Public works made possible by grants and private funding, with support from projectART programming.
The 4th Chair Project | 2024
Heather Carter & Emmett Cole
9,000’ marine grade rubber cording, flexible fencing, up-cycled plastic chairs, &
reclaimed lumber
These unique outdoor chairs were designed by local sculptor, Heather Carter, and fabricated alongside Wimberley ISD Practicum student, Emmett Cole, and community members. These tactile chairs contain 13,500 8″ pieces of cording woven into 1/2” mesh fencing to create a fabric-like cover over the forms, resulting in 6,750 fibers per chair.
Each chair took nearly 150 hours to fabricate.
The 4th Chair Project is located in front of ARTSPACE at
111 River Road, Suite 100, Wimberley, TX 78666
The Gateways Project
Heather Carter & Jamie Pettit
The Gateways Project will result in three public art installations made of naturally sourced and native materials, connect Blue Hole Regional Park and the Cypress Creek Nature Trail and Preserve in Wimberley, two different trails that meander through the native trees and understory by Cypress Creek.
This art installation was designed by local sculptor, Heather Carter, and fabricated alongside artist, Jamie Pettit, and area students, in partnership with Wimberley Parks and Recreation and Keep Wimberley Beautiful, and made possible by a generous grant from The Texas Commission for the Arts (TCA).
It is anticipated that the Gateways Project will be completed summer 2024.
Sanctuary | 2023
Heather Carter & Quintin Buchanan
Fallen cedar & steel
Sanctuary celebrates the ash juniper (colloquially “cedar”) as life-giving, soil-building, water-saving, and habitat-protecting tree. Through repurpose and renewal, this nest-like spiral sculpture invites visitors of all kinds inside – to the understanding that these native trees are an integral part of our local ecosystem and provide one of the only nesting spots for the Endangered Golden-cheeked Warbler.
This art installation was designed and fabricated by local sculptor, Heather Carter, and projectMENTOR student, Quintin Buchanan, in partnership with Wimberley Parks and Recreation.
Sanctuary took nearly 100 hours to complete.
Sanctuary is located within the Patsy Glenn Refuge at
14068 Ranch Road 12, Wimberley, TX 78676
Sponsor a Project
We are actively seeking grants and community support to help offset our project costs. If you would like to sponsor a project, please contact us.