Public Art in Northfield MN
The area around Northfield, Minnesota has a significant amount of public art, and there are people and groups in the area working to promote public art and the artists. The ARTrail Group promotes the siting of art and sculpture along the Northfield to Dundas section of the Mill Towns Trail. Several important organizational and legal steps have been accomplished since the ARTrail formation circa 2005.
A story about ARTrail and the Gimse sculpture titled “A Towering Tribute to Dundas” appeared in The Northfield News in April of 2006. Mac is also a part of the ArtOrg project called “The Twenty Views of Dundas”, and his artistic contribution is a copperplate etching based on this sculpture; here is that artist’s statement. Mac Gimse’s “Between Earth and Sky” is the first sculpture to be formally placed on the ARTrail, and this will be sited at the newly-completed Dundas trailhead parking lot. Until the final installation is accomplished, the piece will temporarily be exhibited at the Lampe Law Group offices at 105 East Fifth Street, in Northfield. A big thank you goes to the partners of the firm for establishing a wonderful location to exhibit local sculpture. This is a great example of how art can be supported directly from the private sector.
Current Projects
General Sculpture Links
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Gimse Artist Statement