Shalev: Angel of Compassion
This gleaming bronze figure kneeling under a twelve-foot granite arch is located near the MacLeod Barn Abbey, in sight of the Wabash River. Several smaller stones are placed nearby for meditation and reflection. The sculpture was created by New York artist Tobi Kahn in 1993. Known primarily as an abstract expressionist painter, Tobi Kahn […]
Saint Francis of Assisi & the Angel of the 6th Seal, Patron Saints of the Environment
The 1989 cast bronze sculpture of Saint Francis reaching toward the ground with the Angel of the 6th Seal behind him, sits on a mini-promontory at the edge of Swan Lake. It was created by Father David Kocka, currently the Diocesan Bishop and Pastor at the Sacred Cross Oratory in Floyds Knobs, Indiana. Kocka’s […]
St. Francis and the Birds
St. Francis and the Birds is one of two works of this kind. The twin piece is located in Assisi, Italy. The theme of the work is a story about St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of the environment. As St. Francis journeyed with a companion, he caught sight of an array of […]
St. Francis Cross at Chapel
The patinated steel cross at the Chapel of the Little Portion (behind Swan Lake) was created by sculptor, artist and midcentury modern furniture designer Allen Ditson of Arizona. From the 1950s through the 1980s he and his wife, artist Lee Porzio, ran the Ditson-Porzio Studio in Paradise Valley, Arizona, just down the street from […]
Our Lady Queen of Peace Shrine
Located northeast of the Roofless Church at the end of Main Street, this stone carving of Our Lady and the Christ Child is from Isle St. Louis, France, and is the work of an unknown 15th-century sculptor. This is New Harmony’s oldest work of art. It was dedicated to the memory of the Trappist […]
Bust of Tillich
Located in Paul Tillich Park is a bronze bust of Paul Tillich commissioned by Jane Blaffer Owen and created by James Rosati to honor the great German theologian. Tillich did numerous sittings for Rosati, the last sitting only one month before he died. Rosati worked from photographs to complete the project in 1967. Rosati […]