ACW/Mill City Museum Stone Arch Festival Project

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June 15 and 16!!

Art To Change The World /Mill City Museum Collaboration – Stone Arch Bridge Festival and Beyond 2024 – 100 Feet of Art and History

Mark Your Calendars:    June 15  10:00-7:00 and June 16  10:00-5:00
704 South 2nd St., Minneapolis, MN 55401

The Mill City Museum and the Stone Arch Bridge Festival have chosen 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.

Congratulations to the following ACW Artists: Sadie Ward, Owen Brown, Kelly Frankenberg, Barbara Bridges, Briauna Williams, Frances Bates.   Meet the Artists

The artists are planning an interactive installation which will be fun, educational and provide the 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 8 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.

We are excited to announce that 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. 

Read More about Pearl: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/mississippi-management-and-watershed-project

If you have any questions please contact Project Manager, Barbara Bridges drb@bridgescreate.com  Project Support: Wini Froelich, Mill City Museum Wini.Froelich@mnhs.org

Mill City Project Notes