Art in the PCA
Inspiring Community Inc. funded the Art in the PCA project through the collection of local donations. The Art in the PCA project features a series of artwork by local artist and landscaper Bill Mitchell spaced along the Rountree Branch Trail. Each piece has been made with natural materials and site-specific installation in the landscape.
The Art in the PCA is a celebration of both our local artists and the beautiful landscape of the area rich in natural resources and history and provides a unique viewing experience for passers-by on the trail.
On December 8, 2021, Channel 3000 aired Art in the PCA Inspiring Positivity. Look for two clips. One is an interview with the artist, Bill Mitchell. The other is an interview with ICI's Angie Wright and Bob Hundhausen, Platteville Community Arboretum president.
4,200 Stones
This unique piece references the 4,200 spiritual practices in active in the world today, forming a visual representation of the number of different ways we connect with nature and each other on a spiritual level.
Farm Report
This piece evokes historical connections and cultural perspectives in utilizing wooden beams from an old dairy barn combined with traditional framing techniques to pay homage to the timber-built frame structures of the past.
CRISPR
Contorted natural branching transforms into a double helix structure, referencing the gene editing technology CRISPR. The intersection of the natural and the manipulated deserves consideration for how humans interface with the environment and all the other species.
Each end of the funnel offers a different perspective, view, and perception, representing the ways that perceptions are managed in our daily lives.
See the wide view from the narrow end and the narrow view from the wide end.
Funnel Vision
An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves
-Lydia M. Child