Monument of the Americas to break ground on 12-acre sculpture park

Council sends sculpture talk to Arts Commission

The Santa Clarita City Council is now asking the city’s Arts Commission to weigh in on a call for three statues to honor local first responders at a recreational area.  “We’re asking them to look at the project and either bless it or come up with something else,” said Mayor Bill Miranda, summarizing the council’s position Tuesday on city staff’s proposed plans for the first-responder statues.   Miranda first pitched the idea during council membe…

Monument of the Americas to break ground on 12-acre sculpture park

Monument of the Americas will hold a groundbreaking ceremony in late May for its 12-acre sculpture park and gardens, featuring over 70 bronze statues and relief panels honoring America’s spiritual and patriotic legacy, according to the organization.The organization said that the park, located at the Utah Valley University Wasatch Campus, will feature panels and life-sized statues, sculpted by Utah artists, dedicated to “the life and mission of J…