"We slowed down considerably pushing the project until some of these other downtown dominos fell," Schultz said. "All of this has shifted over time."
Read More“He was here on site just watching it being lifted into place and saw the issue that we ran into,” Flick said of Tom Boldt, CEO of The Boldt Co., who saved the day by providing a larger crane to safely lift the sculpture into place. “He graciously said, ‘I’ll get a bigger crane down here ASAP.’ He made it happen.”
Read More“It is a challenge to move a sculpture from its original location when the artist has essentially designed for it for that site and then find another location that is (equally) fitting,”
Read MoreAppleton residents woke Monday to find someone put a giant face mask over "The Collective” – also known as the “big head” sculpture on College Avenue
Read MoreSchultz had been working to get "Metamorphosis" back into public view since 2013.
Read MoreAfter months of discussion, a divided Common Council voted 7-6 Wednesday night to reject a motion to move "The Collective."
Read More"It will still be a dry riverbed, but it's going to be more of a meandering stream than it is now," said Alex Schultz, executive director of Sculpture Valley. "It will start at the parking lot, and you can wander through. It will be more secluded than it is now.
Read More“In all sincerity, if I was somebody producing art in the Fox Valley for consideration for public placement, I'm not sure I'd look at Appleton right now after the way we have handled these last six months."
Read More"We think the contract is clear," (Attorney) Walsh said. "We think the city has the authority to take the action that's on the agenda this evening (motion to rescind), and the responsibility for payment remains with the applicant."
Read More"It's not going to disappear from our community," Schultz said. "In fact, it may be pretty close to where it is now. We're exploring a private option."
Read MoreWhile some people living nearby on East College Avenue like it, others say it's scary and in poor taste.
Read More"You're setting the precedent, and now moving forward, the only thing we will be able to present to the arts commission for recommendation and have moved through the various committees for approval are very safe, very bright, very easy to interpret, ubiquitous works of art. That is not the intent of Sculpture Valley," Schultz said.
Read More"Art is out there to get people thinking, feeling, get them to react to it,” said Bobrowitz. “If art doesn't get a reaction from a person then it's missed its mission."
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Bunks called the peice, entitled 'The Collective', "scary". It's a sculpture on East College Avenue that looks like a giant face made up by masks made out of Propane tanks. The masks look like something out of "The Legend of Zelda", or, in Bunks' wife's opinion, "Halloween".
Read MoreBunks, whose home is almost directly behind the large piece of art, says he and several other neighbors thought it placed there for Halloween when it showed up a few weeks ago.
“Then we realized it’s here for two years!” he said.
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"I'm awed and amazed when I listen to what people see in artwork that I've created," he told The Post-Crescent. "Other people see things and feel things that I've never considered. It adds to my experience."
Read More"I find it delightful," Appleton resident Jane Oliver told the Municipal Services Committee on Monday. "I find the placement important because it is high traffic; lots of people can see it. I smile every time I drive by it because it's unexpected. It's a big head sitting there."
Read More"The community pays nothing. The taxpayers pay nothing. And I get paid nothing," he said. "If people understand what goes into this, maybe they would have a slightly different appreciation for the artwork that we choose."
Read MoreIn 2017, Sculpture Valley launched ACREofART – our first programming initiative to introduce new, large-scale public artworks to the Fox Cities on a rotating basis. It employs a lease-based, juried-competition structure that’s become popular among progressive, urban centers around the country.
Read More“Our goal is to recreate that green space, have both monuments in place and perhaps another monument in the middle because we do not have memorials for any conflict after WWI here in this city and that’s an oversight. That needs to be corrected.
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