Meet the Finalists for the Madison LakeWay SkyLine Public Art Project

The LakeWay Public Art Selection Committee anticipates incorporating multiple artworks of varying scale, media, and concepts. Opportunities exist for sculptures, integrated landscape art, interactive and digital works, light or sound-based installations, and more. The resulting artworks may be individual standalone pieces, a series of elements that connect multiple locations along the corridor, or pieces that enhance architectural elements in exciting ways. Potential design elements could include:

• Environmental soundscapes
• Elements of native lakeshore plants and wildlife
• Stories and contributions of Indigenous communities
• Reflections on the changing urban/water interface
• Works that evoke memory, ritual, and renewal
• Interactive or experiential works
• Acknowledgement of dynamic wave climates and fluctuating water levels
• Celebrations of all seasons

The Madison LakeWay Project will create a legacy civic project by providing a vital link between downtown Madison, adjacent neighborhoods, regional trails, and Lake Monona through improved multimodal access, green infrastructure, gathering spaces, and immersive experiences that reinvigorate the shoreline and promote a thriving lake-edge habitat.

Madison LakeWay Partners have named the first phase of the project "The SkyLine." This section encompasses sites along the John Nolen Drive Causeway, offering dynamic opportunities for public art along bicycle and pedestrian trails, fishing piers, and viewpoints where people can take in the breathtaking expanse of Lake Monona and the Madison skyline.