Folk Art Park

Folk Art Park pays homage to the rich and deep tradition of Southern folk art. Ranging from a large-scale installation based on quilt-making to environments drawn from the visionary worlds of artists such as Lonnie Holley and Howard Finster, Folk Art Park reclaims the cement islands created by two freeway bridges in downtown Atlanta. Those who drive or walk by or look below from the high-storied office buildings surrounding the park are treated to gourd trees, windmills, fantastic animal and human forms, totems, and sculpted walls. The first permanent outdoor tribute to folk art, the Park was completed for the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games.

Photo Credits for images:

Drew Logothetis, Neil Dent, Dixi Carrillo, EDAW

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SITE ENVIRONMENT: Quilt Tradition

TITLE: "Sunshade Structure"

ARTISTS FOR MOTIFS:

• Barbara Abrelat
  (b. Mobile, AL 1944, r. Decatur, GA)
  "Seasons Everlasting", "Generation unto Generation"
• Barbara Butler
  (b. Owensboro, KY, 1944, r. Decatur, GA)
  "Early Bird", "Meander and Sun Flight"
• Darlyne Dandridge
  (b. Los Angeles, 1955, r. Atlanta)
  "Mask", "African Figure"
• Nora Ezel
  (b. Brooksville, MS, 1917, r. Tuscaloosa, AL)
  "Pineapple"
• Hazel Fulton
  (b. Lawrence County, AL 1919, r. Cartersville, GA)
  "Willows and Pineapples"
• Sharon Henderson
  (b. Appalachia, NC, 1945, r. Lilburn, GA)
  "Kudzu and Yew"
• Wini McQueen
  (b. 1949, r. Macon, GA)
  "African Lizards"
• Hystercine Rankin
  (b. Port Gibson, MS, 1929, r. Port Gibson)
  "Farm Scene"
• Patricia Stettler
  (b. Winston-Salem, NC, 1946, r. Marietta, GA)
  "Symbols of Childhood"

MATERIALS: Stainless steel, paint
DIMENSIONS: Overhead Canopy – 42’ w x 42’ d x 16’ h
Painted Ground Surface Area: 122’ x 99’ x 194’

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SITE ENVIRONMENT: Sculpture Garden

TITLE: "Earth Flower"
ARTIST: Lonnie Holley (b. Birmingham, AL, 1950, r. Birmingham)
MATERIALS: Styrofoam, Concrete, paint
DIMENSIONS: Base – 118" w x 48" d x 8" h
Figure – 87" w x 12" d x 47" h

TITLE: "Good Mornin’, Happy Day"
ARTIST: Harold Rittenberry (b. Athens, GA, 1928, r. Athens)
MATERIALS: Mild steel
DIMENSIONS: 64" w x 21" d x 48" h

TITLE: "Happy Day, Goin’ Fishing"
ARTIST: Harold Rittenberry (b. Athens, GA, 1928, r. Athens)
MATERIALS: Mild steel
DIMENSIONS: 64" w x 21" d x 52" h

TITLE: "A Plate Full of Love"
ARTIST: Harold Rittenberry (b. Athens, GA, 1928, r. Athens)
MATERIALS: Mild steel
DIMENSIONS: 43" w x 25" d x 29" h
Concrete base for 3 pieces – 14’ diameter

TITLE: "Faces on the Wall"
ARTIST: Willie Tarver (b. Wadley, GA, 1938, r. Wadley) and Mae Tarver
(b.Wadley, GA, 1932, r. Wadley)
MATERIALS: Concrete, paint
DIMENSIONS: Wall – 63’ w x 25" d x 18’ h
31 "Faces"

TITLE: "Eve" and "Adam"
ARTIST: Archie Byron (b. Atlanta, 1928, d. 2005 Atlanta, GA)
MATERIALS: Concrete, paint
DIMENSIONS: "Eve" – 30" w x 11" d x 66" h
"Adam" seated on bench – 50" w x 35" d x 54" h
Base for both figures – 21" w x 20 d x 5" h

TITLE: "The Meaning of Love"
ARTIST: Archie Byron (b. Atlanta, 1928, d. 2005 Atlanta, GA)
MATERIALS: Concrete, paint
DIMENSIONS: 10" diameter x 76 " h
Base – 18" w x 18" d x 5" h

TITLE: "Standing Anatomy"
ARTIST: Archie Byron (b. Atlanta, 1928, d. 2005 Atlanta, GA)
MATERIALS: Concrete, paint
DIMENSIONS: 23" w x 20" d x 68" h
Base – 24" w x 24" d x 5" h

TITLE: "Untitled"
ARTIST: Archie Byron (b. Atlanta, 1928, d. 2005 Atlanta, GA)
MATERIALS: Concrete, paint
DIMENSIONS: 36" w x 3 ½" d x 58" h
Base – 46" w x 25" d x 5" h

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SITE ENVIRONMENT: Homage to Howard Finster

TITLE: “Homage to Howard Finster”
ARTIST: Kenneth Allen Wilson (b. Chattooga County, GA, 1959, r. Summerville, GA)
MATERIALS: Concrete, metal, glass, marble, tile, paint
DIMENSIONS: Mound Wall – 41’ w x 15’d x 4’ h
Temple Base – 48" w x 48" d x 5" h
Temple – 34" w x 34" d x 64" h
Tiger – 55" w x 4" d x 23" h
Plant – 13" w x 3" d x 36" h
Plant – 12" w x 3" d x 34" h
Hands – 34" w x 3" d x 25" h



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Courtland Street Bridge over I 75



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SITE ENVIRONMENT: Windmills

TITLE: "Star Wheel with Guitar Girls" Windmill
ARTIST: James Harold Jennings, (b. Stokes County, NC, 1931, d. Pinnacle, NC, 1999)
MATERIALS: Mild steel, paint
DIMENSIONS: 96" w x 66" d x 168" h



TITLE: "Fence" and "Gateway"
ARTIST: James Harold Jennings, (b. Stokes County, NC, 1931, d. Pinnacle, NC, 1999)
MATERIALS: Mild Steel, paint
DIMENSIONS: Fence (2) – 99" w x 3" d x 33" h
Gateway – 144" w x 12" d x 137" h

TITLE: "Mainstream" Windmill
ARTIST: Vollis Simpson (b. Lucama, NC, 1919, r. Lucama)
MATERIALS: Mild steel, paint
DIMENSIONS: 65" w x 84" d x 240" h

TITLE: "Duckdown" Windmill
ARTIST: Vollis Simpson (b. Lucama, NC, 1919, r. Lucama)
MATERIALS: Mild steel, paint
DIMENSIONS: 60" w x 84" d x 240" h

TITLE: "Willis" Windmill
ARTIST: Vollis Simpson (b. Lucama, NC, 1919, r. Lucama)
MATERIALS: Mild steel, paint
DIMENSIONS: 24" w x 84" d x252" h

TITLE: "TREVAL" Windmill
ARTIST: Vollis Simpson (b. Lucama, NC, 1919, r. Lucama)
MATERIALS: Mild steel, paint
DIMENSIONS: 48" w x 120" d x 240" h

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SITE ENVIRONMENT: Rolling Hills of Georgia

TITLE: "Rolling Hills of Georgia"
ARTIST: Rubin R.A. Miller
(b. Hall County, GA. 1912, d. 2006 Rabbittown, GA )
MATERIALS: Mild steel, paint

DIMENSIONS: 16 Shapes
King – 20" w x ½" d x 57" h
Snake with Legs – 17" w x ½" d x 25" h
Dinosaur – 77" w x ½" d x 37" h
Donkey with Bird – 60" w x ½" d x 54" h
Spotted Horse – 59" w x ½" d x 32" h
Scorpion – 53" w x ½" d x 29" h
Spotted Dinosaur – 73" w x ½" d x 34" h
Striped Creature with Rider – 30" w ½" d x 50" h
Black Dinosaur – 62" w x ½" d x 28" h
Standing Creature with Tail – 23" w ½" d x 50" h
Deer – 60" w x ½" d x 44" h
Bull with Rider – 52" w x ½" d x 41" h
Lizard – 59" w x ½" d x 22" h
Rattlesnake – 72" w x ½" d x 11" h
Rhinoceros – 60" w x ½" d x 25" h
Cow/Donkey – 58" w x ½" d x 52" h
Average Wall Size – 65" w x 8" d x 24" h

TITLE: "Itawamba Man"
ARTIST: Burgess Dulaney (b. Itawamba County, MS, 1914, d. 2001 Fulton, Miss)
MATERIALS: Concrete, glass marble, paint
DIMENSIONS: 84" w x 39" d x 50" h

TITLE: "Two-Headed Snake"
ARTIST: Burgess Dulaney (b. Itawamba County, MS, 1914, d. 2001 Fulton, Miss)
MATERIALS: Concrete, glass marble, paint
DIMENSIONS: 66" w x 48" d x 40" h

TITLE: "Donkey"
ARTIST: Burgess Dulaney (b. Itawamba County, MS, 1914, d. 2001 Fulton, Miss)
MATERIALS: Concrete, glass marble, paint
DIMENSIONS: 75" w x 30" d x 55" h

TITLE: "Visions of the Past"
ARTIST: Tim Lewis (b. Isonville, KY, 1952, r. Elliott County, KY)
MATERIALS: Concrete, paint
DIMENSIONS: 33" w x 21" d x 54" h

TITLE: "Dinosaur’s Head"
ARTIST: Tim Lewis (b. Isonville, KY, 1952, r. Elliott County, KY)
MATERIALS: Concrete, paint
DIMENSIONS: 30" w x 52" d x 53" h

TITLE: "Big Head"
ARTIST: Tim Lewis (b. Isonville, KY, 1952, r. Elliott County, KY)
MATERIALS: Concrete, paint
DIMENSIONS: 54" w x 30" d x 49" h

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SITE ENVIRONMENT: Homage to St. EOM'S Pasaquan

TITLE: "Homage to St. EOM’s Pasaquan"
ARTIST: St. EOM, a.k.a. Eddie Owens Martin (b. Glen Alta, GA, 1908, d. Buena Vista, GA, 1986)
MATERIALS: Concrete, paint, glass beads
DIMENSIONS: 7 Totems – 37 ¾" diameter x 65" h (average)
14 Walls – 180" w x 10" d x 60" h (average)
33 Mandalas – 27" diameter (average)
28 Buttons – 8" diameter (average)







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SITE ENVIRONMENT: The Gourd Tree

TITLE: "The Gourd Tree"
ARTIST: Wayne S. Caudell (b. Jefferson, GA, 1934, r. Jefferson)
MATERIALS: Steel, plastic gourds
DIMENSIONS: 60 gourds

 

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:

Barbara Abrelat	Hazel Fulton	R.A. Miller
Barbara Butler	Sharon Henderson	Harold Rittenberry
Archie Byron	Lonnie Holley	Hystercine Rankin
Wayne Caudell	James H. Jennings	Vollis Simpson
Darlyne Dandridge	Tim Lewis	Patricia Stettler
Burgess Dulaney	Eddie Owens Martin	Willie and Mae Tarver
Nora Ezel	Wini McQueen	Allen Wilson

CONSULTANTS:

Robert D. Clements, Inc.	Team Coordinator/Artistic Advisor
W. Robinson Fisher Associates	Landscape Architect
Pat Connell	Pasaquan Design Consultant
Howard Finster	Finster Site Artistic Consultant
Piedmont Olsen Hensley	Surveyor
Outdoor Living Spaces, Inc.	Concrete Specialist
Architectural & Garden Ornament	Artisan/Fabricator
Tom Douglas	Artisan/Fabricator
If It’s Art	Artisan/Fabricator
PM Goulding Sculpture	Artisan/Fabricator
Paul Lichtenstein	Artisan/Fabricator
Goodman Decorating Company	Artisan/Fabricator
Chito Lapena	Electrical/Fabricator
Phoenix Crane Rental Company	Installer
The Flagler Company	General Contractor

COMMISSIONING ORGANIZATION:
Corporation for Olympic Development in Atlanta (CODA)
Installation: 1996