In 2013, the Jan Pitsch Green was completed with the addition of a bronze statue of Pitsch's standard poodle, Emma. Sondra Jonson, the sculptor, worked with Margaret Small, Jan's longtime friend who now takes care of Emma. The small park near 33rd and Sheridan Boulevard was dedicated in honor of Jan Pitsch, a longtime resident and member of the Country Club Neighborhood Association, after her passing in 2008. She lived across the street and spent her time living in the neighborhood taking care of the park. Pitsch left a generous gift to the Lincoln Community Foundation to fund landscaping improvements, as well as an endowment to provide for the long-term care of the park.
About the Artist
Sondra L. Jonson of S. L. Studios has been thinking of a career in art since the age of 5. She was born in Philadelphia, PA and studied at the Philadelphia College of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Centro de Estudios Hispanicos (Madrid, Spain) and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Bryn Mawr College and the Frudakis Academy of Art.
She established her studio in 1985, and her work consists of sculptures, from miniature to monuments and is on display across the United States and in Europe. Three more of her pieces can be found in Lincoln, Tennis Anyone, Day Dreams and Clancy.
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