Art Bomb Brigade finishes latest Akron project
The Art Bomb Brigade, a creative team from the University of Akron, only recently finished a mural, and has now finished another project—the largest piece of public art it has worked on to date.
Students covered over 4,000 square feet of exterior walls on some of the buildings on High Street, Maiden Lane, and Market Street, all in the Historic Arts District.
The students were led by Elisa Gargarella, who founded and directs the Art Bomb Brigade. Her team comprised Steve Ehret, Dan Coffield, Marissa McClellan, and 23 students who worked on stenciling colors and designs on the building for more than two weeks.
While students worked in the Arts District, other students from the University, as well as teens from the LIFT program at Akron Public Schools, worked in the maker space at Myers School of Art at UA, creating the stencils that would be needed for spray painting the mural.
Gargarella said she started the various arts programs to bring creative leaders, artists, teachers, and urban students together to inspire positive change in the city, one project at a time. She hopes that the public art projects she and the Bomb Brigade have done will inspire nonprofit organizations and small businesses to invest in the area's young people, as well as local artists.
Efforts like this are important to the community, so organizers might consider working with a flyer printing company on a mailer for the area, explaining the project.
Students covered over 4,000 square feet of exterior walls on some of the buildings on High Street, Maiden Lane, and Market Street, all in the Historic Arts District.
The students were led by Elisa Gargarella, who founded and directs the Art Bomb Brigade. Her team comprised Steve Ehret, Dan Coffield, Marissa McClellan, and 23 students who worked on stenciling colors and designs on the building for more than two weeks.
While students worked in the Arts District, other students from the University, as well as teens from the LIFT program at Akron Public Schools, worked in the maker space at Myers School of Art at UA, creating the stencils that would be needed for spray painting the mural.
Gargarella said she started the various arts programs to bring creative leaders, artists, teachers, and urban students together to inspire positive change in the city, one project at a time. She hopes that the public art projects she and the Bomb Brigade have done will inspire nonprofit organizations and small businesses to invest in the area's young people, as well as local artists.
Efforts like this are important to the community, so organizers might consider working with a flyer printing company on a mailer for the area, explaining the project.