DUNWOODY, Ga. — On a sunny spring afternoon March 20, Dunwoody officials and supporters of the local art community celebrated the unveiling of “The Landscape of Dunwoody.”
The rolling hills and towering pine trees depicted on the mosaic mural highlight scenery typical of Metro Atlanta. The brighter orange and purple tiles reflect the red clay soil found throughout the state’s Piedmont region.
“The Landscape of Dunwoody,” gracing the corner of Chamblee Dunwoody and Womack roads, is the creation of artists Julie Mazzoni and Jennifer Freeman. The work stretches 36 feet and varies in height from 3 and a-half feet on the left to 5 feet on the right. It adorns
“I was driving around Brook Run Park at the Nature Center during the design phase,” Mazzoni said. “I was making sure I had the right feel for [the city].”
Off-site work on the mural began last August, with Mazzoni and Freeman speaking every day and transporting pieces back and forth between their home studios.
Thousands of pieces of stained glass, fused glass and porcelain tile compose the mural’s 22 panels. The design includes the city’s name in a colorful display of trees, hills, fields and sky.
“We don’t have a clue how many pieces,” Freeman said.
“We were trying to enjoy the process, so we didn’t count,” Mazzoni joked.
The City Council supported a plan for the installation after the Art Commission proposed the idea of adding public art to the intersection improvement project at Womack and Chamblee Dunwoody roads. Commission members worked with the Public Works Department to dedicate space on the new concrete retaining wall for a mural.
The improved intersection and mural at the Spruill Center for the Arts serves as a gateway into the Dunwoody Village.
Mazzoni, a mosaics instructor at Spruill, and Freeman, credited with public art across…
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