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Architect Inspiration – Odile Decq
Odile Decq began practicing in Paris, directly out of school, thirty-three years ago. Her first work that caught my eye had blood orange ribbons flowing through antique spaces. That is, the restaurant renovation of the l’opera restaurant in Paris. I found facades that fold back into the earth in Austria. Two newer projects host beating hearts in the expansive spaces of art museums. The orange theaters hold the place where thoughts are shared; the hearts (of all things central to a building) are suspended to create a place where ideas must be shared to live.
The (Phantom) l’opera restaurant in Paris. Photo on designboom here
Odile Decq speaks to Architectural Record in June 2013’s issue article titled ‘Women in Architecture Now’
“…practicing architecture is really complicated and it’s very hard, but it’s possible. I discovered early on that to be an architect you have to have a little bit of talent and a maximum of determination and not focus on the complications.”
– June 2013 Architectural Record by By Beth Broome
FRAC Bretagne in Rennes France. Photo on Architectural Record © Roland Halbe
Taken from the architect’s site:
The Liaunig Collection Museum reinterprets the dual idea, apparently in contradictions of the conxtextual inscription and the immaterial escaping, of natural and artificial, heavy and light, shadow and light.
Between the site and the museum no one is before the other. Their interaction defines the exhibition promenade. Nevertheless, the museum is distinct from the slop by its artificiality and its porosity clearly seen through the interstices in between the curved lines.
The envelopp of the museum finds its origin in the slop itself by its pleats and drapes in softly sinuous tension.Lifted up, the curves of the slop are re-interpreted in volumes. Compressed, twisted and redevelopped they re-constitute the idea of a belvedere looking toward the valley, the village and the castle. Forward, the lines of the museum and the lines of the park are prolonged and blended, increasing the perception of a landscape museum.
On the façades the lines become waves. Then, the envelopp becomes an in-between: the outside and the inside, the enclosed and the opened, a building and a landscape, Art and Nature. The envelopp as light filter gives a transition ibetween the full light of outside and the inside of the art promenade.
The walk through the building becomes a sequential discovery, an event.
In the landscape around, the sinuous roads take the topography into account and every travel is a scenic discovery. In the museum every space is conceived to lead the visitors to move, to travel through the building, to experiment the art exhibitions.
Spaces are never centered. The inside space is not static but dynamic and gives to the visitors the attractivity of a constant discovery.A sinuous ditch in the middle of the park re-orientates the ondulations of the park territory. A path is turning all around it and on its way, three belvederes are looking to the Drau below. The Artist Residence is ‘the house in the trees’ above the Drau. Three free black cubes spreaded in the park will be developped by individual artists.
One month ago there was a great art event in St. Clairsville, Ohio. Musicians, painters, photographers, professional, and amateur poets got together and shared the evening. The turn out was overwhelming. Our community that night was flourishing.
The gallery decided to open the doors a little wider and invited 15 people to participate in a poetry and photography show. It was titled ‘Journeys: an exploration through photography and poetry,’ and was defined by each individual in their own creative way. There was a photo of a bright horizon in Aruba, one taken at a silence retreat in front of a fire, and another of a stairway strewn with over-growing vines. Our work looked lovely, floating in the low-lit room before everyone arrived. Our collaborative was successful in many ways. The participants were filled with anticipation and pride. There is an entire new perspective of what you feel you can do when your work hangs up on a wall.
The positive response came from the excitement in the artists that had never had the chance to ‘show’ in a gallery, and their many friends who came to support them. Many people there that night had never attended a Main Street Gallery function, but were eager to come back again. The discussions lasted until 11 in the evening, but the memories made a lasting impact on me.
Thanks Josie, for the wonderful panoramic and collage photos above!
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Our floating work and conversations as the gallery filled with people.
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The deep fluid sound of trombone and keyboard held together the mood that night.
A few artists took a moment to explain their ‘Journeys.’ It was an impromptu and informal presentation that the entire gallery paused to be apart of. Marc Harshman shared poetry from his newly published collection ‘All That Feeds Us‘ and unraveled his poem ‘Why Not Wish’ with animation, that was printed for the evening’s event. Local painter, Melanie Steffl-Thompson encouraged everyone with her words of soothing advice. Creative things are happening here, positive things are happening here, here where we live in Ohio. She encouraged the young and old people listening; people listening and playing their own part in the evening where we all came together to share art.
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Technically my title is wrong. It should take about 75 miles to get from one destination to the other, but I’m including the extra to account for the necessary back and forth trip we biked from Cedar Creek campsite to an evening brew at the Trailside Restaurant and Pub Saturday night. The trip between Ohiopyle and Pittsburgh began earlier for my brother who took off from Pittsburgh Thursday morning on the Great Allegheny Passage – GAP trail. He made it to Ohiopyle Friday and Phil and I joined him for the return trip. We biked a longer trip last year and decided to shorten the mileage per day in order to incorporate more sight-seeing along the way. Connellsville was hosting a river-side arts festival, breakfast at Gary’s Chuck Wagon Restaurant surprised us with great coffee and dense donuts, and at the terminus Point Park in Pittsburgh we were greeted by a fantastic thunderstorm!
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It’s been a wet June. We were more fortunate on the return trip to find an underpass, or to be sleeping beneath a lean-to when storms crossed the trial. Beginning in Ohiopyle Saturday morning was bright and sunny. Outdoor adventurists were crawling over the rock studded river sides, cyclists were gazing to the cascading falls from the bridges, and we were partaking in the breakfast bar at Falls Market and Restaurant. After scampering along the water’s edge ourselves we hit the trail and took the scenic ‘GAP’ bridge over the river. We followed the Youghiogheny River as it wove at a downward grade through the tulip forest. Ferns feathered the hillside as brush beneath the many single-filed tree trunks. Waterfalls generously poured into the thickening river, turning over stair-stepped banks of rock. We were shaded, the trail muddier than usual, and we could hear a few raindrops falling late from the previous night’s storm. From Mile 70, to 80, to 90, we rode mostly in quick conversations side by side at 13 mph. Then, at other times, in the pure silence of nature rushing by.
GAP Trail Maps
We set-up camp at Cedar Creek for free. With a hikers hut and restrooms available we were set for the night. Sharing the campsite with only four other campers made for a very peaceful evening. Well, that’s what we thought until we had a rude awakening.
Storms rolled around us through the night, but that was nothing compared to the sound of the train! Three or more times a thumping, screeching, rambling distraction made noise like we were about to be run over. This was the music of progress I suppose, the only sound cutting through the crickets and raindrops in an otherwise secluded (feeling) place.
As I mentioned earlier, before turning in we biked to the Trailside Restaurant and Pub in West Newton, PA. We enjoyed fresh food and bottled beer along with another small rain storm. The Pirates were playing and the mood on the deck porch was easy-going.
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We woke up as well as we could and biked the four miles back into West Newton where we found coffee at Gary’s Chuckwagon restaurant. The placed filled up as Sunday service concluded and as we left. We were only thirty miles out of downtown Pittsburgh.
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The map below is a piece of what can be found on the GAP website. It details the places along the trail for bikers and hikers alike to enjoy between Greenock and Pittsburgh, PA. We were in luck pulling into little Boston that a bike shop / kayak and canoe rental had WD-40 to help with my brothers’ squeaking bike chain. They were really helpful and I told the man there that I’d blog about his shop. The place is called Ted’s Peddler’s Village, and the brochure is here:
~Trail side rentals near Boston PA aerial below~
We felt so close to Pittsburgh, but drove through the pathways around McKeesport, up and over the bridges crossing railway tracks near Duquesne, and into Homestead for quite a few more miles.
The trail at Homestead is a very nice trail running between the river and new development. The path alone made me want to live there. The iron fencing running for miles would make iron workers drool. The Three Rivers Heritage Trail criss-crosses the GAP here, and offers bikers another reason to bike in Pittsburgh. The GAP leads to the rear side of Kennywood and skims the side of Sandcastle Water park, teasing hot cyclists as we drive on to finish our ride. And, finish our ride we did, just before the thunder show. We rode through the raindrops and circled the Point. We stopped quickly for pictures before the fountain and found cover beneath the concrete shell overpass at the point with many others as the storm passed.
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A good ride, good company, and a great accomplishment achieving 85 miles feels good for a weekend!
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Bringing New Life to History
Wheeling is getting spiffed, shined, and buffed. To the north Victorian neighborhoods are full of painted ladies getting a face-lift. Ms. Hogan and her OnTRAC design team are beautifying gateways to the city. In the middle of downtown the ten story ‘Riley’ building is becoming the Kaley Center.
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Photos by Julie Doerr
West Virginia Northern Community College (WVNCC) is securing their place in downtown Wheeling by developing a corner campus on the south end.
Photo by Julie Doerr
The care of these old buildings draws attention to more than the new white windows and creamy exact stone along the sidewalk. The renovations represent a spirit reviving the attitude of people making the streets busier. The architectural firm I am associated with, SMG Architects, has held an important role leading the design efforts of the two newest buildings of WVNCC. We have also been integral on every floor, inside and out, of the new Kaley Center. It is evident in the positive community response how thoughtful architecture gives back to a town more than what each private client desired.
The transformation of the Riley building into the Kaley Center began as Kalkreuth initiated combining multiple Wheeling locations into once central space. The renovation of this tall thin building is opening up eyes to the street; hundreds of new windows closed over in the 70’s have been replaced. The new white windows against recently repointed brick and a freshly orange painted north side make the building look new. It’s a dramatic re-entry into the city looking up and down so many streets where many buildings like it have been torn down. Out of a 5th story window the historic Baltimore and Ohio Railroad passenger station (B&O) roof can be seen. This significant structure is WVNCC’s main building which was renovated by SMG in the 90’s.
WVNCC is further securing their place in downtown Wheeling by redeveloping two existing buildings on opposite street corners of their main building.
Photo by Julie Doerr
With the recent renovation of the two buildings the core of campus straddles a busy intersection of two crossroads in and out of the city. The piazza in front of the B&O building links the two renovations to this historic one. On the forth side and enclosing the concentrated campus around the piazza, is no less significant a building –it is West Virginia’s Independence Hall.
Photo by Julie Doerr
The importance of these buildings throughout West Virginia’s history implies that many tourists and locals alike would seek this area for enjoyment. They played a role inspiring the two older buildings in need of renovation to finish the area as a complete destination. The area will play a role in the historical atmosphere as well as an academic lifestyle. The Applied Technology Center (ATC) is now ready for fall-time operation. The recent ribbon cutting received a lot of local focus –‘A beautiful building inside and out.’ The exterior arches took direction from Independence Hall. The parapet was cut to lighten the brick load above.
The stone base and new mullioned windows provide more detail at the pedestrian scale and demand the use as a new and proper entrance.
Remnants of the building’s former use as a theater were found at the second level, an open area formerly used to store vehicles, and in the dark recesses of the attic above.
Over the large floor area the tin ceiling was repainted metallic silver and walls were built not to touch or disrupt the eye along the beautiful coffered ceiling. Rough plaster and exposed brick were refreshed and painted moody blue while fluted plaster details of the structural brick columns remain as white supports. The large spaces are used for heavy rolling carts allowing students to imitate taking apart and fixing complicated HVAC components. The size of the rooms also allowed for a bold array of colors –purple off setting receptacles on red wheels –red hallways, checker patterned floors fading like the plaster walls to the exposed brick. SMG ran with the idea that color could be used to enhance the heightened activity of what these students were going to learn. The majority of students going through WVNCC are working locally after graduation. This is a place where local students can hone their abilities and then give back to the community. It was a task taken seriously by SMG.
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Colorful photos above by Julie Doerr
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photo by Julie Doerr
Something more for locals to enjoy will be opening across the street in about a month. A Barnes & Noble will be the coffee shop/ book store tenant on the bottom floor of WVNCC’s student center building. The triangular site houses the foundation of the former one-story triangular building. SMG left three walls and built out at the east side to position a new elevator, stair, and clock tower closest to the main campus building. The tower reminds an older generation of the clock tower that once stood over the site when trains coming to and from town were on elevated tracks.
Taken from WVNCC’s website
Existing and construction photos of the new Student Center / B&N are shown below.
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photo by Julie Doerr
This new building will be clad in the thick two-foot long stone so that along three corners of the Market and 16th Street intersection, three buildings will belong to a campus. These renovations will pull the center of campus to the piazza in front of the B&O building –an area that hosts a garden for WVNCC’s Culinary school, ice-sculpting events, and the Wheeling Arts festival among other events throughout the year. The community and students alike will enjoy the new heartbeat of an enhanced southern end to downtown Wheeling.
As an architect it is wonderful to have a creative hand in a lot of these improvements. From large-scale buildings to smaller projects that catch the eye quickly along the sidewalk, every opportunity to make a place better counts. When one takes care of the city they live in they leave an everlasting impression on the spirit. This enables future generations to appreciate the hard work before them, and entices them to preserve this history that will enable new life to prosper.
Other local stories of the success are copied below:
May 11, 2013~
WVNCC Scores Major Success
In baseball terms, what West Virginia Northern Community College has done at the corner of Market and 16th streets in Wheeling amounts to a grand slam.
WVNCC officials this week held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at their new Applied Technology Center in the former Straub Honda building.
College officials’ first score was in expanding their campus to provide better service to students.
Score No. 2 was in pursuing the “adaptive reuse” philosophy that already has been very successful in Wheeling. Instead of finding a vacant lot and erecting a new building, WVNCC remodeled, expanded and improved the existing structure. The same thing is being done across the street, with another former Straub building that will house a Barnes & Noble bookstore.
Third across home plate, so to speak, was WVNCC’s dedication to doing the Applied Technology Center right. Designed by Victor Greco and his SMG Architects firm of Wheeling, the center is simply beautiful. The exterior blends well with the historic West Virginia Independence Hall, just across Market Street.
Finally, the last big score by WVNCC is in the building’s purpose. It will provide job-ready graduates in a variety of in-demand technologies, ranging from welding to “mechatronics,” a blend of mechanical, electrical and computer engineering.
WVNCC has a long, proud tradition of working with business and industry to tailor its programs to job-providers’ needs. The Applied Technology Center takes that to a whole new, higher level.
The college also has a record of working with its communities – Wheeling, New Martinsville and Weirton – to improve them while serving students from their areas.
All involved in the new Wheeling campus facilities should be very proud of what has been accomplished. Again, WVNCC has scored big on this one.
May 7, 2013~
By Ian Hicks
College Unveils New Classroom Facilities
WHEELING – The result of five years of planning, property negotiation and construction was on display Monday as West Virginia Northern Community College unveiled its new Applied Technology Center in downtown Wheeling.
College officials said the former Straub Honda showroom at the corner of 16th and Market streets will be ready when fall semester classes begin Aug. 19. Many of the courses to be offered at the center, they said – including those in mechatronics, welding and diesel technology – are designed to help support the growing oil and gas industry and position students for success in that field and others.
“What people are going to learn here is going to be applicable to the jobs that are here and the jobs that are coming,” said college President Martin Olshinsky prior to a ceremonial ribbon cutting.
The building is painted in bright colors and large windows allow plenty of natural light inside, while several strategically placed cameras keep watch over the exterior. The first floor features a large reception area, office space and a refrigeration, heating and air conditioning lab decked out with all-new equipment, and two additional labs on the ground floor will house courses in welding and diesel technology.
The upstairs features additional classroom space as well as a large room that – despite the dizzying array of dials, buttons, switches and colored wires at its various work stations – is not the set of a science fiction film but WVNCC’s new mechatronics lab. There, students will learn a blend of mechanical, electrical and computer engineering that will help them deal with the sophisticated equipment of today’s manufacturing facilities.
“It’s industrial maintenance on steroids, if you will,” said Michael Koon, WVNCC’s vice president of workforce development.
While occupations typically are classified as “blue collar” or “white collar” depending on the nature of their demands, Koon said those who study mechatronics are forging their own identity in the work force.
“They’re calling them gold-collar workers because they mean that much to employers,” Koon said.
One of those employers is steelmaker ArcelorMittal, whose “Steelworker for the Future” concept was, in part, the genesis of WVNCC’s mechatronics program. It envisions a more tech-savvy, highly educated labor force to replace the current generation that is rapidly approaching retirement age.
James Skidmore, chancellor of the West Virginia Community and Technical College System, praised state legislators representing the Northern Panhandle for their support of the project, noting the $6 million capital projects bond issued in 2008 to fund this and other improvements for WVNCC was the first of its kind devoted exclusively to community colleges. He believes that step ultimately will open the door for more West Virginians to gain higher skills and higher wages.
“We did not always have the facilities to do that, and now we do,” Skidmore said.
With all but a few finishing touches at the Applied Technology Center complete, the focus now shifts to completing work on the opposite side of the corner on the former Straub Hyundai property, where a new Barnes & Noble store should provide a much-needed boost to the downtown Wheeling retail scene. That building, expected to be finished sometime in July, also will serve as a student activities center, though the bookstore will be open to the public.
Mayor Andy McKenzie said empty buildings in Wheeling all too often decay and end up being demolished, and he commended WVNCC for keeping that from happening to the Straub buildings, noting the Applied Technology Center was once a theater before it was a car dealership.
“Now, we’re seeing a great reuse of these structures in the downtown,” McKenzie said.
The project was designed by Victor Greco and his firm SMG Architects of Wheeling. DeSalvo Construction of Hubbard, Ohio, is the general contractor, which was the low bidder among eight competing firms.
April 21, 2013~
By Linda Comins
WVNCC Brightens Downtown
There is an old-time hymn that urges people to “brighten the corner where you are.” In the secular realm, officials of West Virginia Northern Community College and their design consultants are indeed brightening the corner of 16th and Market streets in downtown Wheeling.
Those of us who work in that downtown neighborhood have watched with abundant anticipation and curiosity as contractors have begun the process of transforming the former Straub automotive properties into modern educational facilities for the community college. Work is nearing completion on the first phase of the project, the repurposing and expansion of the former Honda dealership building on the corner of 16th and Market streets.
We watched with great interest as the letters spelling out the structure’s new name – Applied Technology Center – were affixed to the front of the building at mid-week. Upright banners bearing the Northern logo also were attached to the exterior of the renovated facility. Pedestrians gave a silent cheer as the new sidewalks were opened around the site.
Other finishing touches are being added to the new center, signaling the final phases of this work. We’re told that a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Applied Technology Center is planned for early May. In the near future, students will begin utilizing the complex to learn the latest technologies to prepare for 21st-century careers.
Meanwhile, work continues at a rapid pace on the other corner as the former Hyundai dealership building is being rebuilt and expanded for Northern’s new student center and Barnes and Noble bookstore. In a relatively short span, crews leveled all but one wall of the original structure and teams began to construct the new facility.
Wheeling architect Victor Greco, who designed the new facilities, deserves major awards for his innovative concepts and thoughtful attention to detail on the massive project. Greco utilized stonework on the Applied Technology Center to complement the beautiful sandstone of West Virginia Independence Hall, the National Historic Landmark located on the opposite corner of 16th and Market streets, and to echo the stonework on the college’s B&O Building situated diagonally across from the new center. In Greco’s vision, the brick facade of the Applied Technology Center matches the B&O Building’s red brick exterior.
Showing attention to detail, the architect designed the cool, new copper awnings on the Applied Technology Center as an homage to the copper trim on the roof of the B&O Building. Greco also plans to have green accents on the Applied Technology Center and on the student center-bookstore complex as a visual nod to the green tile roof of the B&O Building.
September 21, 2012~
By Sarah Harmon
WVNCC Begins $2.1M Renovation
WHEELING – As part of the ongoing expansion of its downtown campus, West Virginia Northern Community College officials broke ground Thursday morning for the $2.1 million renovation of the former Straub Hyundai building into the new Barnes & Noble bookstore and Student Union.
“By pairing an expanded Barnes & Noble bookstore and a larger space for students to gather, we believe West Virginia Northern is providing the internal and external college community in Wheeling and an exciting new meeting and shopping place,” Martin J. Olshinsky, WVNCC president, said. “We are growing, and so is the city.”
The renovation will be conducted by Trushel Construction Co. of Weirton, the successful low bidder on the project. Steve Lippiello, WVNCC’s vice president of administrative services, said the college expects construction to start by mid-October with a completion anticipated in June.
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Creating a campus is about the proximity of buildings. WVNCC was at one time only in the historic structure of the B&O building. But now, WVNCC has a campus. Campus is composed of four buildings that allow the students to cross over intersections in downtown Wheeling, WV. Two buildings designed by SMG will open this summer.
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Main Street Gallery Event
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This Thursday, June 6th, friends of the Main Street Art Gallery will present ‘Journeys: an exploration through photography and poetry.’
The show of fifteen artists will include works of poetry, photography, and stained glass. Many photos and poems were inspired from one another as the creation of the show developed over the past few months. The theme, Journeys, travels through each of the pieces as the flight of birds, into the horizon of the ocean, and with the words of wishes.
The participants gathered together by this invitational show have varied backgrounds. Talents range from amateur photographers and poets to West Virginia’s poet laureate, Marc Harshman.
Enjoy a short presentation of the work with the artists at the show opening. The artist’s reception begins at 5:30 on June 6, 2013. Light refreshments will be served. Music offered by pianist Joe Jancura and trombonist John Gruber will play between the conversations of artists taking visitors along their artful journeys of today.
Participants: Amy Bergdale, Coty Cole, Kellie Cole, Phil Cole, Leah Ettema, John Gruber, Sue Gruber, Marc Harshman, Bill Hogan, Josie Pickens, Brad Schrum, Nikki Sothoron, Ben Steffl-Thompson, Melanie Steffl-Thompson, James Wodarcyk
Main Street Art Gallery is located at 145 East Main Street in the historic downtown of St. Clairsville, Ohio. Reception hours are from 5:30 – 9 on the evening of June 6, 2013. Daily hours of the gallery are during the business hours of 9-5.
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48 at the Hill, 1:49 at the Finish
Memorial Day brings about a tradition in my family every year. We train, invite family and friends in for the weekend, eat lasagna and then take part in the Ogden race of Wheeling, WV.
My brother and I split the race and completed the relay to take 3rd place. My mother and aunt competed in the ‘all female’ category and placed 4th with a personal best for my Mom. Dad took 3rd in his age group and let Channel 9 News know what a great day for running Saturday turned out to be, and how wonderful it is to show off Wheeling in this way.
“It’s cool for the folks watching but for the participants it’s just perfect weather. It’s a perfect day for a run,” says participant Stephen Clark.
(A second Article on the Ogden Newspapers Half Marathon Classic.)
My aunt was warned about ‘that hill’ at the first half of the relay when she elected to be the first leg of the race. Though our warnings tried to give value to it’s difficulty, she still had something to exclaim at the end. I suppose we’ll explain it to out-of-towners in the future as a mountain. After climbing that part of the race, you feel as if you can conquer anything! Good job everyone!
~ The Pittsburgh Marathon 2013 ~
See them off at the starting line, run to 7th street bridge and catch our runner friends by their 5th mile, then get to Station Square to cheer em on at 9… well that was the plan. But there were so many runners, and our friends were so fast, that we saw one take off from downtown, and didn’t catch up until we had a car bring us to Mile 22.
The day was a perfect day for running. Waking up too early on top of Mt. Washington afforded a beautiful sunrise over the city as we took the incline down into the excited atmosphere.
The one friend we saw off from the starting line was ahead of everyone in his corral.
Quick strides and bridges full of fans.
Long strides, and us, as fans.
Pep up at mile 22.
Only half of a mile to go, and then, refreshment!
Congrats to the relay team – 3 RIVERS 8 LEGS with a time of 3:14:28!
Flying!
To the girls above with personal best times of 4:35:39!
Allison, who ran her first marathon placed 3027th overall! I’m so proud of her and everyone for accomplishing more than those 26.2 miles!
Great race.
{ The Main Street Gallery }
My husband and I are fortunate to be surrounded by creative, athletic, inspiring people. Fourteen people gathered to discuss poems and photography until the eleven o’clock hour on a school night this week. Yes, that’s right, a group of us who have met over the past couple of years in the same gallery space, came into it to develop a show of our own. Over the course of the night the attention was held by each one of us as we shared photography and then read poems. This first attempt at combining the photos to poems, wondering if what we all brought with us could somehow describe what another person was describing, drew out more than we expected. I left with more images in my head than I began with. I brought poems to the table, and now I was pushed to write more!
There were quilted flowers, Cinque Terra images, clovers and aging farms. The theme of ‘Journey’ took a different path in everyone. Some journeys traced water down rivers, others sought light in glass, paddle boats were still like lifeless swings. There was earth and water mixing, the horizon lines of Aruba, and personal journeys described in one still shot. Journey meant time in another country for some, watching little boys live a life we weren’t used to. There were meaningful moments captured by a fire with the silence of writing. There were funny memories relived in poem stories. It was great to be apart of. It was wonderful to see what everyone volunteered to share after each small presentation. The images are floating in my mind, the funeral umbrella’s, the black and white picture describing a wife, and this underlying desire of interest in what one another’s talents are producing.
The show hopes to open in a month, and I look forward to the exponentially growing perspectives of the new people we may find drawn toward this Journey.
The Main Street Gallery is located at 145 East Main Street in St. Clairsville, Ohio.
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In the West Virginia Mountains
The Purple Fiddle, Mountain Made, & Tip Top make Thomas, WV a place of great rest and refreshment in between West Virginia’s beautiful opportunity for hiking in the mountains.
Create West Virginia published a great publication a few years ago that pursued the talent and human capital of West Virginia. One article featured the Purple Fiddle, as you may read below.
For the Full Pamphlet : createwv-paper
The Washington Post also recently highlighted Thomas, WV in an article urging urbanites to seek out the galleries, walk the steps along a forgotten railway, and be apart of the night life budding in the mountains. I can’t wait to visit this little jewel of a town in the lovely mountains again soon.
