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Latest Urban Art Intersections Mural Completed

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The Downtown Dayton Partnership’s Urban Art Intersections project — a collaboration with The Contemporary Dayton — has completed its latest public art installation, a 75-foot tall colorful display designed and painted by the Dayton artist, Atalie Gagnet. The design, inspired by the geometric repetition of mandalas, also played upon the linear surroundings of the Transportation Center Garage and Convention Center, Gagnet said. “It’s all about pretty lines,” she said of the way the curved lines of her mural play off of the tall wall space surrounded by straight lines in the corners, windows, and parking garage floors nearby.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gagnet spent several days suspended more than 70 feet above the sidewalks of downtown on a lift finishing her design and expressed her gratitude for being given this platform to share her artwork. “Public art and murals are important in our city because right now it is a worldwide phenomenon, and we can bring it right here to Dayton, Ohio,” she said. Urban Art Intersections projects are funded by the Downtown Dayton Partnership to promote downtown Dayton and engage audiences of all ages in local art. This mural was funded in part by a City of Dayton Neighborhood mini-grant. For more public art, you can take a Downtown Public Art Walk self guided tour.

New Oregon District Mural To Bring Some Lovin’

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In August, Atalie Gagnet, Tiffany Clark and Zack Sliver began working on a collaborative project to create a memorial for the  Dayton community after a mass shooting in the Oregon District. From fundraising for the project, creating the concept and design, and getting permits, this small group of three took on the might task of creating this art piece.

According to Atalie, “the floral theme represents those who lost their lives and those affected and the concept came from John Legend performing at Blind Bob’s Bar to lift the community- covering Marvin Gaye’s, What’s Going On.”  She’s also quick to thank their assistants, Cheyanne Lumpkin and Leslea Hipp for their hard work and the  Mendenhall Family for their hospitality and perfect wall, the community donors and Bryan Devilbiss at Vandalia Rental and Sherwin Williams for their donations.

Zack Sliver expressed his thought , “Thank you to Dayton for your continued strength. We don’t “Got to Find a Way,” we already know how to “Bring Some Lovin’ Here Today.   Let us not forget who we lost and always to look for the light in the darkness.”

Gaye’s introspective lyrics explore themes of drug abuse, poverty, and the Vietnam War. He has also been credited with promoting awareness of ecological issues before the public outcry over them had become prominent.”

Written by Renaldo “Obie” Benson of the Four Tops Benson said, ‘My partners told me it was a protest song. I said ‘no man, it’s a love song, about love and understanding. I’m not protesting. I want to know what’s going on.'”

All photographed captured by  Jordan Lynn Freshour.

New Mural To Take Shape on Levitt Dayton’s Walls

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Work on a mural designed by local artist Brent Beck will begin this month at the Levitt Pavilion Dayton. The architectural design of the Levitt was an inspiration, along with including the commissioned poem by Sierra Leone  The Contemporary Dayton led the call for artists, and a committee of Levitt Dayton staff, board trustees and local stakeholders, reviewed the submissions for the mural to bring public art to the Levitt and with the intent to share the poem with the community.

“The mural design is inspired by the clean angular geometry of the architecture and a dynamic sense of rhythm and spirit found in music, poetry, and the community,” said Beck. “The compositions are intended to complement the architecture, not to obscure it. The elements are meant to represent the sun rays filtering through the skyline bringing joy and life to a once forgotten corner of Dayton. The Levitt color palette has been utilized to represent the pavilion’s beautiful natural setting among the lawn, sky, and sunshine which is so wonderfully brought to life in Sierra’s [Leone] poem.”

Sierra Leone’s poem will be featured in full within the mural so that anyone can read it as they attend concerts or walk through the park. The poem will be performed at the first concert of the 2020 Eichelberger concert season.

The artist executing Beck’s design is Atalie Gagnet, a Dayton, Ohio native. Atalie began her mural and logo signage business in 2003. After graduating from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, her career in art led her to Brooklyn, NY, where she was a studio manager for a prominent artist, executing his work and managing projects. From there, she worked with the exhibition construction crew at the Guggenheim Museum. She has had the privilege of sharing her painting skills locally and internationally managing and installing outdoor murals up to 7,000 sq. ft. for Architechtural Digest for Art Basel Miami, Graniti, Sicily, Rockford, Illinois, Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio.