Lloyd’s Trek - Rock Island, IL
N 41° 30.746 W 090° 34.544
15T E 702304 N 4598482
Lloyd’s Trek- Artist- Stuart Morris, Installed 2010
Mosaics on leg done by Augustana students under direction of Megan Quinn in 2015 & 2016. This unique steel sculpture is hard to miss near the west entrance to Schweibert Park.
Waymark Code: WM14FY6
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 07/01/2021
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Lloyd Schoeneman began working for Quad City Arts in 1978 as a resident artist, teaching art to many groups including children, the elderly, the disabled and the incarcerated.
He worked for Quad City Arts for 22 years, including as executive director of the Quad City Arts Council when the organization, along with others, merged and become Quad City Arts in 1988. He pioneered several of the council’s early visual art outreach programs, working in the local prison and other sites to educate people and lead them in art making.
His love for art was matched only by his passion for baseball and devotion to his family and community. He even considered a run for city council at one point.
He served as the Director for Public Visual Arts & Community Liaison at Quad City Arts, and was instrumental in founding several arts organizations, including the Open Cities Film Society, Kaleidoscope, A Very Special Arts Festival and the Quad City Presenters Group.
At Quad City Arts, Schoeneman had a key role in creating the Metro Arts summer youth employment program and the Arts Dollars/Access regranting program, funding individuals and groups to create community arts projects. He was the administrator for the Face the River sculpture project.
Schoeneman died Aug. 17, 2001 from cancer, at age 49.
He and Megan Quinn, Augustana art professor, who specializes in ceramics, were married 13 years. She has been a longtime member of Quad City Arts’ visual arts committee. She also led a Metro Arts group of students in creating a mosaic for the sculpture in Schoeneman’s honor.
Title: Lloyd’s Trek - Rock Island IL
Artist: Stuart Morris
Media (materials) used: Steel Tile Glass
Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Schweibert Riverfront Park
Date of creation or placement: 2010
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