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| Established | 2001 |
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| Location | Glebe Park, near Haliburton, Ontario |
| Type | Outdoor sculpture gallery |
| Website | https://www.haliburtonsculptureforest.ca/ |
The Haliburton Sculpture Forest is an outdoor collection of sculptures located in Glebe Park near the village of Haliburton, Ontario, Canada. It is operated by the non-profit organization Haliburton Sculpture Forest et al. [1]
Opened in 2001, the forest has on display 38 sculptures by Canadian, Indigenous, and international artists. [2] The sculptures are arranged along a series of trails in a maple forest on the shores of Haliburton's Head Lake. [3] The Sculpture Forest is located in Glebe Park, hear Halliburton adjacent to Fleming College's Haliburton School of the Arts. [4] [5]
Facilities include tours, parking, picnic tables, ski and snowshoe trails; entrance is free. [6]
| Type | Number | Title | Medium | Artist | Year |
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| Sculpture | 1 | The Homesteaders | Telephone poles | Jake Mol | 2004 |
| 2 | Pan | Granite | George Pratt | 2003 | |
| 3 | Dreaming Stones | Granite | Kevin Lockau | 2001 | |
| 4 | Guardians of the Forest | Bronze | Brett Davis | 2004 | |
| 5 | Sound Vessel: Forest | Steel | Don Dickson and Amy Doolittle | 2003 | |
| 6 | Beaver | Cement | Art Students of Haliburton Highlands Secondary School with support from Michael Belmore and Mary Anne Barkhouse | 2002 | |
| 7 | Visionary - A Tribute to Sir Sandford Fleming | Steel and bronze | Richard Shanks | 2002 | |
| 8 | Curled Figures | Cement | Susan Low-Beer | 2003 | |
| 9 | Redwing Frond | Steel and acrylic | Darlene Bolahood | 2003 | |
| 10 | Moose Scraps | Vintage farm equipment | Leo Sepa | 2001 | |
| 11 | Terminus | Steel | Marianne Reim | 2002 | |
| 12 | A Walk in the Wods in Haliburton | Limestone | Mary Ellen Farrow | 2001 | |
| 13 | Embracing Eos | Steel and wire | Charles O'Neil | 2004 | |
| 14 | Sleep of the Huntress | Rose Granite | Doug Stephens | 2004 | |
| 15 | To Cut or Not to Cut | Granite | John Beachli | 2006 | |
| 16 | C to C | Granite | John Shaw-Rimmington | 2007 | |
| 17 | Shelter Shift | Wood | Phillip Vander Weg | 2007 | |
| 18 | Shadow Caster | Steel | Ian Leblance | 2008 | |
| 19 | Kennisis: Horse and Rider | Steel | William Lishman | 2008 | |
| 20 | Fire and Ice: A Really Big Shoe | Steel wire and glass | Charles O'Neil | 2009 | |
| 21 | Gelert | Bronze | Mary Anne Barkhouse | 2011 | |
| 22 | A Conspiracy of Ravens | Steel | John McKinnon | 2012 | |
| One-of- a-kind- Benches | A | Evolution | Stone and steel | Don Dickson and Amy Doolittle | 2005 |
| B | Current | Oak and steel | Peter Wehrspann | 2005 | |
| C | Spirit of the Wild | Granite | Aaron Galbraith |
Partners and sponsors include: Fleming College, Haliburton Campus, the Haliburton County Development Corporation, the Municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton Highlands Secondary School, Haliburton Highlands Museum, Haliburton Highlands Trails and Tours Network, Haliburton Nordic Trails Association, Head Lake Trail Committee, Glebe Park Committee, and the Arts Council of Haliburton Highlands, in addition to community volunteers. [7]
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