Public Art Section

• Our big appetite for consumption

  By Lauren HeatonMarch 21, 2013

  We humans hunger for many things, from food to knowledge to comfort. As Americans, by virtue of economics, we have been feeding those hungers since the post-war era. What effect that sustained and frenzied consumption has had on cultures across the globe is the subject of the new art exhibit, Appetite: An American Pastime, going up at Herndon Gallery this week.

• JBCP studio time and workshop— Hungarian potters travel to village

  By Diane Chiddister

  In much of Hungary, handmade pottery is at the heart of daily life, objects both beautiful and useful. In villages, earthenware jugs for water remain unglazed so that the water inside can evaporate on the walls of the jug, keeping the water cool.

• Bronze Symposium coming to town

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 14, 2013

  

  The Yellow Springs Experience: Bronze Sculpture Symposium will take place on the Antioch College campus for two weeks in October, featuring sculptors creating original abstract works that will be cast in bronze and later be given to the Village.

• Art casts a hopeful shadow on schools

  By Matt MindeFebruary 1, 2013

  A few weeks ago a ghostly new figure appeared on the south side of Mills Lawn, The structure, entitled Triple Shadow Double Frame, was designed to use art to get students to wonder about the world around them.

• Triple Shadow the promise of a new kind of education in the village

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  Mills Lawn recently welcomed to its campus a new piece of public art to be used as an innovative teaching tool.

• Council moves on public art

  By Lauren HeatonNovember 15, 2012

  Village Council members discussed the first draft of its first ever public art policy at their meeting Monday, Nov. 5. The policy, drafted by Village Manager Laura Curliss, covers the principles and procedures the Village will use to accept both permanent and temporary installations of art in Village-owned spaces.

• Local officer designs 9/11 monument

  By Lauren HeatonSeptember 7, 2012

  

  Yellow Springs police officer Brian Carlson designed a monument in Fairborn to honor the victims of the 9/11 attack.

• Villagers re-decorate for tolerance

  By Lauren HeatonAugust 9, 2012

  

  When Yellow Springers celebrated Pride weekend last month, many honored the occasion by attaching colorful bands of yarn and felt around trees and light poles downtown. So it came as a shock when some villagers noticed this month that someone had been cutting down the art.

• Cirque Carnival brings the bizarre to Dayton Street

  By Megan BachmanJuly 22, 2012

  

  Clowns and families alike swarmed Dayton Street for face painting, henna tattoos, food, music, acrobatics, fire dance, hula hooping and more.

• Local arts supporters speak up

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 14, 2012

  

  Saturday’s public art forum at the First Presbyterian Church was a celebration of the arts in Yellow Springs, along with a brainstorming session on ways to enhance the arts community and what role, if any, local government should play.