Pendleton Arts Commission completes maintenance on bronze statues

PENDLETON — The Pendleton Arts Commission recently completed maintenance on several bronze statues in its public art collection. West Coast Art Conservation worked on on 10 bronze statues in September. Most of the bronze statues along Main Street received treatment, as well as the Courting Blue Herons statue on the River Walkway. Of the Main Street statues, only the figure of Stella Darby is privately owned and is not part of the public art collection. Maintenance of pieces in the city’s public art collection has been a focus for the Arts Commission in 2026. In April, West Coast Art Conservation treated Pendleton’s Til Taylor statue. Maintenance began with the Taylor statue as it was the oldest in the collection, having been installed in 1929. How statues were treated Treatments included washing sculptures and bases, removing corrosion deposits, applying protective wax coating and buffing the statues.

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