Ava is a kind, creative, brave, intelligent, and loving person who, when she was born had a beautiful perfect heart on her forehead. So I put a heart on the bronze lion’s forehead that I created for the top of the tower as well!
Ava created the bronze plaque of LOVE! She was interested in the word “LOVE” because that is how she felt about her family (parents, sister, grandparents, and great-grandparents), friends, art, creating, reading & learning, and life. She studied Robert Indiana’s LOVE, in 1964, and received inspiration.

Ave graduated Magna Cum Laude from Princeton with a German Major (2023). Ava is back in New Prague for the summer working in North Field, Mn. and thinking about her next move!

Robert Indiana, 1964, LOVE. Lent it to Philadelphia in 1976 for two years.