2026-27 AAOSE Sculptures on Display

The 30th annual Downtown exhibition, sponsored by the Public Art Commission, featured artists Albert Rhea, James Bearden, Tim Adams, Jim Pedersenm, Ryan Pedersen Judd Nelson, Ben Pierce, Matt Moyer, and Hilde DeBruyne. The annual exhibition serves the mission of PAC to create a visual and aesthetic environment that incorporates art into the lives of all Ames citizens. Each year, a Best in Show award is voted on by the public. The final opportunity to cast a vote will be at the Octagon Art Festival on Sunday, September 27, 2025.

Metal figure with a heart as the trunk of a body

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tall metal sculpture features an intricate, open framework rising from a square pedestal

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A large green sculpture resembling a coral reef

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Tall, vertical sculpture consists of two curved rust-brown steel forms with white inlaid shapes and a textured gold-toned center seam, creating an organic, split-rock appearance

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Metal sculpture depicting a human figure that appears leaning forward with flowing, ribbon-like metal forms extending from the body

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Circular white metal frame mounted on metal pedestal with bright stained-glass-like in the wheel

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Sculpture consisting of multiple curved, ribbon like steel forms balancing on top of each other vertically

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Rusted metal sculpture resembling a plant or stalk.

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Tall red sculputre designed to look like butterfly wings that intersect each other

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