{"id":606807,"date":"2026-08-28T02:28:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T02:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/606807\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T02:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T02:28:32","slug":"ian-dawson-brings-harmony-to-city-building-with-sculpture-installation-bg-independent-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/606807\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Dawson brings \u2018Harmony\u2019 to City Building with sculpture installation \u2013 BG Independent News"},"content":{"rendered":"

By LINDSAY-JO DOUGLAS<\/p>\n

BG Independent News<\/p>\n

After studying in Italy, Ian Dawson has returned to the United States and created a sculpture titled \u201cHarmony\u201d that was recently installed at the City Administration Building. The goal of the piece is to inspire people to be happy, to make art, and to find balance. Using the colors of the chakras \u2013 purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red \u2013 Dawson created a piece made of glass and metal for the public to enjoy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did it to represent hope, peace, happiness, and alignment with one\u2019s self,\u201d Dawson said. \u201cWith all the chaos that\u2019s going on in the world, I felt that it was something that the world [would] need.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel, as artists, our job is to make the world a prettier place, to inspire people, to get other people into art, to the young kids inspired into art instead of on their phones,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thought that bringing art into the building would bring some life into the building,\u201d Mayor Mike Aspacher said. \u201cThis meets that criteria.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to Dawson\u2019s sculpture, which will be displayed for at least one year, a mosaic mural funded by the Bowling Green Community Foundation and the Greater Toledo Community Foundation will be installed later in 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you for sharing it with the community,\u201d Aspacher said of the sculpture. \u201cWe\u2019ll proudly display it in the building.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"More<\/a>Posted by: Lindsay-Jo Douglas<\/a> on August 27, 2026.
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