Public Art
The Harroun River Walk Mural Project is a joint project with the Northview/Southview Art Departments and their students. Under the supervision of their teachers, students created a beautiful mural to the underpass on the Harroun River Walk trail. The project was funded by the City of Sylvania and coordinated by Sylvania Arts.
The Sylvania Community Arts Commission is responsible for curating and maintaining a great collection of public art throughout Sylvania. These works enhance our daily lives, bring business in from outside our city, and activate our community.
THE TOWNSEND BRIDGE PROJECT
The Sylvania Community Arts Commission (SCAC) was an important conduit for seeking a local artist to create artwork to enhance a portion of the Silica Road bridge structure crossing the Ottawa River near Sylvania Northview High School. The artwork was placed on a stone pillar adjacent to a plaque honoring a long time art educator at Sylvania Northview, Don Townsend. The artists selected was Gail Christofferson and was awarded a stipend of $5000.
DOWNTOWN BANNERS
Sylvania Arts works collaboratively with the City of Sylvania, Red Bird Sylvania, Heritage and local art galleries to bring banners to the light poles of the downtown area. Children’s art, local professional artists and local events are often the theme of the banners which are changed three times a year. We thank our local sponsors who make this program possible.
WE UP-CYCLE OUR BANNERS INTO BAGS! Our “banner bags” are 100% recycled banners, for sale at Sylvania Arts and Red Bird events. Great for the beach, shopping and all your goods!
Creaticity October 2017.
You can view our Creaticity installation while walking the streets of downtown Sylvania. This project invited artists to submit existing art work for consideration. Winning works were then turned into installations which transformed electric and utility boxes throughout downtown Sylvania into colorful and inspiring work by local and regional artists.
Roots of Sylvania, Dani Fuller,
This mural was commissioned by artist Dani Fuller in an effort to bring more public art to the Sylvania community and celebrate the Spirit of Sylvania. Fuller focused on the history and roots of Sylvania in her design that includes imagery of the railroad, Lathrop House, Sam Abell, Jamie Farr and more all connected through beautiful trees. Take a stroll through the historical village to view the large mural on the back of Maplewood Marketplace. 2014
Video Link to the making of this mural.
The mural is located along Main St. and was commissioned by the City of Sylvania to celebrate the many “faces” that make the great community of Sylvania. It was painted by dozens of volunteer “hands” and is a tribute to our communities creativity and diversity. 2016 Artist Unknown
“Triangle of Trees” -The work known as the “Triad of Trees” was dedicated on April 29, 1988 and located in the James Seney Park at the intersection of Monroe and Alexis. The piece was created by sign maker Bruce Janssen. A three sided structure made of steel frame, anodized aluminum, and wood with each of the three sides resembling the shape of a tree with applied wood leaves and wood tree trunk branches. This was one of the first collaborative works between SACA and the City of Sylvania.
