Exploring historic Clematis Street in West Palm Beach is a great way to find some great murals…read more Love this sweet one that shows off the innocence of young love. Such a cute mural. "I Lost My Shoe When I Met You" is a large installation by Croatian artist Lonac. The details of the butterflies flying out of the boy's hat and his bare foot (as he lost his shoe) are so cute. The image of the two schoolchildren sitting on a bench with their backpacks and school books is so endearing and quite unexpected for such a large piece.

Lake Worth Beach is located directly south of West Palm Beach on Florida's Southeast Coast, is a…read morehaven for anglers, art lovers, & families offering plenty to do, from boating, saltwater & freshwater fishing, and water sports to popular festivals and beach bonfires. With scenic shorelines along both the Lake Worth Lagoon and Atlantic Ocean the community is surrounded by water. On the ocean side, we can catch spectacular sunrises from the Lake Worth Pier, stroll the boardwalk, and spend time on the picturesque beach. More outdoor adventures, including camping, biking, boating, and lake fishing, can be found at John Prince Park, located on the west side of the city, and on the Lake Worth Lagoon, Palm Beach County's largest estuary & home to more than 250 species of fish. Lake Worth Beach boasts an artsy downtown with galleries, boutiques, music venues with a historic theater that hosts popular events including the annual Street Painting Festival, in February. Family-friendly beach bonfires are held from November until February at the Lake Worth Casino Building and Beach Complex, which is home to unique shops and a diverse selection of restaurants. Lake Worth Beach offers a fun variety of kid-friendly eateries and things to do. Families appreciate the cuisine and atmosphere at waterfront restaurants Benny's on the Beach and Mamma Mia's on the Beach while cooling off with ice cream and other treats at Kilwins Lake Worth Beach. While in the area, families of all ages will want to make a stop at Cox Science Center and Aquarium, 6 miles north in West Palm Beach.

The Sandi tree is gone & it's quiet during the week. It's a nice square to sit & enjoy the perfect…read moreday. There are benches, foliage & fountains. The yacht show is coming in 2 weeks @ the tent is coming up.

The Nancy M. Graham Centennial Square is located at the end of Clematis Street in downtown West…read morePalm Beach. On the brick plaza is a 6-foot, $15,000 tombstone-shaped monument that stands in tribute to Nancy Malley Graham. Engraved with a pineapple, the slab memorializes the public park as Nancy M. Graham Centennial Square, "She inspired us to sculpt a Capital City and her vision became our shared reality." Nancy grew up poor in Tennessee and went on to marry, divorce, remarry, and have a couple of kids. She worked to put herself through college and law school and in her mid-30s she received her law degree from the University of Florida. She worked for several law firms never staying too long in any job or marriage. She started he political career in 1988 in West Palm Beach as a city commissioner but resigned after only two years because of a conflict of interest. She ran for mayor two years later and won with 56 percent of the vote. Her second term say her secure 76 percent of the vote. While she served she fought gender stereotypes from people who called her pushy and bitchy. During her term as mayor, Nancy Malley Graham was known as the public official who sparked the city's massive downtown revitalization and who fought crime and drugs. She once told The New York Times: "I want to make West Palm Beach the downtown for the whole country." Newsweek magazine dubbed her one of the 25 most dynamic mayors in America. Under her guidance the city started" Clematis By Night," a weekly event named for the city's main street. Most every Thursday of the year, the area around the downtown plaza is filled with bands, artists and food. The outdoor festival draws thousands of people each week. In Florida Nancy swerved as a city commissioner, a mayor, a top redevelopment official, and a developer. While developing West Palm Beach Nancy met her third husband and married him next to her namesake fountain. Graham left office in March 1999, a few weeks after he monument was unveiled. After a falling out with Lois Frankel, her successor as mayor, she left for a job in San Diego. The Nancy M. Graham Centennial Square features Centinnial Fountain. Kids use it as a splash pad and it is part of the light show during Sandi Land. The plaza also includes benches, tables and chairs. Street -side parking and garage parking is available nearby. This square is always a popular place for people to congregate during the West Palm Beach Green Market and citywide events. Nancy M. Graham's shadow still looms large over West Palm Beach.

Codes is a public art sculpture located in Flagler Banyan Park created by artist Joe O'Connell,…read morefeaturing colorful, mid-century-inspired glass spheres embedded in stainless steel. It is a notable interactive installation that engages West Palm Beach through art.

I discovered the colorful Codes in Flagler Banyan Park in West Palm Beach. This public art…read moresculpture was created by artist Joe O' Connell. O'Connell founded Creative Machines in his garage in 1995. Creative Machines designs and fabricates interactive experiences for museums. Creative Machines mission is "to create objects and environments that encourage creativity, support social interaction, and inspire self-confidence." In 2004 Creative Machines began making interactive sculptures and public art. They manufacture sculptures, interactive exhibits, and ball machines. I have previously seen their sculpture Cyclorama on the UCF campus in Orlando. Codes was created in 2019. It is made from glass spheres in colors meant to evoke mid century art glass and beach glass. The spheres are set into stainless steel rectangles of varying heights. The rectangles form a kind of outdoor wall at the perimeter of the park so that people feel like they are in an outdoor room but it is open so people can walk through it. According to Creative Machines "Codes spells out a message as you go north to south. Some pairs of codes may appear to be roughly the same north-south distance along Flagler but whichever part is northernmost counts. Each code has a number between 1 and 26 encoded in it, and that number stands for a letter in the alphabet. Each code has a long leg and a short leg. There are small, medium, and large spheres. The number of medium spheres (of any color) in the long leg counts for 10 and the number of medium spheres (of any color) in the short leg counts as 1."

Forever and Always was created in 2016 by nationally recognized artist Mark Fuller. Fuller is an…read moreenvironmental graphic and industrial designer. He created the glittery butterfly in Palm Beach Gardens and the obelisk at Legacy Place. He also designed the fish and lizard cutouts on the sound barrier wall along Interstate 95 and the Fish Out of Water sculpture along the water in West Palm Beach. Forever and Always was created for the Compassionate friends Memorial Garden in Palm Beach Garden. The sculpture features two hands in an open position, with the shape of a heart removed from the center of each palm. Between the hands, a heart with wings floats. The sculpture is on a 7 foot tall concrete pedestal. This sculpture is meant to give visitors to the garden a sense of hope and serenity. Fuller said that he designed the hands to be seen as in a praying position or as a gesture of letting go. A loved one's touch stays with someone even as they come to terms with the loss. You can find Forever and Always in the area along the lake near the Burns Road Recreation Center.

Guarding the beach at Boynton Beach Ocean Front Park is a sea turtle statue named Opus 14. He rests…read moreonly a few yards from the dunes were the real sea turtles come to lay their eggs. Created in 1990, Opus weighs in at 700 pounds and is 54 inches high. He is made out of welded steel that came from pipes that had once been on the deck of an Exxon offshore oil rig in the Bahamas. Rick Beau Lieu, the Boynton Beach artist who created Opus, was tasked with creating environmentally conscious art out of an environmentally harming material. He worked alongside the Center for Marine Conservation to create the piece. After he was completed, Opus went on a five year tour to spread environmental awareness. In 1995 he came back to Boynton Beach and spent two years at the Historical Schoolhouse Children's Museum and 13 years in the lobby at City Hall. In 2010, Boynton Art in Public Places purchased Opus for $24, 300 with money raised from impact fees. He was then lowered by crane into his current home. They hope Opus will serve as an educator about sea turtles and the importance of recycling. The sculpture was intended to be the centerpiece of the parks 1.7 million dollar refurbishment project which included a new boardwalk, benches, and picnic tables along with shade structures. I love discovering new public art pieces and Opus really caught my eye. Sea turtles are some of my favorite marine animals and his message of conservation is one we can all get behind. Reduce, reuse, and recycle so that garbage stays out of the ocean and out of the bodies of these precious creatures.

An absolutely beautiful pink two wall mural of pink flamingos in the Lakeside Centre next to the…read moreMarshalls store. Created by Irene Leon and Craig Miller in 2021 with a strong influence by South Florida's art deco pink. There are several white wooden chairs and a dominoes table making it feel like a Miami Beach vibe. Similar to a pocket park to relax and take in the views.

This little enclave with a bunch of chairs in the grass is a cute spot to take a break from…read moreshopping at Marshals and Homegoods with my daughter. The pink flamingos adds a nice touch to the center of an old plaza. Im starting to see a trend of these displays of public art in shopping centers and malls.

This eye-catching painting was created to highlight the neighborhood's multicultural diversity as…read morewell as the bright future that the community's youth can achieve. The mural, titled "Let the Future Unfold," was commissioned by the City of West Palm Beach as part of its Art in Public Places program and created by international artist DAAS. The mural, titled "Let the Future Unfold," depicts a young girl from the Dreher Park area confidently sending a paper plane into flight, according to the artist's description of the work. Bougainvillea, hummingbirds, and a blue heron surround the girl, representing her community, surroundings, heritage, and creativity, he explained. The airplane unfolds and refolds like an origami work as it travels around the tank, eventually returning to the child transformed into a dove. The water tank is 58 feet tall and the mural wraps around the full 78-foot-wide structure. [Review 152 of 2025 - 1939 in Florida - 23718 overall]