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Sigame
Oakland, CA
The 13-foot-tall Sigame sculpture was created by Scott Donahue in 2001. It was installed in Union Point Park around 2005. For more, see this website. [map]

Athena's Head
Cotati, CA
 Truth is Beauty
San Leandro, CA
The seven-foot-tall, concrete sculpture of Athena's Head was created by Peter Crompton and installed in 2011. [map]

The Truth is Beauty sculpture was created by Marco Cochrane for the Burning Man festival in 2013. It is 55 feet tall and made of stainless steel mesh and lit with LED tubing. It was installed at the San Leandro in 2016. A replica was installed at Renwick Gallery in Washington DC. The sculpture is similar to Cochrane's Bliss Dance sculpture from 2010 which is now in Las Vegas, NV. [map]

Tamalpais Maiden
Greenbrae, CA
The 17-foot-long, steel Tamalpais Maiden sculpture was created by Dennis Patton and installed at the Bon Air Shopping Center in 1988. [map]

"Comfort Women" Column of Strength
San Francisco, CA
The "Comfort Women" Column of Strength sculpture was created by Steven Whyte and installed in Saint Mary's Square in 2017. It represents women that were sexually enslaved by the Japanese Imperial Armed Forces from 1931-1945. For more, see this website. [map]

Mariam Mother of Life Shrine
El Cajon, CA
The Mariam Mother of Life Shrine was built in 2003 at the St. Ephrem Maronite Catholic Church. It depicts Mary and the baby Jesus. For more, see this website.

Virgin Mary
Santa Clara, CA
Virgin Mary
New Castle, DE
The Santa Clara and New Castle Virgin Mary statues were created by Charles Parks. They are about 34 feet tall and made of stainless steel. The Santa Clara statue was commissioned in 1982 and stands on the grounds of the Our Lady of Peace Parish. The fifth photo in the top row shows a smaller version of the statue on the church grounds. It appears to have been created by Parks as well. [map]

The New Castle statue was installed in 2007 on the grounds of the Holy Spirit Parish. The statue is also called "Our Lady Queen of Peace". For more, see this website. [map]

Parks created a similar statue in 1999. Known as "Our Lady of the New Millennium", it travels around to different parishes in the Chicago area. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3.

More California:
Go Go Girl (San Diego) [gone]

circle of women
Gainesville, FL
This circle of women is installed behind the Florida School of Massage. These smaller than life-sized, concrete statues appear to have been created by the same artist that made the giant hands which hold the business' sign.

Thrive
Fort Lauderdale, FL
This Thrive sculpture was created by Daniel Popper and installed in 2020. It is over 30 feet tall. The woman's chest is a fern-covered tunnel that can be walked through. For more, see this website. [map]

More Florida:
Jantzen Girl (Daytona Beach)
Muse of Discovery (Orlando)

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