During September 1998, the walls of the Landwehr Children’s Library Center came alive with the work of muralist Joyce Winter of Menomonee Falls. Winter created a series of artwork that depicts themes of families, sites of Sheboygan, and outdoor adventures during Wisconsin’s four seasons. A frieze in the Story Garden features a look “Above the Garden Wall” showing sky, sun, rainbows, clouds and birds.Other areas feature the unifying theme of arched windows that “look” out onto scenes of places and people from the area. Several local children and adults served as models for Winter.
The murals were painted using washable, non-toxic acrylic paint.
Winter has painted murals in several schools in Menomonee Falls and exhibits regularly at art shows and fairs. She has attended Mount Mary College, Milwaukee Area Technical College, and the Layton School of Art, all in Milwaukee. Funding for the project was provided by a gift from the French Family Foundation to the Mead Public Library Foundation.