Art Poles at the 2010 Historical Society Museum Exhibit
 

Augmenting the Society's exhibit is an outdoor display created by the Saugatuck High School students of art teacher Christa Wise, in which colorful "art poles" created of individual ceramic figures mounted in vertical stacks will greet visitors along the garden walkway leading to the Museum. This project was inspired by the totem poles built by Ox-Box students in the 1920s and 1930s to commemorate the ceremonial traditions of Native Americans who inhabited the area earlier.

Click on one of the Art Poles below to see more details and learn what each of the students had to say about their ceramic figures.