Note:  This program takes place at the art bench at the front of Croixdale Senior Living, 750 Minnesota Hwy 95.  

Celebrate art, nature and reading this summer!  Gather at the Art Bernches, listen to stories, participate in art & nature activities with National Park Service Rangers, and take home free gently used and new books!

Free and open to the public.

Books & Benches is a project of the Somerset Elementary Family Book Drive in partnership with the Phipps Center for the Arts and local libraries to increase summer reading and promote community art in the St. Croix Valley.  Special thanks to W.H.O. Books, with their mission to spread social awareness of diversity, equity, and acceptance, for donating new books to give away free.  To learn more, go to who books.org.

The Art Bench Trail is a program of the Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI, in partnership with the St. Croix Valley Foundation and the National Park Service.