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 [...]

Are you ready for Urban Nights? In addition to the newest Activated Spaces installations open for viewing (awesomeness), there’s all sorts of cool things happening. Be sure to check out the info available at the Downtown Dayton Partnership Web site or this great article highlighting some of your options. Get the latest updates by following [...]

Activated Spaces grew out of the Greater Downtown Dayton Plan, a community-wide initiative that is bringing together regional leaders, business people, volunteers, and residents to make a difference. Boy, oh boy – is there a lot going on. Check out the Mid-Year Progress Report here to see what’s been happening. (We’re on page 4!) So, [...]

St. Clair Lofts, 35 S. Saint Clair St. Masks | By Shulamit H. Adler Shulamit’s recent showings include the following: May – Jun 2011, Restoration (submitted), Gallery Saint John, MEEC, Beavercreek Mar – Apr 2011, Visions of Experience, McGinnis Centre, University of Dayton October 2010,  Art at the Arb, Zorniger Education Center, Cox Arboretum MetroPark, [...]

Young professionals who are members of the organizations updayton and Generation Dayton are leading Activated Spaces, a project of the Greater Downtown Dayton Plan that’s aimed at giving new life to now-vacant street-level commercial spaces. The group’s first project, which debuted during the May Urban Nights, was installing several works by local artists in storefront [...]