Phil Buyak, left, and Jesse Morris, from the City of Redlands, work on a stone pedestal, Wednesday, March 6, 2018, from the latest installation of another of Tim Sullivan’s “orange men” at the N Dearborn Street entrance to the Orange Blossom Trail. Sullivan’s creations have been placed in additional locations throughout Redlands. Sullivan, assistant director of the city’s Quality of Life Department, created his first orange men for the 5th Street alley in the city’s downtown area. (Staff photo by Rick Sforza, Redlands Daily Facts/SCNG)
The assistant director of the Redlands Quality of Life Department and metal artist has been creating and installing “orange men” all around town and on Tuesday, March 6, the Redlands City Council voted to authorize installation of three more art pieces.
His sculptures of a pickers ladder and a smudgepot will be placed in the middle of drought-tolerant landscaping in the Brookside Avenue median adjacent to the Redlands Mall and Old Safety Hall. A fork sculpture was authorized for the fork in the road at Cajon and Garden streets.
A smudgepot sculpture by Tim Sullivan was approved for installation by the Redlands City Council on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. (Photo courtesy of the City of Redlands)
Tim Sullivan’s “orange men” have been placed in additional locations throughout Redlands such as the Redlands Dog Park with this depiction of an “orange man” walking a dog. Sullivan, assistant director of the city’s Quality of Life Department, created his first orange men for the 5th Street alley in the city’s downtown area. (Staff photo by Rick Sforza, Redlands Daily Facts/SCNG)
Tim Sullivan’s “orange men” have been placed in additional locations throughout Redlands such as the Redlands Bowl with this depiction of an violinist and two dancers. Sullivan, assistant director of the city’s Quality of Life Department, created his first orange men for the 5th Street alley in the city’s downtown area. (Staff photo by Rick Sforza, Redlands Daily Facts/SCNG)
A fork sculpture by Tim Sullivan was approved for installation by the Redlands City Council on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. (Photo courtesy of the City of Redlands)
A pickers ladder sculpture by Tim Sullivan was approved for installation by the Redlands City Council on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. (Photo courtesy of the City of Redlands)
Jesse Morris, left, and Phil Buyak from the City of Redlands, work on a stone pedestal, Wednesday, March 6, 2018, from the latest installation of another of Tim Sullivan’s “orange men” at the N Dearborn Street entrance to the Orange Blossom Trail. Sullivan’s creations have been placed in additional locations throughout Redlands. Sullivan, assistant director of the city’s Quality of Life Department, created his first orange men for the 5th Street alley in the city’s downtown area. (Staff photo by Rick Sforza, Redlands Daily Facts/SCNG)
Tim Sullivan’s “orange men” have been placed in additional locations throughout Redlands such as the Redlands Dog Park with this depiction of an “orange man” walking a dog. Sullivan, assistant director of the city’s Quality of Life Department, created his first orange men for the 5th Street alley in the city’s downtown area. (Staff photo by Rick Sforza, Redlands Daily Facts/SCNG)
Tim Sullivan’s “orange men” have been placed in additional locations throughout Redlands such as the Redlands Bowl with this depiction of an violinist and two dancers. Sullivan, assistant director of the city’s Quality of Life Department, created his first orange men for the 5th Street alley in the city’s downtown area. (Staff photo by Rick Sforza, Redlands Daily Facts/SCNG)
Phil Buyak, left, and Jesse Morris, from the City of Redlands, work on a stone pedestal, Wednesday, March 6, 2018, from the latest installation of another of Tim Sullivan’s “orange men” at the N Dearborn Street entrance to the Orange Blossom Trail. Sullivan’s creations have been placed in additional locations throughout Redlands. Sullivan, assistant director of the city’s Quality of Life Department, created his first orange men for the 5th Street alley in the city’s downtown area. (Staff photo by Rick Sforza, Redlands Daily Facts/SCNG)
Mayor Pro Tem Paul Barich, a council liaison with the Cultural Arts Commission, said at the meeting he was especially intrigued with the smudgepot, referencing the high school smudgepot football games that are a longtime tradition.
“I’m very exited and I’m real happy that with the city’s cooperation we’re going to have those art pieces put up,” he said. “I think they’ll really enhance our city.”
Sullivan started with three orange men in Orange Street Alley in winter 2017. The three newest include a dog walker and orange pooch at the Redlands Dog Park, a violinist and two dancers at the Redlands Bowl, and an orange cyclist at the North Dearborn Street entrance to the Orange Blossom Trail.
Where will the orange men pop up next? Keep your eyes peeled.
