Well .. now the Castle dwellers at Stan Hywet have a wizard of their own .. after hiring P.R. Miller, a man whose business cards dub him the "Grizzled Wizard", as the hall's new Artist-In-Residence.
For those of you unfamiliar with Miller's work, he's the controversial-and-yet-ultra-creative artist who uses recycled materials to make mammoth works of expression. 
Think giant frogs from a dozen cans of aerosol foam. His works are all over town already, and just like you know a Don Drumm when you see the sunshine, you'll know a P.R. Miller piece when you see one.
Somehow I can see an ABJ political cartoon showing recycled aluminum pieces being forged into a statue of John Seiberling, or a giant mound of old tires encompassing Stan Hywet's flower gardens .. but I really think Miller can add some vibrancy to the colors that already elevate the grounds to one of Akron's premier locations.
I saw Miller yesterday at the Ohio Mart Festival (highly recommend it by the way) as he was building an interactive arch of pumpkins. He's excited at the job, which carries a one-year contract as a full-time employee.
Stop and say hi when you see him; trust me, he's never at a loss for words.
3 comments:
This is so cool and amazing that I can't believe Stan Hywet of all places has done it. It's so appropriate for a place trying to carry on for the Seiberlings, and so inappropriate for the stuffy folks running Stan Hywet. There's more to artistic life than tulips.
I also highly recommend Ohio Mart and three cheers for all the volunteers! I don't know about the people that actually run Stan Hywet. But many (non-stuffy) volunteers give a lot of time and energy to keep Stan Hywet an asset to the community.
Sorry ald. Your point is well taken. I used to be a Stan Hywet OhioMart volunteer myself, and a certainly have nothing against the place. I know how hard you all work. I'm not particularly fond of the new landscaping, and I deeply resent the way the new guy is scoring points by criticizing Bill Snyder's work.
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