Art in the Parks
During the mid-1980s, the Commission started an "Art in the Parks" program to commission and install pieces of art in the county parks. In 1992, the program ended as budgets were tightened, but the artworks remain in our parks today. They include totem poles stainless steel sculptures, and realistic bronze statues, varying from ultra-modern forms to lifelike depictions. Together they help to create a landscape of interest, exploration and wonder!
Today,
any new public art comes to M-NCPPC's Department of Park and
Planning through the Public Arts Trust (administered by the
Arts Council of Montgomery County) and through private donations.
Click on individual examples below to view larger images, descriptions and locations of some of the art that lives in our parks. And then visit our parks often and enjoy.
Montgomery County Department of Parks