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Fourteen Local Artists Paint Murals in the Warehouse
District
Special to The Truth
Art Corner Toledo, with administrative funding support
from Toledo City Council and Lucas County Commissioners, has
organized an opportunity for 14 local artists to paint
murals in the Warehouse District this summer. The project
is underway and will be completed before the Wander the
Warehouse event on Sunday September 20, 2015.
Additional funding support to purchase supplies from
Byrne Paint to supplement a donation from Sherwin Williams
was organized by the Toledo Warehouse District Association
with an online Indiegogo campaign.
During the winter and spring months, Art Corner Toledo
held a series of community meetings in the Warehouse
District during which local artists were invited to submit
their designs after hearing input from community members.
Joe Marck, the building owner, had given permission
to paint 12 slots in a parking lot near Toledo Farmer's
Market in order to create a sense of space and destination
where now people park for Mud Hens games. The designs
traveled through the local approval process and, in May,
were given the go ahead to begin painting when the weather
allowed.
The 12 local artists will be compensated by funding
granted to Art Corner Toledo from Lucas County Commissioners
and their names are as follows: Amber Lefevre Soboleski,
Erin Peterson, Deborah Augustine, Ed Conn, Merce Culp, Amy
Fidler, Daniel Mauk, Alfred Frank, Sammi Dougherty, Jeffery
Weiser, Delfina Zapata, and Tina Tagle.
The last two artists serve as president and vice
president of OLA (Organization of Latino Artists) who were
instrumental in the first few waves of murals to be painted
in Toledo's South End on Broadway Street. Each artist
involved with the project has contributed to the creative
renaissance in Toledo and Art Corner Toledo is thrilled to
have them all on board.
A separate project in the same district involves Douglas
Kampfer and Natalie Lanese who will paint a baseball and
Toledo treasure themed mural on Jack Wilson's Sculpture
Studio building at St. Clair near Washington.
For additional information, please contact Rachel
Richardson at 419-810-5804 or
artcornertoledo@gmail.com.
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