SEQUIM — Lacking a formal title, they’re called “the kids.”
They’re Sequim’s latest pieces of free public art, and they’re grinning and squirting water into a tub outside City Hall, 152 W. Cedar St.
The bronze children, sculpted by Leonard Rossi, were donated by Robert and Edie Rittenhouse, Sequim property owners and friends of Public Works Director James Bay.
A third sculpture of a baseball player also was sent here from the Rittenhouses’ home in Santa Cruz, Calif., Bay said.
That figure, sculpted by Jim Davidson, stands in the Transit Center foyer at 190 W. Cedar St.
“I just liked them, and (the Rittenhouses) asked if I wanted them,” said Bay.
“They paid for everything,” including the shipping of the sculptures to Sequim.
Bay added that he’d like to see more public art in local streets and parks.
Most of Sequim’s public sculptures, including the “Sun and Shadow” piece at the Water Reuse Demonstration Site east of North Blake Avenue, were given to the city, Bay said.
He asked the Rittenhouses to landscape their property around Tootsie’s and El Cazador on West Washington Street, and they responded by doing “a ton of landscaping,” Bay said.
