Chisago Lakes is the proud home to Franconia Sculpture Park, the pre-eminent, artist-centered sculpture park in the Midwest, sited in rural Shafer.
Nationally known, while special to the local community, “Franconia provides physically and intellectually wide-open spaces that inspire new ways of thinking through access to contemporary sculpture, installation, and land art … Franconia operates a 50-acre outdoor museum, active artist residency program, and a depth and breadth of community arts programming for a diverse and engaged public,” with a mission to “foster an inclusive community to create and contemplate contemporary art inspired by nature and our ever evolving world.”
Chisago Lakes Area Community Foundation has awarded several grants to Franconia Sculpture Park over the years, including support for solar lights and a winter ice rink.
www.franconia.org/
