MRAL Banners
The design of the MRAL Banners has been a collaborative design process whereby all artists have been invited to participate in designing the banners with NDC staff and volunteer graphic designer, Corey T. Beasley. The purpose of the MRAL Banners is to highlight the diverse array of artwork that is being created by artists who live and work in the building, and so their involvement in the design process was pertinent. Through this process we created a banner sign plan, chose dimensions for the banners that we will produce, and created a design strategy for the banners, which involved collecting images of artwork from the Artist Loft residents.
There will be four banners located on the facade of the building that faces onto Rhode Island Avenue. Each banner will be designed to highlight a type of artist (Dance, Musician, Singer, and Visual Artist) in the foreground, placed overtop of a collage of images in the background.
Project Completion: 2008
Project Location: 3311 Rhode Island Avenue Mount Rainier, MD
NDC Volunteer Architect: Nick Bernel, Michael Marshall Architects
NDC Volunteer Graphic Designer: Corey T. Beasley, U.S. Census Bureau
MRAL Artist Resident Committee: D. Black, Karen Brown, Chabrina, Sylvana Christopher, Stephen Clapp, Donna (Dee) Clark, Gary Coletrane, Graham Fox, Toni George, Greer, Joanna Lawrence, Mike Lurry,
Dyrell Madison, Gesel Mason, Venus McCrea,
Monica Perdomo, Caitlin Phillips, Valerie Phillips, Heather Rose, Laura Schandelmeier, Andaiye Scott, Marsha Stein, Katurah Thomas, Joel E. Traylor III, Lisette TT, and Datjwan Marquet Woodland.
Links: ArtSpace