The Cedar Park Arts Advisory Board is following through on a plan to develop a sculpture garden in public city space.
The artistic garden will be located adjacent to the Cedar Park Recreation Center in the Town Center subdivision, staff intern Kimberly Painter confirmed at the April 11 Cedar Park City Council meeting.
Twelve loaned sculpture pieces will be featured, she said. Artists will receive a $300 stipend per piece presented for one year. There will also be three annual events to showcase the artwork, Painter said.
Joe Lanane’s career is rooted in community journalism, having worked for a variety of Midwest-area publications before landing south of the Mason-Dixon line in 2011 as the Stillwater News-Press news editor. He arrived at Community Impact Newspaper in 2012, gaining experience as editor of the company’s second-oldest publication in Leander/Cedar Park. He eventually became Central Austin editor, covering City Hall and the urban core of the city.
Lanane leveraged that experience to become Austin managing editor in 2016. He managed eight Central Texas editions from Georgetown to San Marcos. Working from company headquarters, Lanane also became heavily involved in enacting corporate-wide editorial improvements. In 2017, Lanane was promoted to executive editor, overseeing editorial operations throughout the company. The Illinois native received his bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois University and his journalism master’s degree from Ball State University.
