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The Midnight Garden Mural
Urbanity, 1239 Hertel Avenue, Buffalo, New York
The Monocle, 1235 Hertel Avenue
 Burning Question Tatoo, 1225 Hertel Avenue

Sponsor:  AKG Public Art Initiative

On this page below:

The Buffalo News feature (June 6, 2025)











Artists Danielle Saeva (left), Ola Volo, Laura Valkwich


Work in Progress (June 6-10, 2025)


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Ola Volo, originally from Kazakhstan, now living in Montreal
 

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Finished Mural - June 24, 2025

"Artist Ola Vollo has completed the most immersive  mural that the AKG's Public Art Initiative has ever commissioned. The Midnight Garden, 2025, spans three neighboring buildings along Hertel Avenue, with the Monocle at 1235 Hertel as the central anchor.

"For this commission, Volo merges the avian symbols of the peacock and the heron with the rich cultural heritage of her native Slavic Poland, also portraying a woman adorned in a tapestry of feathers connected to a magical garden of flowers and birds"  -   AKG's Public Art Initiative (online June 2025)
Six walls on three buildings:

  • Left building: Urbanity, 1239 Hertel Avenue
  • Center building: The Monocle, 1235 Hertel Avenue, with addition to the right
  • Right building: Burning Question Tatoo, 1225 Hertel Avenue

Details below:


Finished Mural -
Far Left Panel - End of the Garden, Opposite the Queen at Far right
Left panel - Urbanity, 1239 Hertel Avenue                      Right panel - The Monocle facade, 1235 Hertel Avenue


Between  1239 and 1235 Hertel Avenue                        Details below: :



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Right panel - Monocle building