The John Michael Kohler Arts Center, the James Tellen Woodland Sculpture Garden and the new Art Preserve are familiar to most who live near Sheboygan, and are well-known far beyond here for their collection and preservation of important works from around the world. Now, that preservation effort is focusing on the Milwaukee County Village of Fox Point and the Mary Nohl Art Environment.
Nohl was an artist who single-handedly filled her Fox Point property with her folk art, and upon her death in 2001 the embellished home and sculpture garden were bequeathed to the Kohler Foundation for preservation. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005, and now the Arts Center is applying to the Fox Point Village Board for a cultural overlay district zoning designation that would establish the Nohl Art Environment as a private center for invited groups of museum researchers and educators.
The Fox Point Village Board will meet at 7 p.m. this coming Tuesday, hearing from interested parties in-person and via Zoom, and the JMKAC is encouraging people to support their efforts.
You can find out how to voice your support through this link.
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