MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – Once a year, artists, community groups, students and teachers descend on the center trail of the Middletown County Trailside Park to install the annual EcoArts: Lake County Sculpture Walk.

This year’s installation began last Saturday May 18, and continues through Tuesday, May 28.

They encourage the public to come and see the evolution of a large scale public art exhibit and perhaps meet an artist or three.

The Middletown County Trailside Park is a jewel in the county park system; a 107-acre, natural landscape of woodlands and meadows.

There are three miles of trails for walking, cycling and horseback riding. There are benches and picnic tables scattered throughout the park. The Sculpture Walk exhibit is sited along the first one-third of the meandering center trail.

Each year the EcoArtists are challenged to create work that relates to nature. Art works may incorporate natural or recycled materials or engage in issues or content relating to the earth’s ecology.

This matter is taken to heart annually by local artists and Lake County nonprofits including students at the Lake County International Charter School and Marianne Martinelli’s class at the Coyote Valley Elementary School.

Now in its 11th year, The Sculpture Walk is a free, long-term public art exhibit that draws over 3,000 viewers each season.

The opening reception is Sunday, June 9, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. It is free and open to the public.

The Sculpture Walk will be open from dawn till dusk until mid-October. There is a free self-guided tour book at the entrance to the center trail and docent tours can be arranged by appointment.

EcoArts of Lake County is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the visual arts, visual art education and ecological stewardship for artists, residents, and visitors to Lake County.

For more information visit www.EcoArtsofLakeCounty.org , or contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 707-809-5398.