Syracuse, N.Y. – Located between two major art hubs, the Delavan Center and the Gear Factory, is Lipe Art Park. The park is a community art project established to support artists and create opportunities.

In July, Lipe Art Park’s Art Extravaganza unveiled many new works of art, including murals, flag art and a new sculpture called “Tenacity” by Sydney Schultz.

Held together with tension and pressure, without fasteners, Schultz’s sculpture represents the dialogue between nature and industry. It’s a woven structure crafted from shrub willow branches and saplings.

It intertwines with Brandon Rose’s existing sculpture “The Ark,” made of cement, wood and iron. Schultz wanted to use Rose’s sculpture because of the stark contrast between the two.

“All of this is freestanding, it doesn’t nee

See Full Page