Art / Music / Sculpture Park

Tecumseh Center for the Arts strives to be a vital part of the artistic culture of Tecumseh and enrich people’s lives through art and music. As part of the theater’s Strategic Plan, the theater created an outdoor Art - Music - Sculpture Park during the summer of 2020. The three phase project includes the TCA Street Art Trail unveiled in 2020, Mary Jo Mensing Sculpture Garden in 2021, and is currently working on the last phase, a Music Park in collaboration with City of Tecumseh's Park and Recreation for 2022.

TCA STREET ART TRAIL

The first phase of the TCA Art-Music-Sculpture Park was the creation of the TCA Street Art Trail in 2020. The project involved Tecumseh Center for the Arts overseeing the purchase of materials and logistics of displaying murals on the side of the theater's costume barn. Each mural is painted by local artists and community members at no cost to the artists. The theater's goal was to provide local artists the space and tools to design their own public art in a collaborative and inviting atmosphere. The official ribbon cutting took place on October 4, 2020! In 2021, the TCA Street Art Trail expanded from the barn, to a mural fence along the south side of the theater property, as well as the Market on Evans, located in Downtown Tecumseh. A total of 66 murals have been displayed since the fall of 2020.

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MARY JO MENSING SCULPTURE GARDEN

The Mary Jo Mensing Sculpture Garden was unveiled June 23, 2021. Mary Jo Mensing’s legacy gift to Tecumseh Center for the Arts allowed the theater to move forward with Phase 2 of the Art | Music | Sculpture Park. The sculpture garden provides artists a place to display their artwork for free, for as long as they desire, with no obligation to the TCA. Community inspired art pieces can also be purchased directly from individual artists. A number of artists have also received material reimbursements from Tecumseh Center for the Arts to help offset their costs in the construction process. The sculpture garden currently features decorative landscaping, flower beds, and six community created sculptures by local artists. In addition, the garden includes three sculptures from the Midwest Sculpture Initiative, a collaboration with Art Trail Tecumseh and in conjunction with the City of Tecumseh. An official ribbon cutting took place June 23, 2021.

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TCA MUSIC PARK

A collaboration between Tecumseh Center for the Arts and City of Tecumseh Parks and Recreation Department. The interactive TCA Music Park connects the Douglas Bird Kiwanis Memorial Park to the TCA property, along North Maumee Street.

The TCA Music Park was funded by Elizabeth Ruthruff Wilson Foundation, Lenawee Community Foundation, Stubnitz Foundation, Consumers Energy Foundation, City of Tecumseh, Tecumseh Arbor of Gleaner Life Insurance Society, Tom and Jeanette Meyer, Wes and Theresa Powers, and an anonymous donor.