EQUITY FOUNTAIN

Location: Hill Park, Helena, Montana
Client: Equity Fountain Project
Collaborating sculptor: Michael Stutz
Graphics: Claudia Chalberg
Stone fabricator: Maine Millstones
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The artwork replaced a fountain that had been installed by a chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1916. Words in English and Native Chippewa language are "woven" into the sphere, to remind the community that we must be steadfast like a turning millstone in ensuring that society is guided by values that unite us as opposed to divide us. The Chippewa words represent the Teachings of the Seven Grandfathers, a value system present in many Native American cultures. Studiofolia was responsible for concept visioning and spatial design; the stainless steel sculpture was designed and fabricated by Michael Stutz.