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There are currently 158 art pieces in the catalog.

Art Title	Artist's Name	Description	Location
1041 North Clinton Avenue Mural	unknown	One of a series of murals on North Clinton Avenue	1041 North Clinton Avenue, at Avenue A
1233 North Clinton Avenue Mural	unknown	One of a series of murals on North Clinton Avenue	1233 North Clinton Avenue, opposite Kohlman Street
759 North Clinton Avenue Mural	unknown	One of a series of murals on North Clinton Avenue	The Brooklyn Market, 759 N. Clinton Ave, at Siebert Street
8 WPA Murals	Carl Peters	WPA murals in the school auditorium	Charlotte High School, 4115 Lake Avenue
819 North Clinton Avenue Mural	unknown	One of a series of murals on North Clinton Avenue	The Clinton Grocery, 819 North Clinton Avenue
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
928 North Clinton Avenue Mural	unknown	One of a series of murals on North Clinton Avenue	928 North Clinton Avenue, at Laforce Street
960 North Clinton Avenue Mural	unknown	One of a series of murals on North Clinton Avenue	960 North Clinton Avenue, at Mead Street
ADZ/Pick	Brad Spencer	A stone a pick suspended in a frame structure	Canal View Office Park, Canal View Boulevard
Airborne Stabile	Susan Ferrari Rowley	A kite-like hanging fabric sculpture	Rochester International Airport
Animal Totem	John Dempsey	Chain saw sculpture based on student's pictures of animals	Rochester City School #23, 170 Barrington Street
Another Little Adventure	Nancy Gong	2 leaded glass windows	Rochester Ferry Terminal, 4791 Lake Avenue
ARTStop	Ed Stringham	One of three ARTWalk bus shelters	In front of Memorial Art Gallery on University Avenue
ARTWalk Cat	Vincent Massaro	A concrete cat on a base, with a time capsule sealed inside	Corner of Merriman and University Avenue
Austin Steward Bust	Calvin Hubbard	Bronze bust	2nd Floor - Clarion Hotel Riverside, 120 Main Street East
Balance	Juan Carlos Caballero-Perez	Soaring steel sculpture with elements balanced at the top	Flatiron Building, 706 University Avenue
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
Big Head	Sean Calyer	Welded steel head	Courtyard, Village Gate, 274 North Goodman Street
Big Picture Rochester	Kenichiro Sato	A giant photo-mural	Former Sibley's Department Store Windows, Main Street, and other locations dowtown Rochester
Birdman	Dexter Benedict	Cast Bronze	Corporate Woods Office Park
Bragdon Windows	Claude Bragdon	Stained glass windows	Universalist Church, 150 Clinton Avenue, South
Bridge Flower	Mark & Diane Weisbeck	4 lighted sculptures on each of three bridges	Ames, Child and Saxton Street bridges over Rte 490
Bus Transfer by the Dixie Wig	Ruth Manning	Handwoven tapestry	Rochester International Airport (Storage), 1200 Brooks Avenue
Cab Calloway Monument		Monument to one of Rochester's own	Otto Henderberg Square, on Sycamore Street, Swillburg Neighborhood
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
Cat and Bird	Vincent Massaro	A bird and cat modeled after student sculptures.	Rochester City School #23, 170 Barrington Street
Cathy Feinen Student Sculpture Garden	Students	Animal fantasies cast in bronze	Rochester City School #23, 170 Barrington Street
Children At Play	Sylvia Reid Davis	Designed by Sylvia Davis, fabricated by Mark McDermott	School of the Arts, Prince Street at University Avenue
Children in the Hand of God	Dexter Benedict	Bronze hand holding a boy with a Torah and a girl	Temple Brith Kodesh - Courtyard
Chubby	Vincent Massaro	A horse and fireman representing the last fire horse in Rochester	In front of Craft Company #6, on University Avenue
Civil War Monument	Sallie Farnham	Bronze monument of a soldier and boy	Mt. Hope Cemetery, 1133 Mount Hope 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
Col. Partick Henry O'Rorke	Dexter Benedict	Portrait bust	Visitor's Center, The Center at High Falls
Collecta Cultura	Jill Gussow	Mosaic mural in the student union commons	Wilson Commons, Student Union, U of R, River Campus
Construction105	Jose de Rivera	Rotating twisted oval that does not turn any more	Rochester Institute of Technology
Dancers	Peter Macon	Abstract steel dancers	10 Seldon Street, in Grove Place
Dragonslayer	Jim Gary	A dinosaur skeleton sculpture	Canal View Office Park, Canal View Boulevard
Dream	Dexter Benedict	Figure waiting at the door	Corporate Woods Office Park
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
Engineers Have Fun Too	Nancy Gong	Bus shelter	In front of Gleason Works, 1000 University Avenue
Equilateral Six	Duayne Hatchett	Twisted square	In front of the Kenneth B. Keating Federal Building, State Street
Every Wall Falls Eventually	Unknown	A segment of the Berlin Wall, covered with graffiti	Winter Garden, Bausch & Lomb, One Bausch & Lomb Place
Family Tree	Eddie Davis	Bronze narrative sculpture	Lamberton Conservatory, in Highland Park
Ferry Terminal Paintings	Nicholas Agnello	3 paintings representing historic scenes	Rochester Ferry Terminal, 4791 Lake Avenue
Fireman's Monument	H.S. Hebard	A uniformed figure atop a pedestal overlooking the fireman's section	Mt. Hope Cemetery, 1133 Mount Hope Avenue
Firemen	Joseph P. Flynn	Relief sculptures of stylized firemen flanking the entrance	Rochester Fire Station, 414 Andrews Street
Fox Sisters Monument	Unknown	Monument to birth of spiritualism	Troup Street near Plymouth
Fred & Ginger	Arch Miller	Pair of dancing shapes	Main Street at Scio
Frederick Douglass	Sidney Wells Edwards	Bronze figure	Highland Park, Resevoir at South Avenue
Frederick Douglass Mural	K. Fitch	Portrait of Frederick Douglass	On a traffic signal control box at the intersection of Main, West and Chili Avenues
Gannett Building Relief	Unknown	Bas-relief panel with classical figures	Gannett Building at the corner of Broad and Exchange Streets
Genesee Passage	Albert Paley	Soaring formed and fabricated steel tower	Bausch & Lomb, One Bausch & Lomb Place
Gentle Woman	Leonard Urso	Raised copper figure	13 Seldon Street, in Grove Place
George Eastman Memorial	Leo Friedlander	Marble pillar with 2 figures	Kodak Park, 1700 Lake Avenue, near Ridge Road
George Elwanger Tomb	Nicola Cantalamessa-Papotti	George Elwaner's tomb in M.t Hope Cemetery	Mt. Hope Cemetery, 1133 Mount Hope Avenue
Goethe	William Ehrich	Stylized head on a base	Highland Park, Reservoir at South Avenue
Graffiti Mural Project	Tim Piper	Mural above new entrance	Village Gate, 274 North Goodman Street
Growth of Man	Joe Hendrick	Carved panels with symbols on the facade	Virgil I. Grissom School #7, 31 Bryan Street at Dewey Avenue
Henry Lomb Memorial	Walter H. Cassebeer	An art deco obelisk	Upper Falls Blvd. at St. Paul Street
Historical Charlotte	John Kastner	Mural representing Charlotte's history	Charlotte Library, 3615 Lake Avenue
Howdeee	Bill Stewart	Steel sculpture welcoming travellers	Visitor's Center, Erie Canal
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
Industry, Geography, Astronomy and Navigation	Unknown	Four marble figures surrounded by evergreens	University of Rochester, near Meliora Hall
Ivory Soap Sign	John Deats and Christine Muratore	Perhaps the last original Ivory Soap sign	Bittersweet Building, 41 N. Main Street
Josephine Baker Bench	Paul Knoblauch	Fanciful bench with teak seat with abstract metal curlicues	Corner of Gibbs and University Avenue
Joy and Happiness to All Children of the World	Zarub Tsereteli	Multi-part sculpture in landscaped setting	Next to the Drake Memorial Library, New Campus Drive, SUNY-Brockport,
Labor Lyceum Sculptures	Unknown	Three carved stone fugures	580 St. Paul Street
Lady Rochester	Nancy Jurs	Ceramic sculpture	Linden Oaks Office Park, 400 Linden Oaks
Laura D. Knapp Monument	Stonecarvers Collaborative	Elaborately carved stone marker	Mt. Hope Cemetery, 1133 Mount Hope Avenue
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
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
Let Me Be Your Shelter	John & Laurie Grieco	Bus shelter	822 University Avenue
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
Liberty Pole	James Johnson	A modern interpretation of a traditional liberty pole	Liberty Pole Plaza, at the corner of Main and Franklin Streets
Lunar Eclipse	Wendell Castle	Clock on top of a misaligned segmented column	Rochester International Airport (Storage), 1200 Brooks Avenue
Main Street Bridge Railings	Albert Paley	10 elaborate railing segments	Main Street Bridge across the Genesee River, Downtown
Maplewood Arch	Dejan Pejovic	3 steel arches joined at the peak, connected by cables	Lake Avenue at Ridge Road
Mask	Bill Stewart	Glazed terra cotta mask peering down from a wall	Seldon Street, in Grove Place
Massaro Sculpture Garden	Vincent Massaro	Landscaped yard with fabricated elements, vines, tree debris, and anonymous donations	The intersection of Canterbury Road and Harvard Street
Merchants Road Mural	Rick Muto	An active neighborhood scene painted on the side of a building	The intersection of Merchants and Culver Roads
Mercury	J. Guernsey Mitchell	Messenger on top of the Aquaduct Building	Aquaduct Street, Between Main and Broad Streets
Messenger	Dexter Benedict	Bronze figurative sculpture	Corporate Woods Office Park
Metamorphosis	Wendell Castle	Lighted wall relief	Winter Garden, Bausch & Lomb, One Bausch & Lomb Place
Millennium Bench	Albert Paley	Sculptural bench intended to impress rather than comfort	Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue
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
Moribus Strip	Jose De Rivera	Revolving figure 8	Rochester Institute of Technology
Morrie Silver	Dejan Pejovic	Bronze sculpture of Morrie Silver with his arm around a kid with a bat & glove	North Plymouth Avenue at Morrie Silver Way on Platt Street
Mosaic Light Poles	Betsy Weber	Standard city light poles tricked out with mosaic tile work by Betsy Weber and other artists	Along ARTWalk, mostly on University Avenue
Mountain Piece	Hilda Morris	Shrouded figures, dancing	Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue
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
Omega ii	Beverly Pepper	Basic geometric forms that change their relationship as you view them from different angles	Canal View Office Park, Canal View Boulevard
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
Passenger Pigeon	Todd McGrain	Bronze bird near the ARTWalk Bus Shelter	Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue
Penguins	Blanca Will	3 Bronze penguins	Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue
Pharaoh	Leonard Urso	A tall, elegant, slightly ominous figure standing among the trees	Eastman Place, Gibbs at Main Street
Planter and Bench	Paul Knoblauch	A fanciful bench and planter	80 Cascade Drive
Playground	Tony Smith	Open steel cube that invites small people to climb on or crawl through.	Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue
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

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