New public art to be installed in Downtown Lubbock

LUBBOCK, Texas — The Lubbock community was invited to attend a ribbon-cutting event for a new public art installation, the Friendly Cowboy Western String Band, on Friday, October 4 at 3:00 p.m. at Mac Davis Lane and Avenue O.

The ribbon cutting will be followed by a reception in the Terrace Suite of the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.

The sculptures were created by artist B.C. Gilbert. Pieces of the sculpture were individually exhibited in various locations throughout the City of Lubbock, according to a press release from Civic Lubbock.

The band includes the Amarillo Kid, the yellow fiddle player, Prairie Rose, the red bass player, Pinky, the pink guitar player and Big Blue the Friendly Cowboy, the blue lead singer, said Civic Lubbock. Each piece of the structure measures 13 feet tall and weighs 1,000 to 1,200 pounds.

Gilbert received his Master of Fine Arts from Texas Tech University. Civic Lubbock said Gilbert found his inspiration in the poet and painter Jake Holster for his design and construction of The Friendly Cowboy Western String Band.

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