Activated Spaces

The Street Team has been busy installing the latest round of Street Level Art. The current round showcases a wide range of artists including esteemed local professionals, budding amateurs, professional interior designers, students from the University of Dayton, downtown residents, and past Activated Spaces participants. The displays are sometimes informative like Tony Kroeger’s maps of [...]

If you happened to go past the corner of Third and St. Clair last Friday during Urban Nights, you may have noticed something out of the ordinary taking place. Friday night marked the exciting kickoff of the project that has become known as “The Wall”, a large-scale wall mural being done by artist Josh Flohre [...]

Local online magazine – DaytonMostMetro.com featured Activated Spaces with a story focused on the UD Rivers Institute. Read the story, learn about this great organization, and see the art installation downtown. Read the story here.

Josh Flohre Josh Flohre’s mural is something that until lately has been kept tightly under wrap, but the project will begin Friday morning and into the evening for Urban Nights. The project has been in the works for only a few weeks and had a tight deadline to get approval.  This project would not have [...]

Inspired by the vision of the Greater Downtown Dayton Plan, the young, creative professionals of updayton and Generation Dayton joined forces to give new life to vacant street-level commercial space. Less than one year into the project, Activated Spaces is bringing storefronts to life with a second round of artwork installations . . . Activated [...]