The Community
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Doug Anderson
Doug Anderson. Glass. Doug lives and works in northwestern Coshocton County. His work has been shown worldwide and is represented locally by Commonwealth Americana and exhibited most recently at the Pomerene Center for the Arts as part of the exhibit OUR HILLS ARE ALIVE, May/June 2014. Back in year 1980 I fell into a deep relationship with glass. The glass has proven itself to be malleable, forgiving, and innately beautiful to the senses. Although the characteristic of glass are many, it is most usually known to us as a useful container or a see-through window. I have enjoyed glass as a medium to express my thoughts and feelings apart from its utilitarian function.…
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3 schemes
The Pomerene Center for the Arts recruited a team of 5 community members to work with Tim Frank to design an artPARK for 325 Main Street, Coshocton, Ohio. Referencing the history of the space as the site of the Park Hotel 1880-2005, the team was charged with designing a succession of outdoor rooms for comfort and compelling habitability. The artPARK will serve as a place to display temporary public works of arts, show movies and present performances as well serve as an anchor for the revitalization of downtown Coshocton. Three spatial schemes were developed over the weekend of March 21, 2014 under the direction of Designer Tim Frank: Scheme #1…
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Designing the PARK
PARK HOTEL 1881 | Built for Alex and Benton Renfrew, brothers & farmers in the Canal Lewisville area 1883 | Opened by first owner, James H. Stocking 1884 | Sold to William T. Zeller 1907 | Sold to Thomas Rittenhouse, then later that year to William H. Bachert 1909 | Hotel and building sold to Coshocton Real Estate Co. 1975 | Sold to Jerold Zwelling 2014 | Sand lot sold to Pomerene Center for the Arts WE’RE READY to design a permanent park referencing the history of the space as the long time site of the Park Hotel. We’re thinking of a succession of outdoor rooms with the capacity to…
