Downtown mural celebrates Black Swamp Arts Festival
Nikki Myers and her art class at Bowling Green High School are putting the finishing touches on a mural
project that celebrates the 20-year history of the Black Swamp Arts Festival.
The finished mural will decorate the wall of the vacant Rail Billiards at 145 N. Main Street and will be
installed on Friday afternoon as the Black Swamp Art Festival begins.
"We tried to capture the essence of the festival with the youth area, music, art, food, people and
downtown," said Myers. The artists are also including several hidden salamanders in the design.
The project began last spring after Myers was approached by members of the festival committee. She and
her students did preliminary design work before the summer break, then Myers worked out the technical
details of how to create the artwork over the summer.
The Downtown Foundation coordinated the donations that funded the project.
BG gallery hop Friday
Bowling Green’s First Friday Gallery Hop will take place Friday from 5 to 8 p.m.
The participating art venues are:
• Akimbo Gallery, 175 N. Main St. featuring "Butterflies", ink and watercolor miniatures by
Susan Woodard as well as hand-made butterfly feeders. Toraigh an Sonas will play traditional Irish
music.
• Art-a-site! 116 S. Main St., will offer a sale.
• DADA, 131 W. Wooster St. features work by local artists working in various media. Refreshments served.
• Happy Badger, 331 N. Main St.,with live jazz by students from Bowling Green State University and
University of Toledo. Free movie showing on the lawn at dark.
• Studio 14 Tattoos and Body Piercings, 125 N. Main St. Art by resident artists, Laura Flickenger, John
Embry, Digger Pierce, Corey Jones and Joe Peabody in styles from hyper-refined oil painting to
traditional Americana of tattooing’s roots.
Quick’s guitar featured
in Jazz on Maumee show
TOLEDO – Jazz on the Maumee continues with a performance by guitarist Jason Quick and Co. Sept. 12 from 5
to 7 p.m. in the Aqua Lounge, 444 N Summit St.
Tickets are $15, and $10 for members of the Toledo Art Tatum Jazz Society.
Rep holding auditions
for ‘War of the Worlds’
TOLEDO – The Toledo Rep will be holding auditions for the live radio play of "The War of the
Worlds" Sept. 15 at 1:00 at the Rep located at 16 Tenth St.
Actors auditioning will read sides from the scripts that will be provided at the audition.
Performances are scheduled for October 26 and 27. Kate Argow is directing.
Online:
toledorep.org
