Common Council Meets 11/17/2021 – Votes On Lease Extensions For The Collective And Two Other Sculptures, Approves Polling Places For 2022, Approves Hiring Of New IT Director

The Appleton Common Council met 11/17/2021. At only 30 minutes long, it was one of the shorter Council meetings of the year. Interim Health Officer Sonja Jensen provided a Covid-19 Update to the Council which I posted about yesterday. The council voted unanimously to approve […]

Parks And Recreation Committee Approves RISE Sign Lease Extensions For 2 Sculptures, Receives Report That Reid Golf Course Income Exceeded $1 Million This Year

The Appleton Parks and Recreation Committee met 11/08/2021. I already wrote a post about the Reid Golf Course rate changes for 2022. After voting on that, the committee turned to the remaining items on their agenda. The RISE Sign The next item they took up […]

Public Arts Committee Approves Lease Extensions For Three Sculptures – Gesture Of Conscience, To The Moon Alice, and The Collective

The Public Arts Committee met 11/03/2021. Amongst several things they took up lease extension requests for three Sculpture Valley sculptures currently located on public property—The Collective, Gyan/Gesture of Conscience, and To the Moon Alice. Alex Schultz, who is the alderperson for District 9, appeared in […]

Municipal Services Committee Votes To Allow The Collective Sculpture To Remain On College Avenue Through The End Of April 2022

The Municipal Services Committee met 10/25/2021. Alderpersons Bill Siebers (District 1), Brad Firkus (District 3), Denise Fenton (District 6), and Joe Prohaska (District 14) were all in attendance. Alderperson Chad Doran (District 15) was excused. At only 13 minutes, it wasn’t a long meeting. They […]

The Collective, Spectacular Sculptures, And The Collective’s Better Looking Sibling (Day 7 – Arts In Education Week)

Today is day 7, the final day, of Arts In Education Week here in Appleton as proclaimed by Mayor Woodford and what better way to celebrate by featuring Appleton’s most famous sculpture, “The Collective” by Paul Bobrowitz. It seemed particularly important for me to highlight […]

Aerial Landscape by Rolph Westphal (Day 1 – Arts In Education Week)

Mayor Woodford has declared September 12-18 to be Arts In Education Week in Appleton, and has called “on all City residents to observe the week with appropriate activities.” I thought an appropriate activity to show appreciation for art would be to spend the week highlighting […]

Common Council Approves Scavenging Resolution And Long-Term Lease For “Stairway To The Stars” Sculpture

During the 09/01/2021 Common Council meeting, the Council separated two items out for individual votes. The first item was Resolution 10-R-21 regarding the scavenging of solid waste/recyclables. The Municipal Services Committee had voted unanimously to recommend for approval updated language that would permit the scavenging […]

Temporary Interactive Art Sculpture Erected At Lawrence University For People Who Have Been Fully Vaccinated

For those who have been fully vaccinated, Lawrence University has a new temporary art installation just for you. This interactive sculpture is located on the Lawrence front lawn next to the Seeley G. Mudd Library and the Wriston Art Center. I didn’t see anything indicating […]