Public Art with Lisa Nonken

“Dayton is a fascinating subject to explore: it is multi-layered and contradictory, with a weighty history and an uncertain future. Since the 1960s, the population of Dayton has been in steady decline. Downtown Dayton once was a bustling center of commerce, industry and innovation, yet today most businesses have closed or are struggling to stay afloat. Commerce continues to buzz on the outskirts of Dayton today, but that activity rarely finds its way downtown.

Over the summer, the group worked together to devise a host of artistic activities investigating ways to reflect, represent, converse with and intervene in this environment. Projects included stop-action animations, public interventions in collaboration with other Blue Sky groups, and floating mobile installations, all of which took different approaches to the complex subject of Dayton. “

Student Artist:
Artem Voevodin, University of Dayton

Youth Participants:
Diana Colonia, Dayton
Tessa Kellner, Kettering
Wesley Langford, Dayton
Ariel Phoenix, Dayton
Travis Waller, Dayton