AAGLM Accomplishments

Planter Art

One of the first projects of AAGLM is the planter art in the downtown planters. In the first four years of AAGLM foundation in 2005 (the brainchild of Karen Ragus and Mary Ellen Vinz) the planters downtown were created. The planters needed something to give them height, as at the time they were just square planters with low growing plants. Karen designed the metal sculptures using available materials from a metal supplier. The design was simple and effectively met the goal of achieving height. Bob Stigerwald of Bob’s Metal Works did all the welding and volunteers did the installations. Since then the plantings have been improved and they have made an “art” statement in the downtown area.

Annual Souper Bowl Sunday :
A Fundraiser to Tackle Hunger

Grist Mill Fence and Water Wheel Sculpture

Artists:  Designed by Members of the Arts Alliance
Fabricators: Bob Steigerwald of Bob's Metal Works, Scheel Concrete Inc. 
Installed:  2010
Location:  South Main St.

Background: The grist mill that once stood on the site was initially built in the 1842 by one of Lake Mills' founding fathers, Joseph Keyes. Keyes had previously built a dam that formed the Mill Pond and sawmill on the site in the late 1830s. 

Gift of the Arts Alliance of Greater Lake Mills to the city of Lake Mills & it’s citizens on the occasion of it’s 175th birthday.

Artist: Karen Crosby
Fabricators: Steve Bower, Thomas Skupniewitz, Karen Crosby, Robert Steigerwald,
Joshua Steigerwald & Richard Ashton
Installed: 2012
Primary Media: Steel
Location:  112 South Main St.

Artist’s Statement:   
The arch, Spirit of Lake Mills, is a stylized, whimsical representation of the local surroundings.

Poetry Pavers

As part of the annual Lake Mills Arts Fair, AAGLM hosts the Make IT and Take IT Kids Art Yard. Members of the Arts Alliance of Greater Lake Mills along with numerous middle school and high school youth are on hand to “lend a hand” to all the budding artists. 

Artist:  Teresa Lind
Installed: 2016
Primary Medium: Poured Aluminum
Location:  Ford Court, Lake Mills

Teresa Lind of Chilton, Wisconsin, is a lecturer in the area of sculpture at the UW-Whitewater and has worked with many communities to create public sculptures.