MIDDLETOWN — Once a year, artists, community groups, students and teachers descend on the center trail of the Middletown County Trailside Park to install the annual EcoArts: Lake County Sculpture Walk.
The installation, located at 21436 Dry Creek, will begin Saturday and continues for approximately 10 days.
The public is encouraged to view the evolution of a large-scale public art exhibit and have an opportunity to meet the artists. The Middletown County Trailside Park includes a 107-acre, natural landscape of woodlands and meadows.?There are three miles of trails for walking, cycling and horseback riding.?There are benches and picnic tables scattered throughout the park. The Sculpture Walk exhibit is sited along the first 1/3 of the center trail.?
Each year the EcoArtists create work that relates to nature.?Art works may incorporate natural or recycled materials or engage in issues or content relating to the Earth”s ecology.?Lake County artists and nonprofits including students at the Lake County International Charter School, and Marianne Martinelli”s class at the Coyote Valley Elementary School, take part in the event.
Now in its 11th?year, The Sculpture Walk is a free-of-charge, long-term public art exhibit that draws more than 3,000 viewers each season.?The opening reception is June 9 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.?
The Sculpture Walk will be open from dawn to dusk until mid-October. There is a free-of-charge self-guided tour book at the entrance to the center trail and docent tours can be arranged by appointment.
EcoArts of Lake County is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the visual arts, visual art education and ecological stewardship for artists, residents and visitors to?Lake County.
For more information visit EcoArtsofLakeCounty.org or contact?EcoArtsLC@gmail.com?or 809-5398.?
