Help create a permanent mosaic art installation at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point's Treehaven Field Station in Tomahawk Friday through Sunday, August 3-5.
A 30-foot stone and glass mosaic labyrinth is being created by UW-Stevens Point senior Meghan Wagner, who received $5,000 to create the piece through the 2018 Carlsten Gallery Student Advisory Committee Public Art Symposium.
People of all ages will be able to help lay stones each day from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Participants may also bring blank T-shirts on which the labyrinth design will be screen printed. Treehaven is located at W2540 Pickerel Creek Road, southeast of Tomahawk.
An opening reception will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, August 12, at Treehaven. Wagner will give a presentation on her project, which will be open to the public.
An arts management and art major, Wagner describes the work as a stone mosaic with fused glass pieces as focal points in the center rosette. The six petals of the rosette represent the six realms of creation. As visitors enter and go clockwise, they cross the kingdoms of mineral, plant, animal, human, angelic and the unknown.
Wagner said she was excited to collaborate with Treehaven and the Carlsten Gallery Student Advisory Committee to connect UW-Stevens Point's art, arts management and natural resources programs with the community.
"This labyrinth has been a unique opportunity for me as an artist but is also a unique experience I can provide to the community." Wagner said, "I ask people to come walk the labyrinth with openness to experience the quiet and reflective space."
Wagner, of Appleton, interned at the Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, last summer and last fall she curated an exhibit at UW-Stevens Point's Carlsten Gallery for the 2018 Duck Stamp Competition. This fall she will serve her full-time externship at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, N.Y. before graduating in December.
Operated by the UW-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources, Treehaven serves more than 25,000 people each year through courses, seminars, workshops, school and youth programs and business gatherings. To learn about Treehaven's events and public programs, go to www.uwsp.edu/cnr/treehaven.
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