Public Art Section :: Page 7

• In time for spring, an artistic blooming on Dayton Street

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 1, 2010

  

  “Flower power” will take on new meaning soon in Yellow Springs, as colorful blossoms spring to life on benches and poles on Dayton and Corry Streets, just in time for the greening of spring. It’s the latest project from Corrine Bayraktaroglu and Nancy Mellon, also known as the JafaGirls.

• Skeins away! Yarn-bombers strike

  By Brooke BryanOctober 1, 2009

  

  Forgive this reporter for stating the obvious: Yellow Springs has been yarn bombed.

  Yarn Bombing, a new glossy craft book, has a definite Yellow Springs flavor: the book features full-page spreads of the fiber art of locals Nancy Mellon and Corrine Bayraktaroglu — aka the JafaGirls — presented as a radical art practice called knit graffiti.

• Banner elicits public art talk

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 23, 2009

  At their April 20 meeting, members of Village Council began a discussion on developing a Village policy on public art. Council members Lori Askeland, Kathryn Van der Heiden, Karen Wintrow and John Booth were present. Absent was Council President Judith Hempfling.

• Library mural to honor Fishbain

  By Susan GartnerMay 22, 2008

  Beth Holyoke and Kaethi Seidl worked last week on the library’s tile bench and mural commissioned by the family of Harold Fishbain to honor his life as a local physician, playful storyteller and avid reader. Photo by Susan Gartner.

• Banners fly high once again

  By Susan GartnerApril 17, 2008

  

  Just when you think you’ve reached your limit of gray skies and brown grass, a bright spot of color appears in the shape of…a five-foot tall blue bug? a purple horse? a majestic macaw?

• Neat knots and knick-knacks: the Knit Knot Tree finds fame

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 20, 2008

  

  You can call it a tree in a sweater, a community crazy quilt, or one more quirky idea from Nancy Mellon and Corrine Bayraktaroglu. Whatever you call it, the knitted art project on the pear tree outside the Emporium seems to have taken the world by storm.