Massive community effort brings public art project to fruition in northwest Minnesota community of Badger
Sep. 17—BADGER, Minn. — It’s been nearly five years in the making, and now, a massive public art project in this northwest Minnesota community is nearly complete.
The Badger Community Heritage Wall, which includes a 12-by-25-foot stained glass mural of Badger history and culture, along with a gazebo-like gathering space behind the wall, will be dedicated at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, during the community’s annual Fall Festival.
For stained glass artist Sherri Kruger-Kukowski of Badger, the end of the project is “a little overwhelming.”
The wall is the centerpiece of a green space Kruger-Kukowski calls Heritage Park — at