Over the past month, volunteers have installed seven new pieces of sculpture along Northeast Second Avenue in the Pineapple Grove Arts District.

Gene Fisher, Norman Raiden, Jimmy Deitch, and Rich McGloin have been hard at work securing the artwork in place.

Raiden, a sculpture artist who splits his time between Delray Beach and Tennessee, coined the name "Pineapple Grove" for the neighborhood. He is the artist who recently created the "Big Fish" wood sculpture at Old School Square.

McGloin is the newest member of the Delray Beach Public Arts Advisory Board. Deitch owns The Beach Boat Company, and Fisher is known as the "grand poobah of Pineapple Grove."

"We've installed four sculpture bike racks and three pieces of art in the past month," Fisher said.

The money for the artwork installations came from a 2007 Palm Beach County arts grant, which city officials are still in the process of administering. So far the funds have produced two murals, the sculpture art bike racks, and other sculptures.

"Most people don't know there are bike racks," Fisher said. They include a musical clef, a spiky man, and colorful stick figures, along Northeast Second Avenue just north of Atlantic Avenue.

He said more projects are in the works including a mural called "Dancing Pineapples" and other projects to be completed in October.

For information visit www.pineapplegrove.org.