From Springfield News-Leader — article by Chris Bentley
Russ RuBert’s newest sculpture has a specific purpose. It’s designed to give hope to cancer patients. But it’s also the largest piece of public art in Springfield, and it gives RuBert, who designed an earlier sculpture on the Southwest Missouri State Campus, hope that more such pieces may [...]
After the last Walt Disney Children’s Arts Festival, the Kinetic Man was purchased from the State of Missouri by Southwest Rotary Club of Springfield. RuBert repaired and improved K-Man and worked with the Rotary Club, Springfield Greene County Park Board, and City of Springfield Public Works to install K-Man in his new permanent home in [...]
RuBert was commissioned to design and build an interactive sculpture to keynote the entrance of the Walt Disney Children’s Arts Festivals. Grants from the Walt Disney Foundation funded the festivals to inspire children throughout the state.
photo by Rick Norman
The modular design and portable base allowed it to be easily moved and stored. Large gears in [...]
Construction of public sculpture is a multi-step process involving research, design, drawings, modeling, engineering, public presentations, construction, foundation design and construction, and installation. This sculpture is kinetic and interactive — people who spin the base in the center will cause the top to spin — requiring the design and construction of many technical elements that [...]
Sears Farm Road Park is a community park serving a suburb of the technology-based Triangle of North Carolina. This sculpture was commissioned for the community, and the park was designed around the sculpture. The design process involved approval by five neighborhood committees before a final vote by the City Council of Cary.
Curvaceous Kiss
Cary, North Carolina
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