List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 8 explained

This is a list of public art in Ward 8 of Washington, D.C.

This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum.

Most of the works mentioned are sculptures. When this is not the case (i.e. sound installation, for example) it is stated next to the title.

Title	Artist	Year	Location/GPS Coordinates	Material	Dimensions	Owner
Saint Martin de Porres	Thomas McGlynn	1989	Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church	Wood & Concrete	Sculpture: approx. H. 12½ ft. Diam. 4 ft.; Base: approx. H. 3 ft. W. 3 ft.	Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church^[1]
Chair	Bassett Furniture	1959	2101 Martin Luther King Avenue, S.E. 38.8654°N -76.9897°W	Aluminum	Approx. H. 19½ ft. W. 12 ft. (4,000 lbs.).	Curtis Investments^[2]
Shooting for the Stars...Not Each Other	Cheryl Foster	2000	Southern Court Apartments, 885 Chesapeake St., S.E.			Southern Court Apartments^[3]
Go With the Flow	Cheryl Foster	2000	Oxon Run Swimming Pool, 4th St., S.E. & Mississippi Ave., S.E.			Southern Court Apartments
River Spirits of the Anacostia	Martha Jackson-Jarvis	2004	Anacostia Metro Station			Washington Metro
Untitled	Anne Allardyce-Tully	2008	Congress Heights Metro Station			Washington Metro
Thomas Edison	Evelyn Beatrice Longman		4555 Overlook Ave SW	Bronze		^[4]

Notes and References

Web site: Save Outdoor Sculptures! . 1994 . Saint Martin de Porres (sculpture) . SOS! . Smithsonian . 29 May 2010.
Web site: Save Outdoor Sculptures! . 1994 . Chair (sculpture) . SOS! . Smithsonian . 27 May 2010.
Web site: 2008 . DC Public Art . Public Art Map . Commission on the Arts and Humanities . 31 May 2010.
Web site: 2009 . EDISON, Thomas A bust (ca. 1952) at the Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C. . Public Art Map . dcMemorials . 14 June 2010.