As you may have noticed, we have a new mural on the side of our office building downtown! We are very excited to have this beautiful piece of art as the latest in a series of fantastic murals throughout the Greater Buffalo area.
The mural, based on an archival photograph of Joyce from the UB James Joyce Collection, was designed by Kristopher Miller, UB Libraries web manager and lead designer, and installed by Rory Allen, owner of Buffalo-based ZoomCopy.com. UB alumnus Frank LoTempio III, JD, and the LoTempio family donated use of the LoTempio P.C. Law Group building.
“Our goal is nothing less than to invite the entire world to experience the literary life and works of Ireland’s James Joyce, while ensuring the continuation of the UB James Joyce Collection as an international destination for research and discovery,” says James Maynard, PhD, curator of the UB Poetry Collection and coordinator of the UB Rare and Special Books Collection.
Joyce has been regarded as one of the most influential writers of the 20th century.
Check out this complete article on the James Joyce mural unveiled in New York ahead of Bloomsday published by Irish Central.
