River Run Mural Design Finalists
The community is invited to provide feedback on the four design finalists for a mural design that will enhance the beauty of the downtown riverfront.
River Run Mural Design Finalists
The community is invited to provide feedback on the four design finalists for a mural design that will enhance the beauty of the downtown riverfront. The mural is expected to be painted this summer and will serve as a visual backdrop for the RiverScape River Run project.
The Downtown Dayton Partnership (DDP), Miami Conservancy District (MCD), and Five Rivers MetroParks led the search for artists/designers to submit design ideas to be painted on the 953-foot-long, concrete floodwall on the north side of the Great Miami River. The Dayton Visual Arts Center (DVAC) led the artist outreach process to successfully engage the local arts/design community. More than 80 submissions from throughout the country were submitted and reviewed by a design selection committee. The four finalists include designs by the following artists: Geoffrey Smith, Kettering, Ohio; Michael Anderson, Belleville, Illinois; Amy Deal, Oakwood, Ohio; and Christian Larson, Dayton, Ohio.
Images of the four finalists are available online at www.downtowndayton.org and www.dayton.com. Community feedback is being collected through an online forum on Dayton.com through 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, April 29. The design selection committee will review feedback and determine the winning design based on criteria outlined in project RFP.
Members of the design selection committee include: Chair, Bear Monita, Managing Partner, LWC Incorporated; Cathy Ponitz, CareSource; Julia Wallace, Market Vice President, Cox Media Group Ohio; Janet Bly, General Manager, Miami Conservancy District; Carrie Scarff, Deputy Director, Five Rivers MetroParks; Sandy Gudorf, President, Downtown Dayton Partnership; Shari Rethman, Dean, Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences, Sinclair Community College; Judith Huacuja, Chair, Department of Art and Design, University of Dayton; Kristin Sobolik, Dean, College of Liberal Arts, Wright State University; Alexis Larsen, External Affairs Director, Dayton Art Institute; Caroline Glynn and Erin Fox, University of Dayton River Stewards representatives; and James Pate, artist and art educator.
“The goal of the project is to commission a design that highlights or reveals something unique about the recreational, environmental or aesthetic beauty of the river,” said Bear Monita, chair of the design selection committee. “We received excellent submissions and are excited to share the finalists with the community to get their feedback before we select the winning design.”
The River Run mural project is made possible through the support of the CareSource Foundation, The Ohio Facilities Construction Commission and Cox Media Group Ohio. Visit www.downtowndayton.org for more information.
