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 Spirit of Sterling Heights - Sterling Hts. Mi Posted by:  Rattrak
N 42° 35.534 W 083° 00.759
17T E 334868 N 4717497
Spirit of Sterling Heights can be found in the front of City of Sterling Heights complex.
Waymark Code: WM84F7
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 01/25/2010
Views: 5
Spirit of Sterling Heights
My information was gathered at the City of Sterling Hts. "Spirit of Sterling Heights" web page.
Marcia Wood • deceased
The “Spirit of Sterling Heights,” commissioned by the Sterling Heights Cultural Commission in 1990, is a creation of the late Michigan sculptor, Marcia Wood. Wood’s artistic contributions to society can be found throughout Michigan, Indiana and Japan.
The sculpture was unveiled on Oct. 2, 1990 after an intense statewide competition to provide Sterling Heights with an artistic focal point. A panel of three professionals (Jay Holland, Thomas Strat and Mary Stephenson) selected the final work from a three finalists.
According to sculptor Marcia Wood, “the sculpture I designed for Sterling Heights expresses in simple and bold forms, my understanding of the special features which make up the identity of this community.”
“I thought about the pride Sterling Heights takes in its strong working partnership among the community’s businesses, government, and civic leaders. The city is young and growing, but with firm roots. I have taken the arch as a symbol of continuity with the past. It is a complex arch suggesting the many ethnic groups, which make up this diverse community. The large scale of the sculpture echoes the permanence and vigorousness of this dynamic community. The embracing form suggests the friendliness of the city and the open spaces reflect the constant flow of new ideas. The whole sculpture is about structures and how interdependent they are. The structures are simple, but complex in their relationships.”
Information from the SIRIS website is as follows;
Dimensions:
Approx. 16 x 19 x 5 ft.
Remarks:
Commissioned by City of Sterling Heights for about $49,000, with partial funding from the Michigan Council for the Arts. IAS files contain program from dedication of sculpture, Oct. 2, 1990, and related articles from Macomb Daily (Michigan), Sept. 13, 1992, pg. 4A and Sept. 18, 1992, pg. 5A.
Inscription:
(Plaque on base:) "SPIRIT OF STERLING HEIGHTS" 1990 MARCIA WOOD, SCULPTOR COMMISSIONED BY THE STERLING HEIGHTS CULTURAL COMMISSION AND SUPPORTED BY THE MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, GANNETT FOUNDATION, DAYTON HUDSON, AND AMERIVEST PROPERTIES, INC., WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO THE STERLING HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL AND ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED. unsigned.
TITLE: Spirit of Sterling Heights
ARTIST(S): Marcia Wood, 1933-deceased , sculptor. K & M Machine Fabricating, Inc., fabricator.
DATE: 1990. Dedicated Oct. 2, 1990
MEDIUM: Sculpture: fabricated aluminum, painted; Base: concrete
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS MI000021
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
In the front of City of Sterling Heights complex, at 40555 Utica Road.
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
Found as Listed except for the Sterling Hts. website list the artist as having pasted though I can not find record of it.
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