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Albany Arts Commission proposes naming City Hall gallery, seeks grants for ghost-mural light project
Summary
The Albany Arts Commission asked the City Council Oct. 20 to name the first-floor City Hall gallery for local artist Gwen Marcheese and outlined a funded gallery season, plans to wrap downtown utility boxes with art, and a proposed light-projection series to revive historic downtown “ghost” murals.
The Albany Arts Commission presented its annual report at the City Council work session on Oct. 20, proposing to name the first-floor City Hall gallery for local artist Gwen Marcheese and describing ongoing fundraising and public-art plans, including a light-projection “ghost mural” project.
The commission chair, Nolan Streitberger, told the council the commission had 56 artists exhibit in the City Hall gallery this year and sold about 30 works totaling $1,605, of which the commission kept roughly $235 to support First Fridays and gallery operations. Streitberger said the commission has no regular budget line and relies on fundraising for gallery programming and security costs.
The commission proposed naming the gallery after Gwen…
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