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Bronze Art Walk

Joseph, OR

The art scene in Joseph really got going when the bronze foundry business started in 1982. Quite by accident, Glen Anderson, a retired businessman got a great deal on an empty building. Upon the purchase he wondered: Just what now would he do with it? It was suggested to him by a few local sculptors that a local bronze foundry would be to their great convenience. Persuaded of the possibilities, thus began the first of what would become a World-Class Mecca for artistic bronze casting on a truly international scale.

Then, in 1996, Joseph’s Mayor Shelley Curtiss spearheaded an effort to enhance the beauty of Joseph’s Main Street to include cobblestone sidewalks and the removal of power lines that blocked the mountain views. Joseph merchants and others ran with the idea and in 2002 the project was completed; its crowning feature was the permanent placement of 7 Monumental Bronze Sculptures. These life and larger-than-life-size sculptures represent themes common to the West. Much of the work was donated by local artists and several new pieces have been added since.

The artists behind the 7 primary sculptures are Austin Barton, J. Shirly Botham, Shelley S. Curtiss, Dennis Jones, David Manual, Steve Parks, and Ramon Parmenter.
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