Artist Barton Rubenstein (American, b. 1962)

Huddle Up

Date2016

MediumStainless steel

Dimensions6 × 2 3/16 ft. (182.9 × 67.1 cm) 8 × 3 ft. (243.8 × 91.4 cm) 10 × 4 ft. (304.8 × 121.9 cm)

Credit LineDC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Public Art Building Communities Grant (PABC)

Object numberDCCAH2014.056

ClassificationsSculpture

Locations

Parkside Community Park (Grant Place & Burnham Place NE)

DescriptionThis artwork is at Parkside Community Park, located within a newly built neighborhood in Washington, DC. Situated next to the Minnesota Ave Metro Station, this park features rain gardens and permeable paver systems to reduce the impact on the nearby Anacostia River. The title is both a symbolic reference to the power of community and its leaders to transform a previously underutilized space into a thriving neighborhood, as well as a reference to the city’s football team, which has served as a unifying force for the city’s citizens for many decades.