Odette Sculpture Park, Sculpture garden on Detroit River shoreline in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Odette Sculpture Park runs along the Detroit River from Assumption Park to Centennial Park, between the Ambassador Bridge at Huron Church Road and the Art Gallery of Windsor at Church Street. Its 35 large-scale contemporary works stand outdoors along the waterfront, among them Elisabeth Frink's Flying Men, Sorel Etrog's King and Queen and Derrick Stephan Hudson's bronze Tembo, a mother elephant with two calves.
Eight sculptures donated by the P & L Odette Foundation were installed along the Detroit River in 1997. More works followed in 2000 and 2001, and in 2001 the park was renamed after its benefactors. The collection now numbers 31 to 35 pieces, mainly by Canadian sculptors with a few international names such as Elisabeth Frink and Edwina Sandys.
Each year the City of Windsor invites residents to wash Tembo, Derrick Stephan Hudson's bronze of a mother elephant and two calves, using warm water, soap and toothbrushes; conservation assistants then spend a couple of days waxing it for winter. The event, covered by the Windsor Star and CBC Windsor, teaches how bronze sculptures are cared for.
The park offers guided tours in small electric vehicles that make it easy to see all the artworks without walking the entire distance. Tours start from a central location and can accommodate small groups.
Tembo, Derrick Stephan Hudson's bronze of a mother elephant and two calves, is washed each year by Windsor residents on Tembo Day; conservation assistants then spend a couple of days waxing it with toothbrushes and warm soapy water for winter.
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