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Newport Beach Civic Center Sculpture Exhibition

Phase IX Submissions now closed

Official Call for Artists
A sculpture set against a blue sky
"Getting Your Bearings" by David Boyer

The Arts Commission of the City of Newport Beach launched an initiative to turn its spectacular, 14-acre Civic Center Park into a "Museum Without Walls", installing works from sculptors around the world in an evolving exhibition that cycles up to ten new works into the park every year. With ArtsOC's assistance managing the process, the works are selected by a jury consisting of Arts Commission Members and outside art experts, with input sought from members of the Newport Beach community via a public poll.

The works selected for Phases VIII and IX are now installed. The ten sculptures of Phase VIII will be on display through June 2025 , while Phase IX will remain through June 2026. Stay tuned for news about Phase X.

City of Newport Beach's Site

Map of Phase VIII and Phase IX Sculptures

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Phase VIII (on display through June '25):

  1. Tulip the Rockfish by Peter Hazel (Reno, NV)
  2. Confluence #102 by Catherine Daley (Windsor, CA)
  3. One Another by Maxwell Carraher (Los Angeles, CA)
  4. Efram by James Burnes (Santa Fe, NM)
  5. The Memory of Sailing by Zan Knecht (Grand Rapids, MI)
  6. Metal Tree by Pontus Willfors (Inglewood, CA)
  7. Newport Glider by Ilya Idelchik (San Diego, CA)
  8. Inchoate by Luke Achterberg (Onalaska, WI)
  9. Kissing Bench by Matt Cartwright (Portland, OR)
  10. The Goddess Sol by Jackie Braitman (Tacoma Park, MD)

Phase IX (on display through June '26):

  1. Interplay by Pamela Ambrosio (Tucson, AZ)
  2. Reaching Man by Ron Whitacre (Laguna Beach, CA)
  3. Glee by Cindy Debold (Lago Vista, TX)
  4. Duality by Giuseppe Palumbo (Eldorado Springs, CO)
  5. Growing Wings by Hilde DeBruyne (Cumming, IA)
  6. Heavy Landing by Vojtech Blazejovsky (Los Altos Hills, CA)
  7. Gecko by Doug Snider (San Diego, CA)
  8. Millefolium by Catherine Daley (Windsor, CA)
  9. Trillium Bus Stop Bench by Matt Cartwright (Portland, OR)
  10. Natural Wonders by Michele Moushey Dale (Edgerton, WI)

Samples of prior Sculpture Exhibition Works

"Wind Swept", by Lake Daffner

Burnt Matchstick", by Karl Unnasch

"Sunflower", by Patricia Vader

"Brandi", by Curt Brill

"Getting Your Bearings", by David Boyer

"Slices of Heaven", by Craig Gray

"La Cage aux Folles", by Warren Techetin

"Demoiselle", by LT. Mustardseed