Artist Name: Jay Hungate
Date Installed: October 2023
Recycled materials and the weather bring three glimmering fish to life in Jay Hungate’s public art sculpture, “Journeys of Perseverance.” This sculpture consists of three hand-crafted fish on individual tall poles overlooking the Western Canal at Ecumenical Plaza. The scaly bodies of the fish were hand-crafted using over 500 cat food can covers that were collected by community members, and their colorful fins were crafted out of acrylic in reflection of the stained-glass windows of the Holy Trinity Church and St. Patrick Catholic Church.
This sculpture is a mesmerizing sight at night: small solar lights illuminate the fish, which turn like weathervanes in the wind. Hungate designed “Journeys of Perseverance” to celebrate the Acre’s history of diverse residents whose faith, hope, and resilience drives them to call the Acre “home.”
“Journeys of Perseverance” was produced by Art in the Acre / TDI.
Location: Ecumenical Plaza, Western Canal