photo by: City of Lawrence

Alicia Kelly oversees the installation of her artwork "Hanging In, Hanging Out" on the Vermont Street Garage.

The City of Lawrence is inviting the community to attend an opening reception and walking tour of this year’s Unmistakable Public Art Exhibition later this month.

Formerly known as the Outdoor Downtown Sculpture Exhibition, the event will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Final Friday, Sept. 26.

The evening will begin at the Parks, Recreation & Culture administrative offices in South Park, 1141 Massachusetts St. Both the reception and the guided walking tour are free and open to the public.

If you can’t make the tour, you can explore this year’s artworks at your convenience with the Otocast mobile app, available for download at an app store: Otocast from Apple App Store or Otocast from Google App Store.

More information about the Unmistakable Public Art Exhibition can be found at lawrenceks.org/lprd/upae/.

photo by: City of Lawrence

The nine pieces in the 2025 Unmistakable Public Art Exhibition

The nine pieces on exhibit, from left in above photo, are:

• Tate Owens, “In Gratitude” – Ninth and Massachusetts, northeast corner

• V. Skip Willits, “Memory” – South Park, west side, northeast corner

• Evan Johnson, “Paint the Town in Paper” (natural paper pulp applied to trees – intentionally temporary) – South Park

• Alicia Kelly, “Hangin’ In, Hanging’ Out” – Vermont Street Garage

• Ky Reed, Living Gods (Performance) – to be determined

• Myles Schachter, “Dance for Hope – Baila por la Esparanza” – Eighth and Massachusetts, southeast corner

• Kristin Garnant, “Scions Bee” – Theatre Lawrence

• Jacob Burmood, “Continuity” – Seveth and Massachusetts, southwest corner

• Nathaniel Pierce, “Lost Signals” – Sixth and Massachusetts, southeast corner planter