Occupying the entire 65 feet-wide window-front of the office at 20710 Chagrin Boulevard, the installation features 24 human figures who represent actual Shaker residents. The figures are clustered into three aspects of daily life: work, family/home, and leisure.
Formulation of the plan began in February, when Howard Hanna Shaker Heights Realtors decided that the large windows in the front of their office presented an opportunity to reflect daily elements of the community’s residential lifestyle to passers-by.
Howard Hanna Realtors Marilyn Isler and Leah Eisenberg and Shaker ranch Manager Myra White, approached Dan Whitley chairperson of the art department of Shaker Heights High School, and soon, Mary and Courtney took on the challenge as their senior project.
Members of the office worked with Mary and Courtney to create a business plan for the project as a practical learning experience. The students then developed the concept for the art, created a budget, and presented the budget for funding. With their plans approved, they began creative work in May.
They took life-size photos of Shaker residents, then projected the photographic images on colored sheets of masonite paneling, cut them out, and then painstakingly positioned them in the expansive window-front to maximize the visual appeal. |
