Lyons, NY Mural Mania

Wedding of the waters: the Erie ... - Google Book Search

2009-05-10T23:52:00.000-05:00

Wedding of the waters: the Erie ... - Google Book Search

Mural Mania Painting

2009-05-07T10:15:00.001-05:00

This is a reminder that we are painting tonight at the Grange (Old Library) in Lyons at 6:00 p.m. on the mural that was painted in 1990. We are bringing this old mural to life and would welcome your help.

Here are a few photos from last week.

Mark

Noel Dobbins inducted into Lyons Hall of Fame

2008-06-09T10:35:00.002-05:00

Noel Dobbins, a leading force in making Mural Mania a reality, has been posthumously inducted into the Lyons Hall of Fame.

Thank you, Noel.

Fwd: What's Happening in Lyons

2008-06-09T08:58:00.001-05:00

Here are a few shots to keep everyone up to date. Corky and Chip have started painting the mural on Canal Street. I have also included a few photos the Jackson School House mural. Notice the "stones in the road" Last the dirt is out of the fountain and it looks great.

Mark

MuralMania.org

2008-06-09T08:39:00.002-05:00

Since the last post on this website, MuralMania.org was born to track the "Big Picture" vision. Check out the murals page and see the 4 completed murals so far in Lyons, including Winston's Dream, Street of Dreams, Generations, and Generations of Smiles.

Peppermint Days - 2007

2007-07-18T12:50:00.000-05:00

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 !

2007-06-20T21:10:00.000-05:00

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

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

Nexxxt

2007-06-15T23:23:00.000-05:00

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

R News - Segment on Mural Mania

2007-06-12T22:54:00.000-05:00

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

2007-05-28T11:54:00.000-05:00

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

2007-05-04T21:45:00.000-05:00

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

2007-04-21T20:30:00.000-05:00

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

2007-04-21T06:49:00.000-05:00

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

Intro to LyonsMuralMania.com

2007-04-21T06:40:00.001-05:00

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.