Art4Trails 2017

Art4Trails 2017 is coming soon to a trail near you! Please join us Saturday, June 3 as the new art is unveiled of the art and the awards ceremony.


At 12:00, there will be a bike tour to each sculpture for the unveilings. 

1) START at Mayo Park East to unveil Amarama Art's “Fantastical Fruit"
2) Ride north on the trail towards Silver Lake to the old Fire Station #2 and Sebastian Richer's “Perfect Canoe"
3) From there we will head south to Slatterly Park and Katya Roberts' “Unbroken”
4) Ride west on 9th Ave SE to Soldiers’ Field Park, Roy Sutherland Playground to Richard Brubaker's “Tractor Cat”
5) Then head north to the Government Center river landing for Craig Snyder's “Drinking Sunshine”
6) End in Mayo Park West behind the Mayo Civic Center for the awards ceremony

At 1:30, there will be an abbreviated walking tour to view three of the new sculptures and revisit two from 2016.

1) START at Mayo Park East to unveil Amarama Art's “Fantastical Fruit"
2) Walk across Mayo Park bridge to see Judd Nelson's “Blue Heron” from Art4Trails 2016
3) Return across bridge to see Richard Brubaker's “Sunrise Sunset” from Art4Trails 2016
4) Walk north north on the trail towards Silver Lake to the old Fire Station #2 and Sebastian Richer's “Perfect Canoe"
5) Walk south to the Government Center river landing for Craig Snyder's “Drinking Sunshine”
6) End in Mayo Park West behind the Mayo Civic Center for the awards ceremony
 
 At 3:00 pm, all will at Mayo Park behind the Civic Center as the artists are recognized and awarded the second half of their stipend. 

 Art4Trails was developed in 2016 by the Rochester Arts and Culture Collaborative, with plans to expand collaboration on the project in 2017. Expansion of partnerships now includes Rochester Art Center, Rochester Park & Recreation, Olmsted County Public Health, RNeighbors, Rochester Neighborhood Resource Center, We Bike Rochester, Minnesota Children's Museum Rochester, Nice Ride Rochester and Downtown Rochester, Minnesota.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund