Street
San Angelo, TX 76903
Tel: (+ 1) 325 653 3333
E: museum@samfa.org

The roof terrace at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts is a four thousand square foot space for changing exhibitions of sculpture overlooking Downtown San Angelo, Paseo and the Concho River.

The museum is open from Tuesday to Saturday 10am - 4pm, and Sunday 1pm – 4pm. A small entry fee is required.

 

San Antonio Museum of Art: Sculpture Garden
www.samuseum.org
San Antonio Museum of Art
200 West Jones Avenue
San Antonio, Texas 78215
Tel: (+ 1) 210 978 8100
E: info@samuseum.org

The San Antonio Museum of Art has a 2.5 acre sculpture garden on its grounds.

The museum is open Tuesdays to Sundays: from 10am till 9pm on Tuesdays, 10am till 5pm Wednesdays to Saturdays, and 12 till 6pm on Sundays.

 

Southern Methodist University: Meadows Museum - Sculpture Plaza
www.meadowsmuseumdallas.org 
5900 Bishop Blvd.
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275-0357
Tel: (+ 1) 214 768 2516
E: meadows@smu.edu

The Meadows Museum unveiled its new outdoor sculpture plaza in fall 2009, featuring works by Jaume Plensa, Claes Oldenburg, Jacques Lipchitz, Henry Moore, Fritz Wotruba, Isamu Noguchi and Marino Marini. Leading up to the plaza is a large scale bronze kinetic sculpture, “Wave” by architect Santiago Calatrava, made of segments that replicate the action of a wave. Inside the museum are additional works by Auguste Rodin, Alberto Giacometti, David Smith and other noted sculptors. The Meadows Museum houses one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of Spanish art outside of Spain, with works dating from the 10th to the 21st century, by such masters as El Greco, Velázquez, Murillo, Goya, Miró and Picasso.

The Meadows Museum is open Tuesday-Saturday from 10am to 5pm, till 8pm on Thursdays. Sundays from 12 till 5pm. Admission is charged.

 

Texas Sculpture Garden
www.texassculpturegarden.org/
www.hallofficepark.com/sculpture.html
Hall Office Park
6801 Gaylord
Frisco, TX
Tel: (+ 1) 972 377 1100
E: concierge@hallofficepark.com

Initiated by real estate developer Craig Hall in 1990, the Texas Sculpture Garden currently displays the work of 41 Texas artists both in the garden and indoors in the lobby areas of Hall Office Park. It is recognised as one of the most significant collections of contemporary Texas sculpture.

A PDF document is available to download detailing the works in the garden: http://www.texassculpturegarden.org/images/TSGTourGuide.pdf

The Texas Sculpture Garden is approximately 30 miles north of downtown Dallas within Hall Office Park complex. The garden is open dawn till dusk daily. The interior collection is available to view from 9am till 5pm Sunday to Friday, 9am-12pm on Saturday. Free of charge.

 

Trammel Crow Center Sculpture Garden
www.trammellcrowcenter.com/
2001 Ross Avenue
Dallas, TX 75201
Tel: (+1) 214 863 4147

The Trammel Crow Center is a business centre that hosts an impressive collection of outdoor sculpture. Over twenty bronze works by French masters such as Rodin, Maillol and Bourdelle are included in the sculpture garden.

The sculptures are located around the plaza and lobby of the building. The sculpture garden is in the plaza and there are also sculptures in the lobby of the Trammel Crow Center. Members of the public can visit the garden and the lobby free of charge daily. The Center is also host to the Crow Collection of Asian Art, which is also free of charge.

 

Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum
www.umlaufsculpture.org
605 Robert E. Lee Road
Austin, TX 78704
Tel: (+ 1) 512 445 5582

Both permanent and changing exhibitions of sculpture and drawings by prominent artist Charles Umlauf are displayed in the artists grounds and dedicated museum. The grounds also host the annual Sculptfest, a contemporary sculpture exhibition organised by the Texas Society of Sculptors. Visit http://www.tsos.org/sculptfest.html for more information.

The gardens and museum are open Wednesday to Friday from 10am to 4:30pm, Saturday and Sunday from 1pm to 4:30pm. Small admission fee.

 

University of Houston: Campus Sculpture Collection
www.advancement.uh.edu/arttour/index.htm 
4800 Calhoun Road
Houston, TX 77004
Tel: (+ 1) 713 743 2255

The university has a collection of around 35 outdoor works placed inside its buildings and outdoors around campus. Many works have been commissioned by the UH Percent for Art programme. The collection includes works by Scott Burton, Mary Miss, Jesus Bautista Moroles and James Surls.

 

Valley House Gallery and Sculpture Garden
www.valleyhouse.com/
6616 Spring Valley Road
Dallas
TX 75254-8635
Tel: (+1) 972-239-2441
E: gallery@valleyhouse.com

The present owners Cheryl and Kevin Vogel present a programme of exhibitions within the 4.5 acre Valley House Sculpture Garden. The award winning garden opened in 1959, originally designed by landscape architect Clarence Roy with a solo exhibition of Charles Umlauf as its inaugural show. The garden was further enhanced by Erika Vogel, landscape designer and wife of then gallery director Donald Vogel, from the 1980s onwards. Works in the garden include those by Charles Umlauf, Mike Cunningham, Charles Williams, Nat Neujean, David Hayes, and Frederich Sotebier. The sculpture garden also hosted a solo show of Henry Moore in 1969.

Valley House Gallery, established in 1954, represents contemporary artists working in painting, sculpture, paper, and photography; exhibits and publishes catalogues on important Early Texas artists; and deals in historically significant American and European art.

Open Mondays to Saturdays, 10am till 5pm.

 

 

 

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