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Corrie Steckelberg (eyes closed) and two of her friends recently put three Woodland Caribou art pieces around town. Corrie spent weeks making the frame and fitting the materials onto her Woodland Caribou displays. The body of the Caribou is filled with dirt and seeds of wildflowers and plants that will bloom through the summer. Staff photo Brian Larsen
Okay, so it’s not a real caribou but there is a life-size caribou in Harbor Park, and it is alive—with wildflower seeds and other seeds that will sprout and grow throughout the coming summer.
Corrie Steckelberg is the artist behind the Woodland Caribou Art Project.
Originally the project was approved in 2019 by the park board and city of Grand Marais and was supposed to take place last year but then came the pandemic and the project, like pretty much everything else, was put on hold.
Corrie has made three of these large sculptures, spending weeks on making wooden frames and using natural materials to cover the pieces, then filling them with dirt and seeds. Two others were placed on public land in the Sweethearts Bluff hiking area and another near the retention pond in the park entrance.
Funding for the exhibit came from a grant issued by the Minnesota State Arts Board. Corrie calls her Woodland Caribou Art Project Once and Future. She expects the sculptures will be up for one full year.
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