Sculptures on the Square returns to downtown Troy!

Sculptures on the Square returns to downtown Troy this summer, and it promises to color the square with creativity. This beloved biennial exhibit transforms the heart of Troy into an open-air gallery, inviting locals and visitors alike to experience art in a whole new way. The exhibit will run June 13 – October 5, 2025.

The 2025 exhibit theme, Sow & Grow, will spark creativity in every corner, with each sculpture adding a unique touch to our vibrant community. Over the past several months, artists have been submitting entries that depict what this theme represents to them.

Nineteen sculptures have been selected for this year’s event from 16 artists across eight states. The states represented are Ohio, Georgia, Maryland, Connecticut, Virginia, Missouri, South Carolina, and Illinois.

Nicole Beck’s sculpture is Asteray. This sculpture has both botanical and astronomical references as the wildflower Prairie Smoke. The base consists of three bowls stacked and tilted so the whole piece leans to one side dynamically. Around the periphery above there are tree branch-like tubes.

Five Sisters, created by Bob Doster represents corn growing in a field. Bob has five sisters, hence the name Five Sisters.

Chris Mohler’s, The Windmill Machine, celebrates the vital role windmills played in bringing life-giving water to fields and orchards and is a visual metaphor for the power of the wind, for growth and renewal.

The Tree of Life, created by Richard Morgan, serves as a reminder of the cyclical nature of existence, the eternal cycle of birth, growth, death, and rebirth.

Matt Moyer has two sculptures in this year’s exhibition. Stalk H400-2 and Stalk H400-4 are inspired by one of the many bygone relics that dot our midwestern fields: a car, truck, or farm implement. They explore the tenuous relationship between industry and the natural world and the slow integration of one into the other.

Bloom Time by Sally Myers, are large, folded steel flowers on long steel stems. The flower form is based on a flower called Fritillaira that blooms in early spring.

Chris Plastid’s sculpture is a Sunflower where you imagine a seed carried from far away on an imaginary craft by otherworldly explorers, planted in the ground and growing into a beautiful Martian Sunflower.

Pamela Reithmeier’s Lupine with Karner Blue is a tribute to her local metro park. Each spring the Lupine blooms providing nutrients and a home to the Karner Blue Butterfly.

Regeneration, by Shane Shanton, represents the cycle of how things are made or grown which serve a life span and then degenerate to supply fuel for regeneration in the future.

David Snyder’s, The Tree, was inspired by recognizing the similarities between nature and industrial fabrication.

Mariposa a Pollinator, created by R. Mike Sohikian, is a sculpture made of individual butterflies welded together to form a life-size woman.

Joni Younkins-Herzog has three sculptures in this year’s exhibition. Delilah II is a giant inviting flower that seems to contradict the industrial material of its construction and combines beauty, strength and mystery. Joni’s sculpture, Scopa, is inspired by both Angel Trumpet and Jack in the Pulpit flowers, and Blossom is a beautiful abstraction of flower employing metalsmithing techniques to create a large but delicate bloom.

The Three Sisters, created by Johnathan Chandler, is a 3-dimensional sculpture that represents the Native American method of planting corn “maize”, beans and squash. The three plants are grown together in a symbiotic relationship.

Hearts at Play by Melinda Hoffman are hearts that interlock to form a support system. This is the possibility of “love” where humans have the capacity to love each other and support the earth and her resources.

Kevin Lyles’ sculpture is CoreFlora. This is a sculpture that emphasizes how nature keeps us centered. It combines patterns and imagery from flora.

Tree Branches created by Kirk Seese is an abstract interpretation of a growing sapling.

Please join Troy Main Street at the public opening celebration for the 2025 Sculptures on the Square, June 20^th, during the Fridays on Prouty Plaza concert series.

Sculptures on the Square is made possible through a grant from the Ruth Hollinger and J. Cameron Dungan Fund and General Fund of The Troy Foundation as well as the generosity of sponsors.

Make sure to visit www.troymainstreet.org or follow Troy Main Street on Facebook and Instagram to stay up to date on the 2025 Sculptures on the Square exhibition as well as other downtown Troy programming.