The Sharon Lynne Wilson Center in Brookfield has won a $50,000 Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal arts agency that hands out over $5 million in Our Town grants each year. The Wilson Center was one of 66 groups chosen from 275 applicants, and they’ve announced they will use the money for a free, interactive sculpture garden calls ArtsPark in Brookfield’s Mitchell Park.
The arts center will source sculpture works for the garden from an upcoming competition, and the art is set to be installed next summer. So local sculptors, prepare your submissions.
Eleven other Wisconsin arts institutions have received different kinds of NEA grants this year, totaling $937,000 and ranging in amount from $10,000 to $780,000. The Wilson Center’s Our Town grant is the third grant the center has received from the NEA since 2000.
