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California Dream
Outdoor Sculpture
A wide-angle shot of a red tunnel entrance labeled "FERRY POINT" with painted illustrations of a pelican and a heron. The tunnel is surrounded by green foliage and a yellow height clearance sign reading 13'-0".

Ferry Point Tunnel Mural
Mural; Painting
A wide outdoor mural on a low concrete wall depicting six military service members in various uniforms, including a veteran in a saluting pose. The center includes the message "Thank you for your service" set against a patriotic background of an American flag and military vehicles.

Antioch Veterans Memorial Mural
Memorial/Monument; Mural; Painting

Windows of History
Outdoor Sculpture; Sculpture

Contra Costa County has public art in every district. Start your journey here.

  • Figures of children jump on a utility box in a park.
    Happy Kids
    Category: Utility Box
    Medium(s): Paint
    In 2018, Nancy Roberts created Happy Kids as part of the Brentwood Utility Box Mural Project. The work is a painted utility box that depicts silhouettes of children and geometric shapes. Sources: DRAFT Jan. 2022 Agenda.docx...
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  • A wide mural spans two low concrete retaining walls in front of a white school building. The left side features a deer, butterfly, and snail against a dark background, while the right side depicts a waterfall, owls in a forest, an otter, and a sea turtle under a bright sky.
    Harding Elementary School Mural
    Category: Mural; Painting
    Medium(s): Paint
    In 2022, Sandrine Demathieu created the Harding Elementary School Mural at the Harding Elementary School. The work is a painted mural featuring the local environment, including a sea turtle, butterfly, waterfall, and deer. Sources: Harding...
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  • Heritage
    Heritage
    Category: Outdoor Sculpture
    Medium(s): Metal
    Archie Held is an internationally recognized artist who has been creating sculpture since the late 1970s. He studied at UCLA for both his graduate and undergraduate degrees. The Archie Held Studio, founded in 1985 and based in Richmond, California,...
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  • A painted utility box and matching bollards featuring a brown and white horse galloping through a landscape of pink, blue, and gold clouds.
    Horse
    Category: Painting; Utility Box
    Medium(s): Paint
    In 2018, Emma Smith created the Horse utility box for the City of Brentwood public art program. The artwork is a horse galloping through a colorful background. Sources: Visions Student’s Art Brightens Brentwood ...
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  • A tall, abstract outdoor sculpture featuring two elongated, rounded, finger-like forms. The larger form is blue and yellow, and the smaller, curved form wrapped around it is red with yellow dots, all set against a background of trees and low-rise buildings on a sunny day.
    Hung Up On Blue
    Category: Outdoor Sculpture
    Medium(s): Ceramic
    From artist’s website: “Joe Taylor is a ceramic sculptor from rural Northern Nevada. He received his Bachelors of Fine Arts from Sierra Nevada College in 2004 with an emphasis in new genres, and drawing. After earning this degree he was hired to...
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