Sculptures Mason County Sculpture Trail

1 sculptures

1.1 waterfront park

1.1.1 spirit of ludington
1.1.2 carferries of ludington
1.1.3 hooked on hamlin
1.1.4 follow leader
1.1.5 ludington s lumbering era
1.1.6 dummy train
1.1.7 fruits of farming
1.1.8 put me in coach
1.1.9 reflections


1.2 mason county fairgrounds

1.2.1 rearing horse memory pole


1.3 ludington public library

1.3.1 flights of learning
1.3.2 double fun


1.4 ludington state park

1.4.1 community cooperative


1.5 mason county sheriff s office
1.6 helping hand
1.7 maritime heritage park
1.8 abbie
1.9 sport fishing

sculptures
waterfront park

spirit of ludington (the sailor)


spirit of ludington

the sculpture display overlooks ludington harbor , shows weathered sea captain steering ship. dedicated ludington native charles f. conrad, founder of lake michigan carferry service contained automobile ferry ss badger. ss badger, along ss spartan , ss city of midland 41 carferries, purchased conrad in 1991 defunct michigan-wisconsin transportation company. converted badger passenger , auto ferry. lake michigan carferry service functioned independent enterprise ten years without government subsidies. s.s. badger has ferried 34,000 vehicles , 115,000 passengers between ludington, michigan, , manitowoc, wisconsin, 1992 2014.

the sculpture created in 2000 , named sailor sculptor kristin kokkin. first sculpture placed @ ludington s waterfront park. honors have sailed on lake michigan.

carferries of ludington

the sculpture twelve-foot representation of car ferry carrying automobiles. there 113 local donations given bronze display. ludington has long history of car ferries. s.s. badger, traveling across lake michigan wisconsin every summer, last of ludington ferries carrying automobiles. there several descriptive , history plaques around 2007 main display tuck langland of granger, indiana.

carferries of ludington display



plaque names of carferry display




hooked on hamlin empty stump, photo opportunity waiting subject


hooked on hamlin

the sculpture dedicated in july 2009 life-size representation of man , boy fishing @ nearby hamlin lake. has meaning grew @ hamlin lake or vacationed there. older man taking fish young boy s hook. 1 of significant , recognizable sculptures in ludington. sculptor created multiple piece bronze sculpture display w. stanley proctor, same artist designed follow leader popular multiple piece bronze display.

the 2009 adjacent descriptive plaque reads, many friends of hamlin lake dedicate sculpture bond links generations of families natural wonders of our great lakes ecosystem. wild , natural things make our irreplaceable , fragile hamlin lake, , pledge our commitment dream of sustainability lake love.

it gives old chinese proverb,

a father may teach son fish, grandfather teaches him fish dreams.















































posing in follow leader display


follow leader

the multiple piece sculpture of 5 children , dog playing follow leader across stepping stone bridge. in middle empty stone tempting person photographed bronzed children. sculpture purchased don birtwistle family , donated community highlight children beneficiaries of world.

the follow leader display first of sculptures mason county sculptor trail. created w. stanley proctor has since done 2 additional called hooked on hamlin , double fun . playful interactive sculpture , favorite among children play bronze children. there photo opportunity available empty stepping stone waiting imaginative person. encourages people shape own image on empty stepping stone.

display of logging wheels horse


ludington s lumbering era

the eleven foot bronze sculpture represents michigan logging wheels , lumbering industry of late nineteenth , twentieth-century. shows horse pulling logs typical ludington event of time period lumber industry played historical role on great lakes.

the large stone display has ludington s history etched wall. explains how james ludington set mill , lumber industry in 1859. hamlet settlement changed name pere marquette become town of ludington. town plotted out , not bear ludington s names, names of siblings , prominent lumber barons of area @ time. etched history goes on explain ludington prospered because of local lumber industry. explains harbor developed allow large quantities of lumber shipments go out of port. there fourteen mills operating around pere marquette lake @ height of production. thought there unlimited amount of timber harvest lumber, in less forty years woods cut down. etched history on stone wall explains local lumber industry had come end in 1917.

dummy train

dummy train display

the sculptor of multi-piece display george lundeen. bronze sculpture display represents day when railroad connected ludington nearby resort of epworth heights. of woman , children near rails on railroad platform. there crossing sign there. display purchased cottagers @ epworth heights , presented city. ludington , northern railway known dummy train. transported thousands of passengers epworth heights ludington during summertime 1874 1919. sculpture rails in display actual ludington , northern railway.

fruits of farming

fruits of farming display

the sculptor created bronze sculpture george lundeen. of man , child sitting in wheel-borrow. has woman standing basket of fruit. in center of display sack of vegetables, milk can, , box of cherries. these fruits , vegetables represent farming products produced in mason county heritage of farming. ninth sculpture of mason county sculpture trail added summer of 2010. lundeen designed dummy train sculpture display.

lundeen holdrege, nebraska. fulbright-hayes scholar studying @ academia de belle arte in florence, italy. lundeen has various degrees related art university of nebraska , university of illinois. holds bachelor of arts hastings college. lundeen lives , works in loveland, colorado. has sculpting studio there established in 1970s. lundeen has done commissioned work sculpt portraits , interpretive works universities, municipalities, foundations, , corporations.he member of national academy of design , national sculpture society.

put me in coach

the ludington mariners, past semi-pro baseball team of 1912–1924, represented bronze display of crouched baseball player bat in hand. played @ culver park , not associated major league team. sculptor created bronze sculpture mark lundeen. donated anderson family , reed family.

the ludington mariners old time base ball team started in 1912. in 1915 took break during world war i. team resumed again in 1920 , played 2 years. discontinued play, resumed again in 1926 , renamed ludington tars. team played ludington municipal marina located. team reassembled in 1993. home location play @ white pine village outside of ludington. play @ mackinac island , greenfield village. revived team, including umpires, dress in 1860s outfits. play rules of time period. fans watch games dress in spirit , wear period pieces. game players participate year after year , looking new ones.

reflections , stainless steel


reflections

the seventeen-foot stainless steel sail abstract sculpture symbolizes when lumber carried schooners great lakes ports ludington. first sculpture seen boaters spend leisure time on waters of lake michigan come ludington harbor. abstract sculpture created russian-born sculptor irina koukhanova. schoenherr family purchased sculpture , donated waterfront park @ ludington harbor.

irina koukhanova, sculptor, educated @ stroganov moscow state university of arts , industry, university of massachusetts dartmouth, , university of notre dame. has participated in united states exhibitions , international exhibitions. koukhanova two-dimensional work in printing techniques drawings , three- dimensional sculptures. awarded best of show in box heart gallery s art inter/national exhibition , had in 2010 exhibition @ dko galerie in zurich, switzerland. has won awards @ exhibitions @ boston sculptors gallery, owensboro museum of art, marlboro gallery in maryland, , indianapolis art center in indiana.

the stainless steel sculpture of rendering of 3 sails sixth put in ludington waterfront park. plan ten sculptures park @ harbor near downtown. officially dedicated on august 12, 2006. joan schoenherr, 1 of donors of sculpture, chair of sculpture selections group.

mason county fairgrounds
rearing horse memory pole

the mason county fairgrounds east of downtown ludington on us-10 sculpture called rearing horse memory pole. hand-carved wooden rearing horse created craig convissor, scottville artist. purchased mason county saddle club , donated mason county fairgrounds dozens of horse shows take place each year. thousands of spectators see memorial @ fairgrounds entrance each spring, summer , fall.

ludington public library

flights of learning , ludington public library


flights of learning

the new keith wilson children s center addition in 2012 completed installation of bronze sculpture flights of learning @ ludington public library front exterior entrance. john , anita wilson first saw sculpture @ grand rapids art prize competition. decided purchase seven-and-a-half-foot 800-pound sculpture , donate ludington library. unveiled in june 2012. creator , artist bryce pettit of monticello, utah. sculpture took pettit 6 months complete. keith wilson children’s center addition named john’s father. pettit wrote sculpture “flights of learning” represents mission , purpose of library.

the model bronze sculpture sculptor s eleven-year-old daughter. open bronze book @ statue explains parents have responsibility make world better through children. members of community carry responsibility of giving children proper education become outstanding citizens. book represents portal knowledge. birds represent information can learned in books.

knowledge released , flies new horizons enrich , enlighten lives of people through learning. freedom gained through opportunity of flights of learning . different birds represent different areas of knowledge. knowledge of science , mathematics through wise owl. knowledge of history represented falcon. knowledge of literature shown through jay bird. appreciation of music given meadowlark. fantasy portrayed hummingbird. skills of art illustrated in tern.

double fun sculpture @ rear of ludington public library


double fun

this sculpture represents sallie peterson ferguson reading young boy , young girl. raised on fruit farm on meisenheimer road in summit township, mason county, michigan. ferguson ludington high school graduate of class of 1961. valedictorian. ferguson went college , became high school english teacher. 1 of founders of montessori school of kalamazoo.

because of ferguson’s background in teaching dr. bill anderson, chair of mason county cultural economic development task force, proposed idea sculpture placed @ ludington public library. sculpture @ craig r. rasmussen outdoor activity area in rear of library. sculptor created w. stanley proctor, made sculptures hooked on hamlin , follow leader mason county sculpture trail.

ludington state park
community cooperative

a sculpture entitled “community cooperative” colette pitcher of greeley, colorado represents nature small animals living in old tree. funded john j. helstrom of muskegon, michigan. located across office of ludington state park on walking path near sable river. ludington state park manager noted represents wildlife found in park not unusual find scenario bronze sculpture represents. head of mason county cultural economic development task force claimed great accomplishment mason county sculpture trail project, garden of public art started @ ludington s waterfront park, have such piece of sculpture art located in queen of michigan state parks.

helping hand


mason county sheriff s office
helping hand

this sculpture @ mason county sheriff s office created colette pitcher. dr. terry , sandy luxford bought sculpture , donated it. sculpture shows appreciation , gratitude citizens of mason county have law enforcement personnel. dr. luxford has been dean several years of occupational , vocational programs , started both law enforcement , nursing programs @ west shore community college in mason county, michigan.

maritime heritage park

the maritime heritage park, area south of loomis street boat ramp west of downtown ludington has both abby sculpture , sport fishing sculpture part of mason county sculpture trail.

the abbie

the abbie

the abbie bronze bas-relief sculpture representation of last schooner built in ludington in 1886 merchant rasmus rasmussen. due storm on november 8, 1905 abbie forced ashore , wrecked off portage point near entrance portage lake in manistee county, michigan. abbie double-masted schooner 88 feet long. named after nineteenth-century ludington postmaster s wife. while schooner being built postmaster asked rasmussen if name schooner after wife. in exchange postmaster buy windsock ship. end result schooner named abbie , harry scott, postmaster, furnished windsock.

jack rasmussen , wife shirley donated funds sculpture. jack grandson of rasmus rasmussen. abbie double-masted schooner 88-feet long. rasmus rasmussen sailed schooner between ludington , chicago merchandise. bronze sculpture created artist tyson snow of salem, utah.

sport fishing

sport fishing sculpture

the sport fishing sculpture represents popular sport of ludington, michigan. coho , chinook salmon introduced lake michigan in 1960s. fishermen caught large numbers of mature fish starting in fall of 1967. fish program influenced growth of tourism in ludington. carol polston bought , dedicated sculpture late husband, barry, avid fisherman in ludington , northern michigan. boat fished called trust me. bryce pettit of durango, colorado, created sculpture. same artist created flights of learning (see above) located @ ludington library part of mason county sculpture trail.