Child is the image of a little girl, balanced on a boulder. The girl’s attention is focused on something above her, creating a mood of awe and wonder. “It’s a very simple form, but I feel it was expressive of the basic ideas of the figure. She’s standing in the middle of the circle, and looking up at either the trees, the birds in the trees or the sky,” said Shea. She used various materials in creating the sculpture in order to create the effect she desired in the bronze. The torso and legs were carved out of pine, and the wood grain is captured in the bronze casting. The head and the hands were made from an oil-based clay, resulting in a smooth bronze surface.

Intersections II is made from welded bronze plates over an extensive stainless steel armature. The process involves cutting bronze plates and welding the shapes together. At the same time that the bronze plates are welded together, a complex and strong internal structure is built out of stainless steel. This internal framework acts very much like a skeleton to add structural integrity to the sculpture. After the plates have been welded together, all the welds are ground and filed by hand to achieve precise corners and edges. He then scribes lines into the surface. “The inscribed lines are like engravings on the surface of the bronze to give added energy and interest to the surface,” said Beasley.

Kinetic sculptures are figures that physically move. These sculptures consist of moving parts that are generally powered by wind, a motor or the observer. The aim of most kinetic sculpture is to make movement itself an integral part of the design, verses a static object. Constantly changing patterns become a relationship taking place through space and time which create an ever changing dialogue between the viewer and the space.

Leavitt Park is the site of seven sculptures:
On the Edge of Awakening (Terry Karpowicz): Terry Karpowicz is particularly drawn to tension at the point of contact between disparate materials. By joining irregular, organic materials (such as wood limbs or granite shards) to machine-tooled geometric shapes of metal, he creates actual or implied kinetic relationships among the elements of the sculpture. The stone and granite sculpture On the Edge of Awakening was inspired in part by his fascination with the innerworkings of windmills and watermills, which captured his attention during his studies in England.
Land Jacks (Jason Verbeek): This sculpture is made three pieces and made of Cor-ten Steel.

Marmeg (Jack Rohe Howard-Potter): Standing 27 feet tall the monumental figure of a female form taking to the sky, made out of almost two thousand pounds of steel covered in a galvanized and powder coated silver skin took 4 months to complete and represents a major success in Mr. Howard-Potter’s career.

Reach for the Sky (Hilde DeBruyne): This is a contemporary sculpture in metal, representing a flock of birds around a golden sun.

Minions (Scott McMillan): Chairs, as metaphors for the human conscience, are a recurring theme in Scott McMillin’s sculptures. Minions consists of an elongated chair made of aluminum and elevated high above the viewer’s head. Set on long, wooden beams and a concrete base, this focal chair is surrounded by six additional chairs.

Uplifted (Richard Hunt): Uplifted is a stainless steel piece by internationally recognized sculptor Richard Hunt, which is dedicated to his late wife Lenore Cartwright Hunt. Hunt has experimented with a wide range of sculptural techniques, challenging traditional boundaries. With his rich body of work, Hunt has explored many historical and contemporary themes and his creations reveal the artist’s profound insight into social and political issues.

Eternal Flame (Fritz Olsen): Eternal Flame is Fritz Olsen's tribute to first responders and the sacrifices they make for others.

The colorful three - Blue Moon, The Purple Rising and Spine, Spindle, Heart (William O'Brien): were made from reclaimed metal that survived a fire in the artist's studio in 2012. To some, they may represent resiliency, starting over, beauty after loss or rising from the ashes. The artist says to him they are a symbol of triumph and renewal.

In the series of sculptures entitled Ribbons, Mr. Fischer estimates he made between 40 and 50 in the entire series over many years, he explored the idea of form in space and the reaction of the space to the form. He also explored many versions of how to ground these pieces – launching the sculpture from a steel or granite base and sometimes has the piece return back to the ground plane from which it was launched. The sculptures aren’t representational, but abstract forms, and at nearly 12 feet tall, Ribbons XXIV is an eye-catching statement, and one of the more elegant pieces in the series.

Nicolas Dubreuille is a French artist who lives in the South West of France (Bordeaux)
With references coming from both design, which is his academic education, and from the different currents of art history, he develops unique graphic forms that refer, like a mirror game, to serial production of our contemporary societies. Working with lacquered resin, acrylic on rice paper and canvas, aluminum, or even collage, he creates, assembles and crystallizes lines, signs, and colors giving birth to an identifiable and free visual languages.

Lundeen is more than an artist; he is a storyteller. He stages his realistic sculpture around the stories his characters portray. Secret Garden is a charming, life-size sculpture of two young girls sitting on a marble bench. The older girl is reading the book The Secret Garden to the younger girl. One page has readable text; the other is a picture of a garden and gate.

The Mural is based on a vintage photograph of the McEldowney Bridge where the Lincoln Highway crosses Thorn Creek. The bridge included advancements like separate and protected pedestrian walkways and concrete lanterns. The first Field Secretary of the Lincoln Highway Association, Henry C. Ostermann, crossed this bridge bi-annually as he inspected the new coast-to-coast highway.
Can you find it?: A small plaque is painted on the mural with the names of the people who made the mural trail possible. There are also two golden screws that were put in place by Chicago Heights Mayor David Gonzalez and Illinois State Representative Anthony DeLuca that mark the completion of the nine mural trail in the Chicago Southland.

In July 1928, four Eagle Scouts were selected for a nationwide safety tour to promote the Lincoln Highway and the upcoming national scouting event in which the Lincoln Highway concrete markers would be installed. Their caravan stopped in towns along the route to perform daily safety demonstrations.
Can you find it?: The initials and birthday of a family friend on the car and Folker's Hotel, a Frankfort building in the 1920s, is pictured in the background.

As transportation increased along the Lincoln Highway, so did the need for roadside assistance and automobile repair. The Mahler family's garage was there to meet the needs of the increasingly mobile public. The mural is displayed on the actual building that is shown in the mural. Holes on the sides for binding and photo mounting corners on the images make the mural look like a page from a family photo album.
Can you find it?: A plaque on the tow truck that details the project. The birthday of Jay's wife Jody and "I miss you, Dad" dedicated to Jay's late father.

The mural commemorates the proclamation of the route and the naming of the first coast-to-coast highway in honor of President Abraham Lincoln. Because the founders of the highway needed to rally Americans from all walks of life, the highway was dedicated to Lincoln as a lasting memorial and that the establishment of a paved highway was everyone's patriotic duty.
Can you find it?: There are very small hidden family names and the RG initials mostly in Lincoln's hair.

The mural shows the early history of the Sauk Trail where automobiles and livestock "share" the Kalvelage Bridge in route to their destinations. Sauk Trail was designated as an original part of the Lincoln Highway through eastern Illinois and was a major road for daily commuter traffic.
Can you find it?: Hidden family names in the tree, and a message to Jay's wife, Jody.

In 1916, Adeline and Augusta Van Buren set out to prove women could ride motorcycles across the country to serve as military dispatch riders. They became the first women to make a solo coast-to-coast trek on the Lincoln Highway traveling from New York to California in about two months.
Can you find it?: No secrets are found in this mural. According to artist Jay Allen, this is the most detailed of all the Lincoln Highway murals and should be viewed close up; so it wouldn't be appropriate.

The Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park is a collection of 32 master works of large-scale sculpture situated within 100 acres of prairie landscape. This "museum in the prairie" is open for public viewing 365 days a year and is free of charge. The Park provides programs for adults and children that integrate art and nature. Although it is located on the campus of Governors State University, it was founded and is maintained through grants and donations from businesses and individuals.