Feature to Check Out at the Stone Arch Bridge Festival: 100 Feet of Art and History
Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 3:14AM
The Mill City Museum and the Stone Arch Bridge Festival have chosen Art to Change the World (ACW) to collaborate on a public art installation funded by a grant from the St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board. The installation, 100 Feet of Art and History, will be located adjacent to the Mill City Museum along West River Parkway. Six local artists have been selected through an RFP process to create the artwork.
The artists are planning an interactive installation which will be fun, educational and provide a Trivia Game opportunity to win an artwork worth $500 from one of the artists.
Congratulations to the following ACW Artists:
Sadie Ward and Frances Bates will collaborate on an experience that includes learning about women and the history of the textile industry near the Stone Arch Bridge. Their interactive display invites the audience to join a bridge and textile water weaving activity.
Owen Brown creates a unique installation where people tell each other their secrets and listen to each other, to the river today, and to the past.
Kelly Frankenberg provides the best photo op at the Stone Arch Festival with her 5 foot tall monarch butterfly made from recycled materials. Learn about the history of the Monarch to the river.
Barbara Bridges has created a 4 x 8 foot assemblage Trivia Tryptic focused on the wheat, water and history of the Mill City Museum.
Briauna Williams contributes a 4 x 8 foot mural exploring the riverfront industrial history and will lead the community as they create another 4 x 8 foot mural illustrating what they learned from the ACW 100 Feet of Art and History Installation.
Also, the Mississippi River Pearl has been invited back to the Stone Arch Bridge Festival in the Family Activities Area hosted by the Mill City Museum.
