About the art
The design of “Seeding the Stars” was created based on ideas, priorities, and feedback from Central residents and library patrons.
The east pillar features a child reading. The child is seated on the earth. The Dakota words Mni Sota Makoce are woven through the indigenous soil. Each book and newspaper stacked beside the child honor important community institutions and movements core to the Central Neighborhood. As the child learns about their history, waves of energy radiate into the cosmos. The stars become neurons, representing learning, and the vast beauty of neurodiversity.
The west pillar features an elder gardening, surrounded by an ecosystem of native plants. She is planting seeds for future harvest and pollination. This pillar honors the long history of foraging, cultivating, community gardening, and diversity in the Central Neighborhood.
Juliette Perine Myers assisted with this project.
Funded by the Hennepin County Library One Percent for Art program
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