Local residents and musicians Mary Gospe and Corrie Dunn submitted the winning entry in Arts Los Altos’ Instagram Photo Contest with a picture of the duo posing in front of “200 Main St. [an inventory of time & place],” a mural presented by Arts Los Altos at the corner of Main and Third streets in downtown Los Altos.
The nonprofit Arts Los Altos brings public art to private spaces.
Gospe and Dunn, known as The Song Gardeners, will release their debut album, “People Passing Through,” Oct. 1 and found that the mural was the perfect backdrop for their album’s cover art. Los Altos resident and artist, Corinne Landphere, served as the band’s artistic director and photographer.
The runner-up, Elya Okhlopva, showcased two kids and a dog planning a wonder-filled adventure from the mural’s doorway into the wide-open hills of Los Altos. Other notable entries included a playful family photo of Portland, Ore., residents Eliza Coblentz, Mike Kendrick and their daughter Rennie Kendrick, who is starting graduate studies at Stanford University this fall, who snapped the shot during a visit with their Los Altos friends Laura Roberts and Bob Jones.
The mural’s artist, Martha Sakellariou, designed the life-size work to encourage viewer interaction and posting on social media to share unique ideas of “making yourself at home” in Los Altos.
Arts Los Altos encourages residents to share photos on Instagram. Tag @artslosaltos and use the hashtag #artslosaltos.
For more information, visit artslosaltos.org.
