The Artwork
This piece is a bronze sculpture mounted on a large rock. It weighs 80 pounds and stands at 3 feet high. "Spaulding" was not meant to represent any particular breed of dog, but was created to embody the unabashed happiness, joy and unconditional love dogs express to their owners every day.
The Artist
Heidi Hoy is a bronze artist who works out of her Mound, Minn. studio. She graduated from Hamline University with a bachelor's degree in studio art. Currently, she teaches bronze casting at the Minnetonka Center for the Arts. Hoy has hundreds of pieces in private and public collections in the U.S. She lives in St. Bonifacius, Minn.
Funding
A fundraising effort to put the "public" in public art began in early 2013. Donations from art-loving private citizens through the Edina Community Fund made "Spaulding" a permanent fixture at 50th & France in November 2013.
Location
50th & France
