Center of Sculpture

Hamilton, Ohio – The Fitton Center for Creative Arts recently received a facelift thanks to City of Sculpture and Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park.

City of Sculpture relocated Mallory Feltz’s “Complexity” to the main entrance of the Fitton Center to serve as centerpiece for its new sculpture garden.

Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum sent Obie Simonis’ “Trilogy” to replace “Baroque Trajectory,” which occupied the East Plaza of the Fitton Center the previous several years.

The Fitton Center, City of Sculpture and Pyramid Hill invite the public to the re-dedication ceremonies for both pieces at 4 p.m. Thursday, September 19.

“This is a wonderful opportunity for us to celebrate some incredible artwork now on long-term display at the Fitton Center,” said Ian MacKenzie-Thurley, Fitton Center Executive Director. “It’s also an opportunity to celebrate the collaboration and cooperation between three of Hamilton’s leading arts organizations.

“We love having ‘Complexity’ and ‘Trilogy’ on site. We also enjoy sharing the work both City of Sculpture and Pyramid Hill are doing to celebrate this dynamic artform all over Hamilton. Our city is better and more beautiful for their efforts.”

Sarah Templeton Wilson - Executive Director at Pyramid Hill and Chair of We Art Hamilton – said working together is crucial to promoting the arts.

“Pyramid Hill is thrilled to continue our partnership with The Fitton Center and City of Sculpture,” she said. “One of the things that makes the City of Hamilton so special is the enthusiastic collaboration between the wonderful arts organizations in town through We Art Hamilton. 

"Trilogy’s’ presence at the Fitton Center is a fitting symbol of these partnerships that create a beautiful, strong community by supporting each other.”

City of Sculpture Vice-Chair Taylor Stone-Welch agreed the partnership between the organizations benefits everyone.

“With The Well House Hotel coming to downtown Hamilton, City of Sculpture knew it would need to relocate ‘Complexity’ to allow for the new development,” he said. “It was a natural choice to reach out to the Fitton Center for Creative Arts about finding a permanent location on their property. “We were thrilled when they selected a prominent location by the main entrance. The great location and beautiful landscaping highlight ‘Complexity’ better than we imagined. City of Sculpture is grateful for our longstanding partnerships with the Fitton Center for Creative Arts and Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum.”

Feltz created “Complexity” - cast bronze and concrete - as part of her 2006 thesis at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning. She described it as a “a poetic self-portrait that depicts the layered meaning of identity and purpose.”

Landscape designer, Andy Weltzer of Lifestyle Landscape Solutions created an original sculpture garden – including the Fitton Center’s signature red swoosh - to surround the artwork.

Obie Simonis created “Trilogy” from brushed stainless steel in the 1990s as part of a series about finding equilibrium between symmetry and asymmetry and between geometric and organic forms. Dynamic slender red spirals are caught in a trio of heavy uniform squares, demonstrating the piece’s harmonious dualities.

The Fitton Center for Creative Arts is located at 101 S. Monument Avenue on the Riverfront in downtown Hamilton, Ohio.

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