Public Art of the Week

And in this corner “Spark,” weighing in at 2,300 pounds and standing 15 feet tall. It has been called a windmill, a high-tension power tower or a triangular obelisk with Telstar perched on top.

Crafted by one of Old Town’s originators of Scrapfest and Struk Gallery owner David Such, the new sculpture is a soaring addition to Greater Lansing’s public art. Tucked in a corner between the Friedland junk yard and the new Cat Constellation coffee shop on Cedar Street, the sculpture and the nearby installation of metal pictograms declaring “our potential is etched in metal” and “our potential is written in stone,” add a new chapter for the publicly funded art project.

The awardee for the 2025 Art Impact Project was fabricated by a team led by Jen Estell and Redhead Creative Consultancy, which administered the $75,000 art grant. Redhead is in downtown Lansing in one of the city’s most revered architectural gems, designed by modernist George Nelson.

The 60-foot-long multidisciplinary art installation blends storytelling, photography and an inspirational poem by Rose Cooper, a local poet, author and singer. Historic information is etched in steel and installed on a border fence that obscures the ever-changing pile of scrap detritus collected at Friedland.

The installation was dedicated Friday (Oct. 10) with a ribbon cutting led by the artists, Mayor Andy Schor and the Arts Council of Greater Lansing. Other Arts Impact Projects include the Shiawassee Bridge ceramic tile installation; the giant “Portrait of a Dreamer” at Museum Drive; the “Mother Tree” installation in Hunter Park along with the Lansing Shaped Mural by Dustin Hunt of Muralmatics.

BILL CASTANIER

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