Kochville Township
Gateway Guide to Kochville Township DDA’s 2024-25 Art on Display
The Kochville Township DDA invites you to open the door and feast your eyes on the fresh ideas and unique art pieces that will beautify the Cardinal Square landscape for months to come.
Area residents and visitors alike may have wondered how these pieces come to arrive in the township year after year and how the individual artworks are selected. Join us, as we make our way through Art on Display.
How the art gets chosen
Each year, Kochville DDA leaders select a variety of art designs through a group called Midwest Sculpture Initiative, a Michigan-based group that collaborates with more than 900 sculptors. The group was founded in 2003 by Ken Thompson and serves as a testament to “his personal desire for more outdoor sculpture opportunities.”
Art pieces are posted “live” online, and communities must quickly select the pieces they wish to host before another community does so. It’s an intense and flurried process. Once selected, MSI installs all the pieces, and the DDA simply pays to rent them as public art for basically one year. The fun part about this process is that the art comes and goes, allowing for a steady flow of new ideas, designs and concepts.
The Kochville Township DDA invites you to open the door and feast your eyes on the fresh ideas and unique art pieces that will beautify the Cardinal Square landscape for months to come.
Area residents and visitors alike may have wondered how these pieces come to arrive in the township year after year and how the individual artworks are selected. Join us, as we make our way through Art on Display.
How the art gets chosen
Each year, Kochville DDA leaders select a variety of art designs through a group called Midwest Sculpture Initiative, a Michigan-based group that collaborates with more than 900 sculptors. The group was founded in 2003 by Ken Thompson and serves as a testament to “his personal desire for more outdoor sculpture opportunities.”
Art pieces are posted “live” online, and communities must quickly select the pieces they wish to host before another community does so. It’s an intense and flurried process. Once selected, MSI installs all the pieces, and the DDA simply pays to rent them as public art for basically one year. The fun part about this process is that the art comes and goes, allowing for a steady flow of new ideas, designs and concepts.
