HAPPY HOLIDAYS
MANITOWOC PUBLIC LIBRARY, MANITOWOC, WI
Manitowoc Public Library, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
LESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY
Lakeshore News published a press release about our Lester Public Library video and podcast project. https://www.seehafernews.com/2018/11/07/lester-public-library-publish-promotional-video/
LESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY, TWO RIVERS, WISCONSIN
Named in honor of local residents George and Marcia Lester, Lester Public Library opened in June of 1997. It is the second largest public library in Manitowoc County and is a member of the Manitowoc Calumet Library System. The new library replaced the Joseph Mann Library, a Carnegie library built in 1914.
http://www.lesterlibrary.org
MIDDLETON PUBLIC LIBRARY MISSION STATEMENT/MIDDLETON, WI
Middleton is a western suburb of Wisconsin’s capital city of Madison. The library celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2017.
MIDDLETON PUBLIC LIBRARY, MIDDLETON, WISCONSIN
A New Century
On March 1, 2004, the library opened in an expanded, completely renovated, and fully occupied 10,000 square foot building.
Middleton Public Library celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2017.
Mead Library, Sheboygan, WI Clocktower/Literature 4′ -by- 16′ Panel
The tower is approximately 25 feet high with a 4-by-16-foot vertical cast brass relief on each of the four sides. Above each panel is a lighted clock face. The structure was designed by Erick Jensen, of LJM architects, in the same style as the library. Artist Sharron Quasius created the brass panels.
The Mead Public Library, Sheboygan, WI Podcast
Architect Erik Jensen and artist Sharron Quasius are the designers of the landmark Weill Charitable Fund Clocktower (1997) located on an outdoor terrace at Mead Public Library in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
Quasius and Jensen shared their memories of the design process in an interview recorded by Celebrate Libraries® in August 2018. The interview and a video featuring images of the clocktower will be available soon.
HUMANITY, TWO RIVERS, WISCONSIN
This video features details from an artist’s maquette for “Spirit of the Rivers,” a monumental bronze sculpture created by R.T. “Skip” Wallen. The sculptural study was photographed in Two Rivers, Wisconsin in the office of Lester Public Library Director Jeff Dawson.
The completed “Spirit of the Rivers” sculptural group will be installed in 2018 on the Lake Michigan shoreline between Manitowoc and Two Rivers.
LESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY, TWO RIVERS, WI MISSION STATEMENT
Lester Public Library is located in Two Rivers, Wisconsin and is a member of MCLS, the Manitowoc – Calumet Library System. Two Rivers has a population of about 11,000 people and was founded along Lake Michigan near the confluence of the East Twin and West Twin Rivers.