During a Lewisville City Council work session on Monday, Dec. 18, council received a presentation from public art consultant Todd Bressi on the City of Lewisville’s Public Art Master Plan.
The jackrabbits are posed in various anthropomorphic characters to portray historically significant events in Lewisville.
The sculpture concepts and clay modeling were completed by selected UNT student artists in the intermediate sculpture: multiples and monuments class, taught by Jeffrey McClung, and the casting and finishing work on each sculpture was completed by David and Martin Iles of Bolivar Bronze.Â
The artists and featured historical events are:
Cultivator, by Steven Hendrix, portrays the classic Lewisville Farmer that was the high school mascot during the 1940s and 1950s. Wearing traditional denim overalls, Cultivator is chewing on a blade of wheat and holding a three-pronged pitchfork upright to symbolize another win for the team. Hendrixâ Cultivator also features a tractor and is located at the Visitor Information Center, 247 W. Main St.