Trash canvas

Downtown Stevens Point

This annual placemaking project invites artists of all skill levels to make their creative mark on downtown. Calls open each spring for new designs and fresh paint on all of our downtown bins. Once completed, the community gets to vote on their favorite pieces and prizes are awarded to local creators.

Laura Schade Stroik & Alyssa Shurbert-Hezel The Bees Nees Co

Evy Fisher - Central Wisconsin Children's Museum

By - Kristy Stacey, Central Wisconsin Children's Museum

DOWNTOWN MURALS

STEVENS POINT BREWERY 160TH ANNIVERSARY MURAL

NICK GOETTLING, ARTIST + THOUSAND LUMENS PRODUCTION, VIDEO

THE FOXES

ALEXANDER LANDERMAN, ARTIST + CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY - JOHN HARTMAN, PHOTOS

Paint the County

Active Art Map

Experiences

The Sustainers

Mark Fischer (Oneida)

Mark Fischer’s sculpture, depicting Indigenous culture at Lake Emily Park. “The Sustainers” sculpture is a celebration of Native artists and Native peoples, who are still connected to this place. The sculpture represents the "Three Sisters" of corn, beans and squash, which are always grown together in Indigenous agricultural techniques, and are an important part of Oneida culture.

This project was funded through CREATE Portage County in partnership with the Portage County Parks Commission. It's supported by the Arts Midwest GIG Fund, a program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from the Wisconsin Arts Board. Renowned Oneida beadwork artist Karen Ann Hoffman, who lives in the area, also had worked to make the project happen.

SCULPTURE QUEST & DOWNPOUR

VARIOUS ARTISTS + MANUEL (NICK) SILVA, PHOTOS

A first-of-its-kind geocache artventure, Sculpture Quest encourages trekkers of all ages and abilities to search for small iron sculptures hidden in nature areas across Portage County! Use the coordinates below to find the art. Then post pictures of your discoveries to instagram using #pocosculpturequest! Enjoy the blend of art, innovation, and environmentalism that makes Portage County so distinct!