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Art recalls Fort Brooke's legacy

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 23, 2009

TAMPA - Mayor Pam Iorio joined Seminole Tribe leaders Tuesday morning to dedicate a Native American-themed public art installation at Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park.

Apache artist Bob Haozous was selected in 2003 from a national call to artists and commissioned by the city to create "Ceremonial Space," a stainless-steel structure.

The display is intended to acknowledge and honor all of those who have been affected by events at Fort Brooke when it was an active fort during the 1800s.

Haozous was born in Los Angeles and spent his early years in Apache, Okla. He attended Utah State University, served in the U.S. Navy and received his bachelor in fine arts degree in sculpture from the California College of Arts and Crafts in 1971.

Haozous lives and works as an artist in Santa Fe, N.M., and is a member of the Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache Tribe of Oklahoma.

The Seminole Tribe and city contributed $500,000 for the project.

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