Peppermint Days - 2007

muralMANIA was alive and kicking during Peppermint Days 2007. Two murals were being painted at the same time. The mural "Street of Dreams" was temporarily brought to downtown Lyons, so the crowd could see James(artist) doing his magic. This mural will be finished sometime in August and will have a dedication soon after......I will have the dedication date and other information posted as soon as I know.
The second mural "A Window in Time" worked on by Corky Goss and Chip Miller is about finished. It is the new face of Dobbins Drugs and looks incredible. The front of the store used to be painted stucco and looked nothing like the historic buildings second floor, which is all brick. Corky and Chip brought that historic look down by painting bricks and cement posts. This brick and cement post painting looks so real and is three-dimensional that people are coming up to it and touching it thinking real bricks would be there....SURPRISE. They also painted a large window that shows three generations of Pharmacist's working inside along with shelving and a boy raiding gumball machine. It's as though your actually looking in a window. This is a must see so head down to Dobbins Drugs, it will be worth the trip.
We've also just learned that Corky and Chip have been hired to do a mural on the side of the Mitchell Dentist Building in downtown Lyons. They will be starting this after they do another mural in Syracuse.
Mark and I will be working very hard to find potential mural locations. We want James, Corky and Chip to stick around for a long time. We also have another project that we're considering that would honor the military. I will explain in my next blog.

G.Winston Dobbins Memorial Park....MISSION ACCOMPLISHED !

Everyone should be proud.........Wayne County Star 6/20/2007

http://wcs.wayuga.com/en/94/wide/4947/

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Artist James Zeger has begun work on the mural that will next grace the Village of Lyons.

R News - Segment on Mural Mania

R News came to Lyons at 6am on Monday June 10th................Segment aired all day

http://www.rnews.com/mediaplayer/players/wmplayerlite.aspx?sid=49991

Visitors to the Mural

While Mark and Noel were watering the flowers at the park yesterday, boaters from Florida and Maryland arrived who had read about the mural in the Canal Times and came by hire boat to view it. Mark happened to have his video camera with him and recorded what the mural visitors had to say.

A Mural Cover Story

The Wayne County Star ran a full story of the Lyons Mural Mania project on the front page of its May 2, 2007 issue. [read story]


Plans are underway for the Lyons, New York artwork to expand throughout the village's canalside and downtown.

Mural Installation at G. Winston Dobbins Park

I woke up this morning feeling nervous and at the same time excited. I went out to my car and was about to get in when I dropped my phone. At the same moment I was told I had a phone call in the house. I went in and it was a friend from Syracuse telling me he was 10 minutes away. The excitement was raised to another level, so I ran out jumped in the care and started to pull out. The next sound I heard was my tire running over my phone. Granted, this was a $400.00 phone that my company gave me, but what a boneheaded move. My excitement was temporarily taken over by anger, but excitement was too powerful. New phone will arrive Tuesday, nuff said.
Having this Saturday come to an end was sad for me. We worked so hard over the past few months for this day. Having the mural put up brought tears to my eyes as I thought of Dad handing Mark a brochure on murals. I then saw Dad's postcard raised onto the abutment and wishing he was here to see it. So as I sit here now I think of all the people who had a hand in this. James, Mark, Seth, Jessica, Colleen, Helen, Sidney, Hailey, Corky, Charlie, Ann, Stuart and many others who did their part in making this a top 10 day in my life. Thank you, Thank you all for your participation, I know Dad would be gleaming.
This is only the beginning !
Noel

State of the Mural

Photo of the nearly completed mural as it currently sits inside the LaGasse Works, Inc. machine shop:

Intro to LyonsMuralMania.com

The purpose of this website is to allow for news and information updates on the Lyons, NY community mural program. Initiated by the Lyons Chamber of Commerce, the project has taken off and a brand new mural is scheduled to be unveiled on location later this very morning.