{"id":1828,"date":"2013-01-07T00:11:56","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T00:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amarageffenstudios.com\/?page_id=1828"},"modified":"2021-03-26T04:40:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T04:40:46","slug":"conneaut-lake","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.amarageffenstudios.com\/index.php\/conneaut-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Conneaut Lake: Our Town Project & Ganesh"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fostering Livability Through Art, Nature and Culture<\/i> (2014 \u2013 2016) was designed to build community capacity, improve livability, enhance Conneaut Lake\u2019s position as a destination for visitors, and establish an arts trail from Ice House Park to Fireman\u2019s Beach. Funded with support from the National Endowment For the Arts\u2019 Our Town program, the project was part of the Conneaut Lake Borough\u2019s plan to revitalize three-blocks adjacent to the southwest corner of the lake, which is the largest natural in-land lake in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

As part of the Our Town program, four arts-engagement events were held during which community stories about life on the lake were collected and recorded. The grant also funded one public sculpture; a life-size wooly mammoth which stands 10.5\u2019 tall x 7\u2019 wide, and extends 18\u2019 from trunk to tail. The mammoth is a reference to wooly mammoths found within the lake. Excerpts from the community stories were integrated into the mammoth\u2019s form. Another sculpture, using more of the stories, is planned as soon as funds can be located.<\/p>\n