Public Art Section :: Page 3

  • Cups, dishes meet the sky, artistically

    By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 1, 2011

    Corner Cone owner Bob Swaney, left, and local artist Bill Mischler posed recently with the sculpture that Swaney commissioned from Mischler that now stands outside the ice cream restaurant on Dayton Street. Mischler was inspired by piles of dishes stacked in his sink. (Photo by Diane Chiddister)

    As an artist, Bill Mischler sees beauty where others might miss it. For instance, he’s sometimes struck by the compelling designs created by the dishes stacked up in his kitchen sink.

  • Graffiti in the school yard, with praise

    By Lauren HeatonMay 23, 2011

    This month a group of Mills Lawn Skills for Life enrichment students applied their newfound grafitti talent to a public art installment on the soccer wall behind the school.

    In an creatively anti-vandalizing way, a group of Mills Lawn students took their spray cans and paint brushes to the school yard this month to repurpose the soccer wall into a work of graffiti art.

  • Buddha home for the holidays

    By Lauren HeatonDecember 22, 2010

    Buddha

    Snow Buddha appeared last Thursday, Dec. 16, in front of Brother Bear’s Coffee House.

  • Eddie to be honored at 14th Art Stroll

    By Megan BachmanOctober 7, 2010

    n was in 1996 that long-time village shopkeeper and painter Eddie Eckenrode helped organize the first Art Stroll. So it seems only fitting that this fall’s Art Stroll be held in honor of him.

  • Tour to focus on the creative process

    By Megan Bachman

    For the last seven years, the annual October Studio Tour has flooded the town with art buyers, boosting the local tourist economy and supporting its artists.

  • Post office mural gets a shine

    By Lauren HeatonSeptember 16, 2010

    Chicago conservator John Salhus cleaned the 1941 mural in the Yellow Springs post office this week. (photo by Lauren Heaton)

    If residents who frequent the U.S. Post Office in Yellow Springs haven’t noticed the mural at the eastern end of the lobby, perhaps it’s because of the grease, grit and grime that has been dulling the paint for the past 70 years.

  • The Kieth’s Alley gallery

    By Aaron ZaremskySeptember 3, 2010

    Pierre Nagley and his companion Beetoe relax under her likeness in Keith's Alley (photo by Aaron Zaremsky)

    Pierre Nagley’s new mural in Keith’s alley is of his Chihuahua Beetoe.

  • Fairies occupy downtown

    By Diane ChiddisterJune 27, 2010

    Local artist Kathleen McMillan created flower fairies out of silk flowers, and has placed the fairies in downtown trees.

    Artist Kathleen McMillan created flower fairies and nestled them in downtown trees.

  • Building expression

    By Lauren HeatonMay 9, 2010

    Bruce Parker carefully cultivated this original species of orange, red and blue Whimsical Recycled Kinetic art. (photo by Lauren Heaton)

    On a very windy Saturday, the petaled wheels of Bruce Parker’s Whimsical Recycled Kinetic Art were spinning in ways other flowers just don’t do.

  • Hudson sculpture honors firefighters

    By Megan BachmanMay 6, 2010

    Local sculptor Jon Barlow Hudson has created public art for more than 30 years, his works of swirling stone and steel spread around the globe. But his latest design for a public sculpture is unlike any before — honoring those who died fighting fires and saving lives.

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