Griffis Sculpture Park (6/2/2025)

Monday, June 2, 2025

Now we are heading from Buffalo to Maryland, and because it is a Monday, not many attractions are open. Griffis Sculpture Park in East Otto, NY is open year round, dawn to dusk. Established in 1966, it is one of America’s largest and oldest sculpture parks.

One section of Griffis Sculpture Park is located at
about 8852-8856 Rohr Hill Road, Ashford Hollow, NY
on both sides of the road (KSS)

Sculptor Larry Griffis, Jr studied in Rome
and noted the importance of physical
interaction with artworks in a natural setting
as his children played in sculptural ruins (KSS)

The sculptures are not titled (KSS)

Strange insect (KSS)

Griffis wanted to create a haven for
imagination and play

Most of the sculptures are made
from welded steel

Now at the 6902 Mill Valley Road location,
Tamiko sits on perhaps a dung beetle; climbing
on the sculptures is encouraged with care

This was marked the Green Trail Exit,
but is where we started

Sculptures are scattered in the woods and on the trail

You can decide what this sculpture represents (KSS)

Some sculptures are made from aluminum

Kent with a wild & crazy flat sculpture

A bridge crosses a feeder to East Otto Creek

The Bathers once were displayed in the pond, and
are now being restored with hopes of preparing the
site to install the ten Bathers once again; currently
the pond is surrounded by Griffis-created nudes ...

... although this sculpture looks ready to dive in

Kent with mushrooms

Tamiko with a praying mantis (KSS)

Nude male

A sculpture in bronze

There is a giant insect in the "teepee" (KSS)

Umm, pieces of sculpture hanging on a branch

Wooden boards helped a bit
 on the muddy slog uphill

Female nudes far outnumbered the males;
this is one of the Amazons

Stainless (by Maria Hall) was the only
labeled sculpture we saw (KSS)

Castle Tower

Even larger-scale sculptures at the top of the hill

Kent called this one the Phonograph

Knight on a red horse

Steel and stone sculpture

The stone is embedded in the steel (KSS)

A couple?

Reaching out? (KSS)

The Maze (KSS)

Crossing a stream

I am falling apart!

Dude at a concert (KSS)

The Dude (KSS)

Stage with columns of welded steel

Rings that looked made from mattresses

Statue for Equality: Astronaut and chemist
Tracey Caldwell Dyson (c 2021,
by Gille and Marc Schattner)

Statue for Equality: Gymnast Gabby Douglas
(c 2021, by Gille and Marc Schattner)

Statue for Equality: Author and activist
Cheryl Strayed (c 2021,
by Gille and Marc Schattner)