Comprised of 175 acres of land that includes formal gardens and forested areas, creeks, trails, and lookouts to hideouts, Montalvo's grounds generate inspiration from artists who visit. Throughout the year, artists will be invited to explore the reaches of outdoor public sculpture with site-specific work or art interventions on the property, while others may explore the environment by exhibiting their existing sculptural works. The community is invited to contribute to the creative process through participation in the installation of certain site-specific works, and visitors are always welcome to explore the grounds and view the sculptures.
Beginning in late 2010, Montalvo began acquiring works to be permanent sculptures placed on the grounds for visitors to view year round. Broken Wing (2004), by David Middlebrook, located in the Phelan Cactus Garden, is the first such piece.
The Sculpture on the Grounds are open to the public for viewing during Montalvo's normal park hours, Monday - Thursday, 8am - 5pm and Friday - Sunday, 9am - 5pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- FRI, JUL 20 2012, 7 P.M. | Rock the Garden: Sculpture on the Grounds Opening Celebration
CURRENTLY ON VIEW:
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404: Text Road Poem (The Divine Comedy)
By Seyed Alavi
404 is a temporary project installed at the Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, CA. It consists of eight, yellow, diamond shaped traffic signs installed along the main ...
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Broken Wing
By David Middlebrook
Broken Wing (2004) is a bronze work that represents objects, often taken for granted, that are depended upon as part of our daily routine - like a wing ...
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Control Tower
By Cameron Hockenson
Cameron Hockenson's environmental artwork is concerned with the vernacular landscape and issues of biocultural diversity. His sculptures and site-specific installations address place as an outgrowth of ...
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From Within, So Without
By Ali Naschke-Messing
Upon arrival in the Lucas Artists Residency Program, Ali Naschke-Messing was immediately drawn to the enormous Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii) on the Great Lawn and was inspired ...
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Haywire
By David Middlebrook
As the title suggests, Haywire is a visual discription of something gone terribly wrong. This work - poetically beautiful - also questions what we take for granted; Middlebrook suggests ...
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Nest
By Steven Siegel
Over a three-week period beginning September 2005, Steven Siegel created this monumental sculpture, Stories of Katrina, on the front lawn by the Bunya Pine tree, and a ...
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"O California, best beloved land"
By Ann Weber
California artist Ann Weber transforms the ordinary medium of cardboard into impressive large-scale sculptures reminiscent of pods, gourds and organic spires. "O California, best beloved land" was ...
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Organograph
By Gideon Fink Shapiro, Geo Homsy, Chico MacMurtrie, Bill Washabaugh
Organograph is an ever-changing, participatory sculpture that invites the public to observe and respond to the processes of climate change. Visually and physically inviting, it functions as ...
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PLACE
By Steven Simon
Placed on the Great Lawn, five benches spell the word PLACE, a sculpture by Steven Simon that encourages visitors to sit, look around, meditate, and enjoy the ...
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Strata I
By Julia Jacobson
Informed by observations of natural landscapes, Jacobson’s sculptures convey artificial construction as a natural phenomenon referencing both modern industrial construction and layers of geological erosion. In ...






