Public Art Along the Scottsdale Greenbelt
The Scottsdale Greenbelt is more than a path through parks and lakes. It is also an outdoor art corridor connecting sculptures, murals, bridges, environmental installations and important civic artworks.
This guide covers permanent public art found along the Greenbelt, in connected parks and throughout Scottsdale Civic Center. Each listing includes the artist, completion date, location, a brief description and links for directions and additional information.
Some artworks are located inside libraries, museums, government buildings, the performing arts center or the Eldorado Aquatic and Fitness Center. Access may depend on the operating hours or admission requirements of those facilities.
Scottsdale Greenbelt Public Art Map
Select an artwork marker on the map to see its name, artist, location and additional details.
North Greenbelt and Shea Boulevard
Horse
Artist: Maxine Kim Stussy
Completed: 1976
Location: Mustang Library, 10101 N. 90th St., Scottsdale, AZ 85258
This wooden horse sculpture is part of Mustang Library’s equine-themed public art collection. Its placement complements Mustang Wall and Birdie Umwelt while connecting the library to Scottsdale’s horse and Western heritage.
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Mustang Wall
Artist: Ken Williams
Completed: 1989
Location: Inside Mustang Library, 10101 N. 90th St., Scottsdale, AZ 85258
Mustang Wall is a bas-relief clay-brick mural depicting galloping mustangs moving across a landscape of mesas and open desert. The artwork connects the library’s architecture to Scottsdale’s Western identity and was the first commission completed through Scottsdale’s public art program.
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Birdie Umwelt
Artist: Mary Lucking
Completed: 2019
Location: Mustang Library and Mustang Transit Center, 10101 N. 90th St., Scottsdale, AZ 85258
Birdie Umwelt is a playful collection of bronze and stainless-steel birds interacting with pages from real books. Twenty bird-and-book sculptures are scattered around the library and transit center, accompanied by a postmodern birdhouse and bird imagery incorporated into the walkways. The installation connects nature, reading and everyday travel through a shared civic space.
Open in Google Maps | Artist project page | Official Scottsdale Arts collection
Mountain View Community Center Mural
Artist: Robert Anderson
Completed: 1995
Location: Mountain View Community Center, 8625 E. Mountain View Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85258
This permanent mural uses the community center building as its canvas. The large-scale work gives the recreation facility a distinctive visual identity and makes public art part of the everyday experience of people visiting the center and nearby Greenbelt facilities.
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Sonoran Monsoon and Desert Moods
Artist: Joe Tyler
Completed: 1997
Location: Six transit shelters along Shea Boulevard; representative map location at 9251 E. Shea Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85258
This project combines functional shade structures with forms inspired by desert plants, weather and changing light. The Sonoran Monsoon shelters suggest trees bending during powerful winds. The Desert Moods shelters incorporate imagery based on saguaros, flowers, clouds, the sun and the moon.
McCormick Ranch through Chaparral Park
Lizard Acres
Artist: Joe Tyler
Completed: 2001
Location: 8732 E. McDonald Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85250
Oversized desert creatures and plant forms made from steel and rebar appear to inhabit this neighborhood landscape. Tortoise and horned-lizard-inspired figures give the site a playful identity while celebrating animals found in the Sonoran Desert.
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Rug Runner and Wallpaper Tapestry
Artist: Christine Lee
Completed: 2020
Location: Scottsdale Fire Station 603, 8191 E. Indian Bend Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85250
This two-part project treats the fire station’s flooring and glass as artistic surfaces. A terrazzo design containing light-responsive material runs through and beyond the building. A dichroic window treatment changes color according to the light and viewing angle. Exterior portions may be viewed from the station grounds, while interior access may be limited.
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Water Mark
Artists: Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan
Completed: 2010
Location: Indian Bend Wash at Indian Bend Road, approximately 7696 E. Indian Bend Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85250
Five monumental aluminum horse-gargoyle sculptures are integrated directly into the Indian Bend Wash flood-control system. During significant flood events, water can pour from the horses’ mouths. Flood-measurement details, landscaping and the adjacent multiuse path make the site both functional infrastructure and one of Scottsdale’s most distinctive public artworks.
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Parallel Companion
Artist: Kristine Kollasch
Completed: 2025
Location: Stillman Station at McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park, 7301 E. Indian Bend Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85250
Parallel Companion is a site-responsive artwork connected to the railroad park’s transportation history. Constructed with materials that include repurposed railroad rails and spikes, stone and ceramic elements, it introduces a contemporary artistic presence within the historic railroad setting.
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Terraced Cascade
Artist: Lorna Jordan
Completed: 2007
Location: Chaparral Park, 5814 N. 81st St., Scottsdale, AZ 85250
Terraced Cascade is an environmental artwork integrated into the landscape and stormwater system of Chaparral Park. Terraced stone, native vegetation and moving runoff become artistic materials. The artwork changes with the weather and makes the ecological processes of the park part of the visitor experience.
Scottsdale Civic Center and nearby civic spaces
Don Quixote
Artist: Alan “Dale” Wright
Completed: 1968
Location: Southwest of Scottsdale City Hall, 3939 N. Drinkwater Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85251
This welded-steel sculpture depicts Don Quixote mounted on horseback with his lance extended. Its open linear construction gives the familiar literary figure a light and animated presence within the Civic Center grounds.
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Woman and Fish
Artist: Abbot Pattison
Completed: 1954
Location: Scottsdale Civic Center near City Hall, 3939 N. Drinkwater Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85251
This bronze sculpture presents a stylized human figure engaged in an unusual struggle with a fish. The composition is both figurative and surreal, reflecting Pattison’s interest in simplified and expressive human forms.
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Mother and Child
Artist: John Waddell
Completed: 1960
Location: City Hall garden, 3939 N. 75th St., Scottsdale, AZ 85251
This bronze sculpture explores the emotional and physical relationship between a mother and child. The balanced arrangement and grounded stance of the mother create a feeling of protection, strength and intimacy.
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Windows to the West
Artist: Louise Nevelson
Completed: 1973
Location: 7343 E. Scottsdale Mall, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Formally titled Atmosphere and Environments XIII, this monumental black sculpture is one of Scottsdale Civic Center’s defining artworks. Its large geometric forms create an architectural environment of openings, shadows and changing perspectives.
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Freedom
Artist: Robert Winslow
Completed: 1977
Location: Scottsdale Civic Center, 3806 N. Drinkwater Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Freedom was carved from Alabama limestone using traditional hammer-and-chisel techniques. Its rounded and interlocking abstract forms may suggest two related figures, although the meaning remains open to interpretation. The sculpture is intended to be viewed from every side.
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The Yearlings
Artist: George-Ann Tognoni
Completed: 1981
Location: 7320 E. Scottsdale Mall, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Three young bronze horses run together with the looseness and energy of yearlings at play. Acquired through community fundraising, the sculpture became one of the Civic Center’s most familiar landmarks.
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Imagination Gives Us Wings
Artist: Larry Kirkland
Completed: 1994
Location: Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85251
This multi-part library artwork is built around reading, imagination and flight. A bird-shaped opening tracks sunlight, a monumental gilded feather rises through the space and an inkwell-like granite element connects the artwork to writing and literature.
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Pillars of Thought
Artist: Mags Harries
Completed: 1994
Location: Inside Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Five sculptural columns pass through the library reading room. Faces, projected imagery, reflective elements and changing light suggest the activity of thought, memory, knowledge and imagination.
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Scottsdale Justice Center Façade and Gavel Benches
Artist: Jack Mackie
Completed: 1995
Location: Scottsdale Justice Center, 3700 N. 75th St., Scottsdale, AZ 85251
The project integrates public art into the Justice Center through architectural treatments, entrance features and benches based on the shape of a judge’s gavel. Functional seating and building details become part of the courthouse’s civic identity.
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Hummingbird Sanctuary
Artist: Kevin Berry
Completed: 1995
Location: 3271 N. Drinkwater Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Five tall steel forms resemble enormous trumpet-vine flowers and support real climbing plants. Cor-Ten steel, rebar, river rock and vegetation combine to create a setting that functions as sculpture, public space and living habitat.
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Homeplates
Artists: Craig Smith and Dan Collins
Completed: 1997
Location: Scottsdale Stadium, 7408 E. Osborn Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Homeplates incorporates the geometry of baseball’s home plate into architectural and public-art elements throughout Scottsdale Stadium. The repeated shape connects the stadium, the fan experience and Scottsdale’s history as a spring-training destination.
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Murals
Artists: Kristine Kollasch, Max Hammond, Paige Tuhey and Sam Mindrum Logan
Completed: 1998
Location: Community Design Studio, 7506 E. Indian School Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
The Community Design Studio contains a collection of murals rather than one image. The artists use colorful abstraction, figurative subjects and community imagery to animate the former church building inside and out.
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Momentum
Artist: Jeff Zischke
Completed: 1998
Location: One Civic Center, 7447 E. Indian School Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Momentum is a large kinetic installation created for a three-story atrium. Curved aluminum tubing supports different lengths of lightweight fabric, allowing the composition to respond to air movement and appear to flow through the interior space.
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The Museum Heart
Artist: Alberto Ríos
Completed: 1999
Location: Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, 7374 E. Second St., Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Arizona poet Alberto Ríos created The Museum Heart for the opening of Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. The permanent poem considers a museum as a place where people preserve memories, experiences and pieces of cultural life.
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LOVE
Artist: Robert Indiana
Completed: 1999
Location: 7343 E. Scottsdale Mall, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
LOVE transforms one of the best-known images of American Pop art into a monumental aluminum sculpture. Its stacked letters, tilted O and strong colors turn a simple word into an architectural object visitors can walk around and photograph.
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Glass Scrim Wall
Artist: James Carpenter Design Associates
Completed: 1999
Location: Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, 7374 E. Second St., Scottsdale, AZ 85251
This sweeping curved wall of translucent laminated glass and steel responds to changing sunlight. Colored and dichroic elements project shifting reflections and light into the courtyard, making the wall both architecture and artwork.
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Knight Rise
Artist: James Turrell
Completed: 2001
Location: Inside Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, 7373 E. Second St., Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Knight Rise is a skyspace containing a carefully proportioned chamber and an opening that frames the sky as a field of color. Changes in daylight alter the viewer’s perception of color, atmosphere and depth. Museum hours and admission requirements may apply.
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The Spirit of Volunteerism
Artist: Gerry Metz
Completed: 2003
Location: Scottsdale Stadium, 7408 E. Osborn Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
This figurative sculpture honors Jim “The Commissioner” Hill and Scottsdale’s larger tradition of volunteer service. It recognizes the people who give their time to youth, recreation and community organizations.
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Mayor Herbert “Herb” Drinkwater and His Dog, Sadie
Artist: Clyde “Ross” Morgan
Completed: 2003
Location: Outside Scottsdale City Hall, 3939 N. Drinkwater Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85251
This larger-than-life bronze portrays longtime Scottsdale mayor Herb Drinkwater in familiar Western clothing alongside his German Shepherd, Sadie. The community-supported memorial honors Drinkwater’s 24 years of service to Scottsdale.
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TODOS
Artist: Jarvis Rockwell
Completed: 2006
Location: Inside Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85251
TODOS builds a larger visual environment from many repeated small figures and familiar objects. The work encourages viewers to examine both the individual elements and the patterns created by their accumulation.
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Spirit of Camelback
Artist: Kana Tanaka
Completed: 2009
Location: Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, 7380 E. Second St., Scottsdale, AZ 85251
More than 100 hand-sculpted glass stems pass through the performing arts center’s atrium wall and extend toward the exterior. Crackled-glass crowns capture changing natural and artificial light, creating a glowing field inspired by Camelback Mountain.
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The Chaplain
Artist: Austin Deuel
Completed: 2009
Location: Scottsdale Civic Center near City Hall, 3939 N. Drinkwater Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85251
The Chaplain is a veterans memorial centered on military chaplains and the spiritual support they provide to service members. It was installed as a place of remembrance for military service, sacrifice and care.
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Flower Pauses
Artists: Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt of R&R Studios
Completed: 2010
Location: Indian School Road streetscape near 7502 E. Indian School Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Flower Pauses incorporates art into places where pedestrians stop, wait and move through the Indian School Road corridor. Flower-like forms and playful design turn ordinary streetscape elements into small moments of color.
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Breakaway
Artist: Barbara Grygutis
Completed: 2024
Location: Drinkwater Boulevard underpass at Scottsdale Civic Center, Plus Code F3RH+W83, Scottsdale, AZ
Breakaway transforms the 630-foot Drinkwater Boulevard underpass into an illuminated Civic Center gateway. Cast-aluminum reliefs use imagery inspired by ropes, knots and Western roping traditions. Teal surfaces and integrated lighting make the patterns especially visible at night.
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Ambient Landscape
Artist: Janet Taylor
Completed: 1990
Location: Inside Scottsdale City Hall, 3939 N. Drinkwater Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Ambient Landscape brings the colors, rhythms and atmosphere of the desert into City Hall through a textile-based installation. Pattern, color and material evoke the layered horizons and changing light of the Sonoran Desert.
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The Desert’s Garden
Artist: Tammi Lynch-Forrest
Completed: 2023
Location: Scottsdale Civic Center Plaza, 3939 N. Drinkwater Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85251
The Desert’s Garden is a large mosaic environment composed of thousands of individually crafted, high-fired clay tiles. Its imagery celebrates Sonoran Desert plants and animals while referencing canals, pathways, human movement and the passage of time.
South Greenbelt, Eldorado and Vista del Camino
Swale
Artist: Stacy Levy
Completed: 2014
Location: Thomas Road bridge over Indian Bend Wash, approximately 7825 E. Thomas Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85257
Swale consists of 176 powder-coated steel blades and seed-pod forms attached to both sides of the Thomas Road bridge. The tall elements enlarge the grasses and plants found in wetter parts of the wash. Blue blades represent the water that flows through the channel during storms.
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Floating World
Artists: Calvin Abe and Sylvia Tidwell
Completed: 2003
Location: Inside Eldorado Park Aquatic and Fitness Center, 2301 N. Miller Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85257
Floating World is a site-specific environment incorporated into the Eldorado aquatic center. Sculptural boulders, curved seating, suspended forms, blue wave elements and river-inspired patterns extend the visual language of water beyond the pools and into the surrounding architecture and landscape. Facility hours and admission requirements may apply.
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The Bell, The Flower and The Wash
Artist: Ilan Averbuch
Completed: 2011
Location: Eldorado Park and Fire Station 601 area, 1901 N. Miller Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85257
Large Cor-Ten steel and recycled-granite forms can be interpreted as fire bells, trumpet flowers or vessels for water. Stone elements provide seating, while parts of the installation intentionally collect and move rainwater. The design connects the nearby fire station with the flood-control role of Indian Bend Wash.
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Yaqui Mural
Artist: Mario Martinez
Completed: 1999
Location: Vista del Camino Community Center, 7700 E. Roosevelt St., Scottsdale, AZ 85257
The Yaqui Mural project commemorates Yaqui history and community life in Scottsdale. Its imagery includes Yaqui origins, the Rio Yaqui, local residents, Scottsdale’s Yaqui villages and ceremonial traditions. Created with community participation, the project preserves local history in a public setting.
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Garden of Evidence
Artist: Dennis Oppenheim
Completed: 2009
Location: Scottsdale Police and Forensic Science Center, 7601 E. McKellips Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85257
Garden of Evidence is a collection of large, puzzle-like cactus sculptures assembled from contrasting construction materials. Their segmented forms reflect the process of collecting and interpreting separate pieces of evidence while providing a colorful counterpoint to the facility’s investigative function.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the public art along the Scottsdale Greenbelt free to visit?
Most outdoor artworks can be viewed free of charge. Art located inside libraries, City Hall, the performing arts center or other public buildings can usually be visited during the building’s regular operating hours. Museum and aquatic-center admission may be required for certain indoor artworks.
Is all of this artwork directly beside the Greenbelt path?
Some artworks are directly beside the shared-use path or inside Greenbelt parks. Others are located in nearby civic spaces, libraries, recreation facilities and Scottsdale Civic Center. The guide includes these connected destinations because they can be reached as part of a larger Greenbelt outing.
What is the best way to find an individual artwork?
Use the interactive map at the top of this page for the most precise marker available. The Google Maps link under each listing can help with driving, walking or cycling directions to the site.
Can I see all the artwork in one trip?
The collection stretches across a large portion of Scottsdale. The Civic Center artworks can be explored together on foot, but the complete north-to-south collection is better divided into several outings or explored by bicycle.
Are any artworks located indoors?
Yes. Indoor artworks can be found at Mustang Library, Civic Center Library, Scottsdale City Hall, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art and Eldorado Park Aquatic and Fitness Center. Check the operating hours of each facility before visiting.
Why are some artworks represented by one marker even though they have multiple parts?
Several Scottsdale public artworks are installations composed of multiple pieces. Birdie Umwelt, Sonoran Monsoon and Desert Moods, Flower Pauses and the Community Design Studio murals are examples. The map uses a primary or representative location for the complete project.
Where can I learn more about Scottsdale’s public art collection?
Visit the Scottsdale Public Art permanent collection for official information about the city’s permanent artworks, artists and public art program.
Can I submit a correction or photograph?
Yes. If you notice that an artwork has moved, access has changed or a map marker needs adjustment, please contact me. Original photographs may also be added to this guide as the collection grows.