City Art Collection
The City’s art collection includes the works of both regional and internationally renowned artists, working in a variety of media and supports the work of emerging and established artists. The City Art Collection is funded by private donations as well as a Percent for Art Ordinance, which stipulates that five percent of capital infrastructure project costs be allocated for the integration of art pertaining to the project. Five percent for art is among the highest percentage in the country.
Ketchum’s art collection is valued at over $500,000. Many of the works in the collection were funded by private donation, Percent for Art, City allocated funds for KAC projects, grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and Idaho Commission on the Arts.
Private citizens have donated artwork for display throughout the city. The City and KAC welcome collaborations with private citizens who wish to donate works.
If you would like to donate artwork to the city or sponsor a KAC initiative, please contact participate@ketchumidaho.org.
Charitable gifts to the City of Ketchum are tax deductible to the extent of the law.
Tubascope by Steve Parker
Location: Fourth St. and East Ave.
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Spur by John Grade
Location: South of Ketchum along the Wood River Trail, West of the Reinheimer Ranch
Homage to the Limber Pine (3000 Years of High Winds, Heavy Snow and Countless Gazes) by Jason Middlebrook
Location: Little Park
Idaho Columns by and in memory of Rod Kagan (donated by the Kagan Family in 2011)
Location: Warm Springs Rd. and Saddle Rd. across from Guy Coles Skate Park
Totem Bench #4 by and in memory of Rod Kagan (donated by the Kagan Family in 2011)
Location: Ketchum City Hall Council Chambers 480 East Ave. N.
Barrett's Rules by sculptor Larry Meyers and Lisa Admire; memorial sculpture to Barrett Admire, dedicated in 2004
Location: Ernest Hemingway STEAM School
Hemingway Mosaic by Sue Dumke (donated by Sue Dumke in 2014)
Location: Fourth St. at Spruce Ave
A River Song by Bruce Smith in memoriam to Randy Hess (donated by Friends of Randy Hess in 2009)
Location: Fourth St. and Leadville Ave.
Dutchman's Bend by Delos Van Earl and in memory of William Panzer (donated by Priscilla Panzer in 2011)
Location: Lucy Loken Park
Complimentaros by Joan Barrantes (donated by Gallery DeNovo and Steven Denholtz in 2013)
Location: Edelweiss Park
StreetArt: Decorative manhole covers located throughout Ketchum.
Documents
Tubascope Brochure (3 MB) 