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Yeh, Lily,
Williams, Joseph,
Object -- Furniture
Architecture -- Detail
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
The Ile Ife Park, the Village of the Arts and Humanities, (sculpture).
Artist:
Yeh, Lily, 1941- , sculptor.
Williams, Joseph, assistant.
Title:
The Ile Ife Park, the Village of the Arts and Humanities, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed 1987.
Medium:
Sculpture: ceramic tile, concrete, stone, glass, and plants.
Inscription:
(On one of the seating elements:) The Arts of Social Change (On side of building:) Village of Arts & Humanities
Description:
Ile Ife Park at the Village of Arts and Humanities is a community gathering place adorned with mosaic sculptures and painted murals created with help from the local community. The park is surrounded by fourteen concrete columns adorned with brightly colored ceramic tile mosaics. Inside the park are various concrete seating elements and a cobblestone-paved mound with five concrete columns in the middle. The columns and seating elements are also covered with brightly colored ceramic tile mosaics. A mural painted with birds, fishes, and a rainbow is located on an adjacent building.
Subject:
Object -- Furniture
Architecture -- Detail -- Column
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Owner:
Village of Arts and Humanities, 2544
Germantown
Avenue, Ile Ife Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19133
Remarks:
Funded with a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant of $25,000 given in 1991 to the Village of Arts and Humanities. The sculpture project was initiated by Lily Yeh, Executive Director of the Village of Arts and Humanities, and Arthur Hall, Director of the Ile Ife Center for the Arts and Humanities. Lily Yeh and neighborhood resident Joseph Williams built the concrete columns and local children painted them. Later ceramic tile mosaics were added. Lily Yeh and her assistants painted the mural on the adjacent building. Philadelphia Green supplied the plants and the Anti-Graffiti Network supplied painters and equipment.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS PA001139
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Inventory of American Sculpture
PA001139
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