Watchful Citizen
About the Sculpture
Installed on Seventh and P streets in March of 1994, Watchful Citizen features a friendly, fat, life-size bronze man who is comfortably seated on a bench with a space to sit next to him. The 700 pound bronze man was modeled after a man that Wallace saw in Mexico 23 years prior, and was cast at a foundry in Colorado.
"I hope it will be the kind of sculpture that people climb on and interact with and feel good about, something that people will take pictures of with their kids sitting next to the man," Wallace said a few months before the sculpture was installed.
About the Artist
Elizabeth 'Betty' Stanley Wallace was a long time art instructor and former head of the art department at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Wallace was born in Mankato, Kansas and earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in fine arts from the University of Nebraska. She co-founded the exhibition space that became the Lux Center for the Arts with Gladys Lux. Wallace also served as president and board member of the Lincoln Art Council, a director of the Nebraska Art Association, and an instructor at UNL. She was a recipient of a mayor's art award for her contribution as an artist and educator.
Additional Information
Historic Haymarket
Length: 5.5 ft.
Width: 3.5 ft.
Height: 4.5 ft.
Location
201 N 7th St, Lincoln 68501 View Map
40.814786, -96.711221
201 N 7th St ,
Lincoln 68501
201 N 7th St ,
Lincoln 68501
Watchful Citizen