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Merger Moment, 2016 | Public Sculptures by David Griggs | Eric Snow YMCA in Canton. Item composed of steel and stone
Merger Moment, 2016 | Public Sculptures by David Griggs | Eric Snow YMCA in Canton. Item composed of steel and stone
Merger Moment, 2016 | Public Sculptures by David Griggs | Eric Snow YMCA in Canton. Item composed of steel and stone
Merger Moment, 2016 | Public Sculptures by David Griggs | Eric Snow YMCA in Canton. Item composed of steel and stone
Merger Moment, 2016 | Public Sculptures by David Griggs | Eric Snow YMCA in Canton. Item composed of steel and stone

Created and Sold by David Griggs

David Griggs

Merger Moment, 2016 - Public Sculptures

Featured In Eric Snow YMCA, Canton, OH

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This steel and stone sculpture is an entrance arch for Canton’s downtown YMCA. In the heart of the City, the arch is evocative of football-related forms, recognizing the City’s importance as the birthplace of the National Football League. The top of the arch references the famous roof of the original NFL Hall of Fame building, and many of the sculpture’s other shapes were inspired by forms associated with football. The design incorporates fabricated steel elements and stone veneer. Because of its urban setting, the sculpture also has a significant nighttime presence. In-ground uplights throw light onto the underside of the arch. Strips of LED lighting illuminate the edges of the sculptural arch shapes. All of these lights are programmed to shift colors and change intensity, offering a variety of nighttime impressions.

Item Merger Moment, 2016
Created by David Griggs
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David Griggs
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David Griggs is a Denver-based artist who has completed over 60 commissioned works of art throughout the United States. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder with a Masters Degree in Fine Arts. He has worked in many capacities in the arts, including gallery manager, museum preparator, and studio artist. For the last 30 years he has been self-employed as a Public Artist, designing and building work for Percent For Art, Public Art, and Private commissions. Recent commissions include projects for Anchorage, Boulder, Chicago, Dallas, Jacksonville, Las Vegas, Madison, San Antonio, Santa Fe, Stockton, Toronto, and Washington. Increasingly he has become involved in projects that require not only designing and building Public Art, but also Public Art planning, strategizing and advocacy. Griggs lives and works with his wife Stella in a 140-year-old building in Denver’s burgeoning Santa Fe Arts District.