Over the last 50 years, Milton Keynes has developed an excellent reputation for Public Art development, with over 220 Public Artworks across the city.
"Public Art in Milton Keynes is about inviting the vision, creativity, and skills of artists, to engage people freely with the place, in a well-considered way."
A quick short meet to introduce you to some of MK's sometimes forgotten pieces of artwork. The usual chatter and socialising are encouraged.
When: Tuesday 10th March, 17:45 to 18:15
Where: Inside of the artwork.
Who: Geocachers near and far, new and old, everyone is welcome!
The Circle of Hearts Medicine Wheel - Roy Littlesun (2000)
The Circle of Hearts Medicine Wheel takes the form of a North American 'medicine wheel', a universal symbol of peace. It has been created by local volunteers in conjunction with Landscape Town and Country as a meeting place for Milton Keynes residents to celebrate the New Millennium with wishes for global peace in the 21st century.
The medicine wheel consists of two concentric circles of stones, with longer stones at the north, south, east and west points. The grass space between the circles is divided into four sectors and a depression for occasional fires is located in a smaller circle covered in gravel and planted with wild flowers.
The design was inspired by the legends of the Hopi Nation in North America whose prophesies foretell an age of peace when all nations from the four corners of the earth join a common effort to live in peace and harmony. The Hopi are now a small tribe based in the 'four corners' region of the USA where Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. They believe we are living in the fifth world of man when the human race assembled at ' four corners' and were instructed to spread out in the four directions - north, south, east and west. Four also represents the elements - fire, water, air, earth.
The wheel's design also pays homage to British traditions of building circles alongside meeting places and important sites. Two extra pairs of stones situated in the NE and SW of the circle, align with the needle stone alongside the Lake. These join the 'line' of the Midsummer sunrise that runs through the tree cathedral to Midsummer Boulevard in the centre of Milton Keynes.
Ref: Milton Keynes City Council's website