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The Bench Project
Coordinated by The Phipps Center for the Arts in partnership with the St. Croix Valley Community Foundation

This public art project is intended to:

  • build “social capital,” specifically social relationships and a sense of civic responsibility among an engaged group of participants using the arts as a vehicle
  • create community arts projects that will attract both local residents and visitors to the rich natural and cultural offerings in the St. Croix Valley

Active engagement by local community groups to design, create, locate, and care for a unique bench is at the heart of this project.

Each bench will be constructed by the members of the group involved with the participation of outside artists and craftspeople to be determined by each group. While some of the participants may have art-making experience, others who do not identify themselves as “artistic” will be equally encouraged to explore and express their creativity. The benches will be structurally sound and designed to deter vandalism and theft.

Upon completion, each group and their bench(es) will be celebrated at an unveiling community event with local newspaper visibility. And each bench will also be marked with a permanent plaque describing its creators, core sponsors and funders. The Phipps’ and SCVCF’s websites will be updated to feature the progress of each team’s bench.

Three bench projects were developed for 2005 – 2006:

Lakefront Park in Hudson, Wisconsin with Destination Imagination/Hudson Schools, The Parks Department of Hudson, and other community partners to be determined

St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin with the Parks and Recreation Committee

Croixdale in Bayport, Minnesota with Girl Scouts and senior residents

 

 

Family Day

Saturday, May 3, 10:00 - 12:00 noon

Meet Summer Art Camp instructors, learn more about classes offered, and the whole family can participate in hands-on art-making projects celebrating spring.

 

Family Day is supported in part by Nuclear Management Company.