thumb|The park with Ambassador Bridge behind
The Windsor Sculpture Park, formerly known as the Odette Sculpture Park, is an open space in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, that shows 35 large-scale contemporary sculptures by artists including Elisabeth Frink, Gerald Gladstone, and Sorel Etrog.
The park is located on the shore of the Detroit River, spanning from Assumption Park to Centennial Park, between the Ambassador Bridge (Huron Church Road) and the Art Gallery of Windsor (Church Street).
The Sculpture Park was funded by Mr and Mrs Louis Odette and the P & L Odette Foundation. The park is maintained by the city's Parks and Recreation Department, while the sculptures are cared for by the Cultural Affairs Department.
Works
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File:Little Lady (2824738567).jpg|Anne, Leo Mol
File:Apatosaurus.jpeg|Apatosaurus
File:Audio Corridor.jpeg|Audio Corridor, Ian Lazarus
File:"Bell Measure" by Stephen Cruise, Windsor, Ontario, 2025-05-31.jpg|Bell Measure, Stephen Cruise
File:"Chicken and Egg" by Morton Katz, Windsor, Ontario, 2025-05-31.jpg|Chicken and Egg, Morton Katz
File:"Business Man on a Horse" by William McElcheran, Windsor, Ontario, 2025-05-31.jpg|Business Man on a Horse, William McElcheran
File:"Claim Post" by Scott McKay, Windsor, Ontario, 2025-05-31.jpg|Claim Post, Scott McKay
File:The Columns.jpeg|The Columns, Ronald Zerafa
File:"Composition with Five Elements" by Haydn Llewellyn Davies, Windsor, Ontario, 2025-05-31.jpg|Composition with Five Elements, Haydn Llewellyn Davies
File:"Consophia" by Ian Lazarus, Windsor, Ontario, 2025-05-31.jpg|Consophia, Ian Lazarus
File:Cordella by Maryon Kantaroff, Windsor, Ontario, 2025-05-30.jpg|Cordella, Maryon Kantaroff
File:"Ground to Ask the Sky" by Royden Mills, Windsor, Ontario, 2025-05-31.jpg|Ground to Ask the Sky, Royden Mills
File:"Consolation" by Joe Rosenthal, Windsor, Ontario, 2025-05-31.jpg|Consolation, Joe Rosenthal
File:"Dancing Bear" by Pauta Saila, Windsor, Ontario, 2025-05-31.jpg|Dancing Bear, Pauta Saila
File:Edwina Sandys Odette Sculpture Park.jpg|Eve's Apple, Edwina Sandys
File:Elisabeth Frink Odette Sculpture Park 02.jpg|Flying Men, Elisabeth Frink
File:Kantaroff Odette Sculpture Park.jpg|The Garden, Maryon Kantaroff
File:Inukshuk, Windsor, Ontario, 2025-05-30.jpg|Inukshuk
File:"King and Queen" by Sorel Etrog, Windsor, Ontario, 2025-06-01.jpg|King and Queen, Sorel Etrog
File:Odette Sculpture Park Gerald Gladstone.jpg|Morning Flight, Gerald Gladstone
File:"Obelisk" by Sigmund Reszetnik, Windsor, Ontario, 2025-05-31.jpg|Obelisk, Sigmund Reszetnik
File:Odette Sculpture Park Penguins.jpg|Penguins on a Waterfall, Yolanda Vandergaast
File:Racing Horses.jpeg|Racing Horses, Derrick Stephan Hudson
File:DeAngelis Odette Sculpture Park.jpg|Rinterzo, Joseph DeAngelis
File:Salutation.jpeg|Salutation, Ralph Hicks
File:The Sisters Sculpture.jpeg|Sisters 2, Morton Katz
File:Space Plough II.jpeg|Space Plough 2, Sorel Etrog
File:Odette Sculpture Park Tembo.jpg|Tembo, Derrick Stephan Hudson
File:Tiger.jpeg|Tiger
File:Anne Harris Odette Sculpture Park.jpg|* Tohawah, Anne Harris
File:Tower Song.jpeg|Tower Song, Ted Bieler
File:Triceratops.jpeg|Triceratops
File:"Union Six" by Bruce Watson, Windsor, Ontario, 2025-05-31.jpg|Union Six, Bruce Watson
File:Voyager Canoe.jpeg|Voyageur Canoe, Ralph Ireland
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- Trees, Toni Putnam
- Triptych, Gord Smith (sculptor)
Tembo Day
Each year, the citizens of Windsor are invited to participate in washing Tembo. Tembo, a large bronze sculpture located in the Windsor Sculpture Park was created by Derrick Stephan Hudson. The sculpture features a mother elephant as well as two young babies.
Each year, the citizens of Windsor are invited by the City of Windsor to help wash the elephants on Tembo Day. After a bath of gentle clean of warm water and soap using toothbrushes, Sculpture Conservation Assistants spend a couple of days applying wax to protect the sculpture in preparation for the winter
The goal of Tembo Day is to create a better understanding of the importance of maintaining and preserving the care for bronze sculptures along the Windsor Sculpture Park.
Tembo Day has gained recognition throughout Windsor for its engagement with the community and has been featured in the Windsor Star
See also
- List of sculpture parks
- Riverfront Bike Trail
References
External links
- Windsor Sculpture Park - City of Windsor
- Windsor Ontario Riverside Tour (July 2004) - "Google Video" (0:21:12)
- Local tourism information about Odette Sculpture Park