The Lincoln City Cultural Plaza

The Lincoln City Cultural Plaza surrounds the historic Delake School building, LCCC’s home, and features public art and engaging installations which were crafted to foster connection and creativity within our community.


Shapiro Didway landscape architects collaborated with Civil West Engineering Services to create this space that serves as a versatile venue for outdoor events, markets, and everyday exploration.


The Plaza project was made possible by a $1.8 million grant from the State of Oregon and generous contributions from numerous individual supporters. Join us in celebrating culture, creativity, and community by visiting the Plaza in-person or online!

Poppy

Pete Beeman, 2022

Stainless steel


Portland-based artist Pete Beeman was inspired by various coastal life forms to create this 24-foot-tall interactive stainless-steel sculpture. The sculpture is named in loving memory of the artist's mother, Charlotte “Poppy” Beeman.


Beeman worked with Kelly Howard, Kerstin Hilton, and the Lincoln City Glass Center team to include the two colorful fused glass pieces in the creature’s antennas. Watch them gleam when you give her a push!

Poppy was commissioned by the City of Lincoln City’s Percent for Art program.

The Poetry Path

“Why They Came,” the poem inscribed along the Poetry Path, originated with a group of volunteers convening at the Driftwood Public Library in the summer of 2023.


The convener, John Fiedler, presented photographs from the North Lincoln County Historical Museum’s archives to ground the group’s thinking in area history. Fiedler constructed the poem utilizing mental images, phrases, and lines of poetry produced by the group over the course of a few meetings.


The working group included representatives of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and Lincoln City’s Latino residents, who provided the Athabaskan/Dene concept huu-cha~’ “a good way of life” and the Spanish stanza:


  La casa donde mi corazón palpita de alegria

  Y encuentra la paz y armonia


“The home where my heart beats joyfully / and finds peace and harmony”.


The Poetry Path was designed by Shapiro Didway landscape architects and constructed by artisans from Cascade Civil Corp., in November of 2023.

The words walk us through our future are written on the ground

The Poetry Path was funded by grants from Roundhouse Foundation, Explore Lincoln City, and Marie Lam from Charitable Foundation.  The poem’s conception was funded by a grant from Oregon Humanities and supported by Friends of the Driftwood Library.

The words walk us through our future are written on the ground
It is a poem about why they came with a picture of a river.
A road with a lot of white gravel on it
A playground with a sign that says ' a ' on it

Rotary Musical Area

The Rotary Musical Area is an interactive corner of the Plaza where visitors are invited to play a tune on the three outdoor musical instruments.


These chimes, created by Freenotes Harmony Park, Inc., are designed to create beautiful harmonies so that players of any ability can fill the Plaza with melodic tunes.

A yellow and white sculpture is sitting on a sidewalk
A yellow gear with a blue circle in the middle on a white background.
A heart shaped xylophone sits on a concrete surface

The musical area was funded by the Rotary Club of Lincoln City

Tidepool Sea Stars Sculpture

Henry Hoovestal and Lincoln City Youth, 2022
Non-recyclable plastic, collected marine debris


Tidepool Sea Stars was created in collaboration with Washed Ashore, an organization based in Bandon, Oregon, that is committed to educating coastal communities on marine conservation by creating and exhibiting sculptures made from upcycled marine debris.


The steel frame that supports this sculpture was made by local artist and welder Henry Hoovestal. The structure is covered with non-recyclable plastic and marine debris collected by the Lincoln City community.


During the 2022 Washed Ashore exhibition at the Cultural Center, one-thousand local elementary students assisted in the assemblage of this sculpture.

Some other sculptures from the 2022 Washed Ashore exhibition at the Cultural Center.

Kiwanis Outdoor Art Classroom

The Kiwanis Outdoor Art Classroom is a space for children and adults to enjoy each other’s company and feel inspired by their oceanic surroundings.


Gary the Octopus, created by local artisans from Dreamland Skateparks, LLC., invites visitors to play with him by climbing onto his tentacles or taking a moment to rest upon his bench.


Nearshore, Joanne Daschel’s installation of 23 mosaic inlays, is made from hand-cut unglazed porcelain tile. Each animal found in these mosaics can be found in the local ocean. As you stand above the mosaics, Daschel wishes for you to imagine each circle is a portal that allows you to peer into the world beneath the waves. What else might you find there?

The installation of the Kiwanis Outdoor Art Classroom was made possible by the Kiwanis Club of Lincoln City

South Entry Wind Wall

The South Entry Wind Wall features three designed panels that introduce visitors to the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians’ history.

 

Each panel describes a portion of this land’s history, incorporating images and descriptions of Neachesna families who resided here, the broken homeland treaty, and present-day affairs of the Siletz Tribe. The illustrations found on the top borders of the first and third panels are inspired by tribal basketry patterns. On the center panel, read “welcome” written in tribal languages, Chinook Wawa and Athabaskan.


The words and images featured in the designed panels were crafted in close collaboration with the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians Cultural Resources Program.

A group of people are standing in front of a brick building.
A mosaic with seagulls and dolphins on it

Cosmography Lithomosaic

(coming soon!)

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