| The
Mural Project |
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Mural Project, a 2003 Maymester course, was inspired by Michael
Tyzack’s participation in the 2002 Piccolo Spoleto Festival
exhibit, “Larger Than Life: A Second Story Show.”
For the Mural Project, twelve students created mural-sized
paintings which have been mounted to the outside of the Simons
Center and the Sottile Theatre. The students created detailed
maquettes of works that they enlarged and developed on a grand
scale. They worked on the final canvases in studios, working
with extension poles, tall ladders and gallons of paint. The
maquettes and other preliminary work were presented in the
first exhibit of the fall semester in the first floor Student
Gallery of the Albert Simons Center for the Arts. |
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A
crew from Physical Plant used a “cherry picker”
to install the murals that are mounted on the outside of the
Simons Center and the Sottile Theatre. |
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Students
worked on the final canvases for the Mural Project in studios,
working with extension poles and tall ladders and employing
gallons of paint. |
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In the Student Gallery the first
exhibit of the Fall semester displayed the preliminary work
of the Mural Project students.
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Although her
image is a vertical one, Donna Eads had to work horizontally
to accommodate the wall height. Her finished mural hangs outside
the Sottile Theatre. |
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| M.
“Alex” Hoidal works on her mural in the painting
studio. She attempted a number of color schemes for the image
before choosing the final design. |
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