A whimsical steel pergola and accompanying benches and archways was installed at the Swenson Park view park near Swenson Park Golf Course (Benjamin Holt Drive and Alexandria) in late January 2005.

Artist Joe Tyler of Surprise, Arizona, provided the welded and scultped steel design and installation. Tyler was one of 35 artists who submitted qualifications for a variety of public art projects in 2002.   He and two other finalists offered proposals for the project. After Tyler's selection, he and city staff met with area homeowners, who unanimously approved the project design at this busy intersection.

The $30,000 project is funded through a city ordinance that requires a percentage of every municipal capital improvement project be dedicated to a public art component.   The project that funded this art was an irrigation improvement project at the Swenson Park Golf Course in 2002.

The pergola is constructed of welded steel, approximately 10' wide x 20' long and 16' high, with a sculpted cupola and two relief sculpted oak trees at both ends of the pergola arch. The pergola features birds and ‘critters' on the vine-clad structure and a weather vane element on top. Four sculpted benches, approximately 2' wide and 6' long will be installed along the pathway under the pergola.   Two welded steel, sculpted arches are installed where the pathway meets the sidewalk along Benjamin Holt Drive and Alexandria.

Click on the links below to see more of Stockton's Public Art installations

• The Calaveras (Municipal Utility Pump Stations)
• Skateboard Park
• Weber Avenue