Project Category: Arts & Culture

Dancers – Sculpture

Artist: Donna Gerke-Cutta Location: 119 King Street, Pump House Regional Arts Center Enjoy this whimsical blue stainless steel sculpture depicting two female dancing figures as well as a looping ribbon around them.  The flowing ribbon is reminiscent of the nearby Mississippi River.

Boy with Butterfly

Boy with Butterfly Artist: Elmer Petersen Location: Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center Lobby This sculpture is a welded and steel-coated with bronze by braising, standing at 5’9″ tall.  It depicts a young boy reaching for a butterfly.

Anidonts

Anidonts Artist: Luis Arata Location: Myrick Park Abstract painted aluminum sculpture of a boy and his dog located at the entrance of Myrick Park.

An Educator’s Tools -Sculpture

Artist: Brad Nichols Location: Viterbo University, Northwest Corner of Murphy Center This six-foot tall metal sculpture was erected to commemorate past, present, and future educators.  It includes tools such as a ruler, pencil, paintbrush, journal, and cylinder.

Adolf and Helga Gundersen

Adolf and Helga Gundersen Artist: Michael Martino Location: 7th Street and Denton Street This piece of art is a life-size bronze sculpture of the founders of Gundersen Clinic, Adolf and Helga Gundersen.

A Simpler Time

A Simpler Time Artist: Michael Martino Location: Riverside Park, near the levee Set along the banks of the Mississippi River, “A Simpler Time” includes a life-size sculpture of children and their dog.  The design of the sculpture is a traditional figurative bronze that depicts an old tradition of greeting the boats on the river.  The… Read more »

La Crosse Symphony Orchestra

The La Crosse Symphony Orchestra provides the greater La Crosse area with 6 symphonic concerts each year. We are a non-profit corporation providing quality music, educating people in symphonic repertoire, and encouraging development of all musicians.

Great River Folk Festival

Great River Folk Fest is an Americana & Folk music festival and artisan craft fair held in Riverside Park in La Crosse. The festival has been providing the community and surrounding states with a fun musical weekend for over forty years. The weekend event includes many

Norskedalen Heritage & Nature Center

Norskedalen Nature and Heritage Center welcomes you to take a step back in time as you view our nature and heritage displays. You will be escorted on a guided tour of our 1890s restored pioneer log homestead. After your tour, take a refreshing walk on our trails,

Hixon House

Historic Hixon House was built in 1858 by pioneer Gideon Hixon, who went on to become a wealthy lumber baron in La Crosse. He and his wife Ellen raised their five sons in this home and expanded it to the size it is today. In 1965, their descendants gifted the house to the La Crosse County Historical