Northwest Pennsylvania's Great Outdoors Visitors Bureau serving Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Elk, Forest, & Jefferson Counties
A whimsical outdoor animal art project sponsored by Northwest Pennsylvania's Great Outdoors celebrating the heritage of our communities
Clarion County Bears A whimsical outdoor animal art project sponsored by Northwest Pennsylvania's Great Outdoors celebrating the heritage of our communities A whimsical outdoor animal art project sponsored by Northwest Pennsylvania's Great Outdoors celebrating the heritage of our communities Ridgway's Enchanted Woodlins Ridgway's Enchanted Woodlins
Clarion County Bears
Punxsutawney’s Phantastic Phils
Clarion County Bears Clarion County Bears
   Punxsutawney’s Phantastic Phils

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All across America - from New York to Orlando to Erie - cities have created wildly successful themed outdoor art exhibits which have become the rage. Cows mooed in Chicago and New York; Belfast, Maine celebrated with "Bearfest". Have you heard about the buffalo in Buffalo? What about the pigs in Cincinnati?... Now, Clarion’s added a “Beary Good project public art project to Ridgway's "Enchanted Woodlins" and Punxsutawney’s certainly is Phantastic Phil.

"Wild Bunch" whimsical outdoor public art projects are sponsored by Great Outdoors Visitors Bureau. Each of the projects features exhibitions - all tied to the heritage of the community – show that outdoor projects don’t have to be "serious" to be good – they just has to be fun.

Our projects are patterned after a public art projects across the nation. The are decorated fiberglass and wood art as public art, strategically placed in the public landscape for our visitors and residents to enjoy.

By the summer of 2006, maps will be available on-line and by contacting us – to guide you around – our communities – to find your favorite character.