Throughout St. Joseph you can find many stunning sculptures, murals and mosaics as you visit our city, some of the pieces dating back to the early 1900's.
St. Joseph has always been a city rich in history and artistic development. Looking back on the original building and homes, shows how long art has been a part of the St. Joseph community. From visual to performing arts the citizens of our town support and embrace the arts culture.
"Planting America" is a statue that features a mother, father and daughter planting an apple tree, and it is dedicated to the immigrants of St. Joseph. This monument is a newly added addition to our community, located at Pryor Park just off of Alabama Street in South Side St. Joseph. This was a project of the South Side Progressive Association. The piece was created by a sculptor out of Utah, Claudia Packer who also created the statue of Chief White Cloud, another public art piece in St. Joseph five years ago.
Immigrants Herman and Julia Fisher settled in the South Side during the 20th Century, moving to the area from Russia. The Catholic couple had six children who left money behind after their deaths, with $1.5 Million being left to the South Side Progressive Association for use to benefit the citizens of South St. Joseph. The Association decided that a public art piece fit the mission perfect. It would be a piece to reflect both the Fisher family and the immigrants of St. Joseph, beautifying the area which benefits the residents of the South End. The Fishers at one time tended an apple orchard on their property, which is the reasoning for the design of this art piece. The dedication to immigrants came in honor of the Fishers as well as other immigrants that came to St. Joseph to work in packing houses and the Stockyards. Landscaping and benches have been added to the viewing area as well.
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