The Mission San Francisco de Asís, also known as Mission Dolores, is a historic Catholic church complex in San Francisco, California. Operated by the Archdiocese of San Francisco, the complex was founded in the 18th century by Spanish Catholic missionaries. The mission contains two historic buildings:
John Seward Johnson II, also known as J. Seward Johnson Jr. and Seward Johnson, was an American artist known for trompe-l'œil painted bronze statues. He was a grandson of Robert Wood Johnson I, the co-founder of Johnson & Johnson, and of Colonel Thomas Melville Dill of Bermuda.
Donal Hord, an American sculptor, was born Donald Horr in Prentice, Wisconsin.
Beniamino "Bene" Bufano was an Italian American sculptor, best known for his large-scale monuments representing peace and his modernist work often featured smoothly rounded animals and relatively simple shapes. He worked in ceramics, stone, stainless steel, and mosaic, and sometimes combined two or more of these media, and some of his works are cast stone replicas. He had a variety of names used and sometimes went by the name Benvenuto Bufano because he admired Benvenuto Cellini. His youthful nickname was "Bene", which was often anglicized into "Benny". He lived in northern California for much of his career.
Herbert Hoover High School is a comprehensive, public secondary school in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States. It is part of San Diego Unified School District. It is one of the oldest schools in San Diego.
Eugene Daub is an American contemporary figure sculptor, best known for his portraits and figurative monument sculpture created in the classic heroic style. His sculptures reside in three of the nation's state capitals and in the National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol. His work appears in public monuments and permanent collections in the United States and Europe.
The Asian Pacific Thematic Historic District (APTHD) is a historic Chinatown in San Diego, California. It is an eight-block district adjacent to and in part overlapping with the Gaslamp Quarter. The district is bounded by Market Street to the north, 2nd Ave. to the west, 6th Ave. to the east and J St. to the south. 22 structures are considered historically contributing.
Kay Sekimachi is an American fiber artist and weaver, best known for her three-dimensional woven monofilament hangings as well as her intricate baskets and bowls.
Ricardo Breceda is an artist most well known for his large metal sculptures of animals. He was born in the town of Villa Unión in the state of Durango, Mexico, but now resides in Aguanga, California. He is unmarried and has two daughters, Lianna and Arabi. He originally worked as a cowboy boots salesman and a construction worker, but a construction accident caused him to leave the latter job. He made a metal sculpture of a Tyrannosaurus rex for his daughter Lianna after she asked for a dinosaur for Christmas following a viewing of Jurassic Park III.
Kristin Leachman is an American contemporary artist living and working in Los Angeles, California, United States. Born in Washington, D.C., Leachman spent her early years in rural Virginia.
Judith Munk was an American artist and designer associated with Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She was inducted into the San Diego Women's Hall of Fame posthumously, in 2008.
The San Diego History Center is a museum in Balboa Park in San Diego, California, dedicated to the history of San Diego.
Embarcadero Marina Park North is a park in San Diego, California. It features Donal Hord's 1956 sculpture Morning.
Woman of Tehuantepec, also known as Aztec Woman of Tehuantepec, is an outdoor 1935 fountain and sculpture by Donal Hord, installed in the courtyard of Balboa Park's House of Hospitality, in San Diego, California.
Breaking of the Chains (1995) is an outdoor public art sculpture by Mel Edwards, installed along Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade in San Diego, California.
Guardian of Water is a 1939 fountain and sculpture by Donal Hord, installed outside the San Diego County Administration Center, in the U.S. state of California. The statue was dedicated on June 10, 1939.
Cubi XV is an abstract stainless steel sculpture by David Smith. It is part of collection of the San Diego Museum of Art, and installed in Balboa Park's May S. Marcy Sculpture Garden. The statue is part of Smith's Cubi series.
Anna Marie Valentien, née Buchdrucker was an American sculptor, painter, teacher, illustrator, and decorator.
Invisible Man and the Masque of Blackness was an art installation by Zak Ové that has been installed in several major cities. It features 40 identical statues, each weighing approximately 300 lbs.
A statue of Christopher Columbus by Mario Zamora was installed in Chula Vista, California's formerly named Discovery Park, in the United States. The statue has been vandalized multiple times. It was removed and placed into storage in June 2020. The park named after Columbus's so-called "discovery" of America was renamed in 2022.
