WHS Mural Project '09

Kate interviewed about WHS Mural on local community television

Weston Sustainability Committee — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:51:08 +0000

Recent press!

Weston Sustainability Committee — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:08:06 +0000

WestonArts Foundation Website Profile!

http://www.westonarts.org/

The WHS mural has been written up in the Weston Forum:

Online version of the article:

http://www.acorn-online.com/joomla15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32916:mural-mural-on-the-wall-whos-the-greenest-of-them-all&catid=55:weston-local&Itemid=1270

We were recently featured on the cover of the Westport News as well.

Watch a VIDEO from the Westport News about the mural here:

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid29023634001?bclid=28919925001&bctid=32550362001

Finishing up the Mural!! Week of 8/10

Weston Sustainability Committee — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:18:58 +0000

Yesterday we basically finished the WHS Science & Environmental Stewardship mural!

What an amazing project it has been and what a transformation. The hallway is now a colorful destination for students and no longer a boring corridor of blank walls. We are excited to hear the student reaction to the mural in the fall. Hopefully, our project will inspire other students to create more murals throughout the school!

The Title panel, with our quote (that we made up): "To create a better future, you must envision it first"

Title Panel

There are 6 technology "gears"-- the 5 gears surrounding the main cog each have a motif from the rest of the panels (a wind turbine, corn, dragonfly, nucleus, science beaker)

Alex finishing up his Clean Energy Tech panel

Finished product

Corn!

Just like our original poster

Organic garden

Sarah is an owl

Angela and the demon bunny

8/5 Work Day

Weston Sustainability Committee — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:22:37 +0000

With Sarah back from vacation, it was full steam ahead at the high school today. A surprise guest appearance by Mai-Ann produced an adorable OWL and amazing DEER for our environmental stewardship panel!

Mai- Ann and her owl!

Sarah Macwilliams with her DNA strand

Chemistry panel by Sarah

Sarah contemplating the organic agriculture mural

sunflowers

it's montana!

Green Tech & Newly Revamped Recycling Sign: Painting on July 11th

Weston Sustainability Committee — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:42:15 +0000

Middlebury College graduate Alex Benepe works on his renewable energy technology mural

Sarah works on molecules

Environmental Stewardship Panel

Sarah Macwilliams rules the world

Ann Lupo stenciling in grass

Our Recycling Sign has been revamped!

Painting Session on July 8th

Weston Sustainability Committee — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:58:42 +0000

The WHS Science & Environmental Stewardship mural is really coming along!

Sarah Macwilliams has been diligently perfecting the Chemistry section and Angela and Kate worked hard on the Environmental Stewardship wall throughout the afternoon.

Ann and Hillary worked hard on the organic agriculture wall while Sarah created some very realistic tomato plants.

Rebecca, Kate and Angela were the “flower children” of the day.

Angela gives the trees some sunflower power

Sarah Macwilliams' vibrant and eye catching Chemistry wall. Look at how realistic those bottles are!

Our wonderful artistic director, Sarah Macwilliams, and her chemistry wall.

Rebecca Zhu lends a helping hand

A positive image of environmental stewardship

Kate Lupo, the mural coordinator, adds some sunflowers

The Organic Agriculture mural is coming along

Tomatoes for the garden

Hillary and Ann add an organic corn field

7/1 Painting Day

Weston Sustainability Committee — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:24:53 +0000

Hannah and Max painting

Shana with Angela's tree

Angela and the Giving Tree

Environmental Stewardship

Chemistry panel is bubbling along

Kate Lupo works on Lara Ditkoff's Organic Agriculture/Garden panel. This panel is actually a tribute to the organic garden that will be located right outside of the Science Wing next year!

6/27 Painting Begins!

Weston Sustainability Committee — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:41:20 +0000

Angela Armijo, Alex Benepe and Kate Lupo went to Jerry’s Arterama and Brandman’s Paints for supplies on Saturday, June 27th.

Jerry’s Arterama was nice enough to donate $100 gift card to our project.

Brandman’s in Westport was nice enough to donate some eco-friendly NATURA paints to our project.

The Green Living Centre in Westport donated some Biodegradable “Go Green” drop clothes.

The Mural Team is so thankful for the generosity of these local green living and art supply businesses!

Lara Ditkoff, Alex, Angela and Kate then went back to the Weston High School to sketch out the mural and start painting… The organic agriculture, clean energy technology and environmental stewardship panels are underway…

(Thanks so much to John Lamonoca, our custodial supervisor, who was VERY helpful)

A visit to Brandman's paints in Westport

Angela Armijo picks out some colors

Mark, our wonderful supporter at Brandman's paints!

Laying down our BIODEGRADABLE green drop clothes from the Green Living Centre in Westport

Brandman's donated of this NATURA eco-friendly paint to us!

Biodegradable drop clothes from the Green Living Centre in Westport

Alex begins the Clean Energy Technology panel

Angela and Kate begin sketching the Environmental Stewardship panel

Kate helping out

Lara Ditkoff, Alex Benepe and Angela Armijo hard at work

WHS Science & Environmental Stewardship Mural is Underway!

Weston Sustainability Committee — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:34:49 +0000

Sarah MacWilliams, Angela Armijo, Lara Ditkoff and Kate Lupo sketch out their ideas on the blank walls…. the project is underway!

For the visual content of the murals, we decided on the themes of (in order from the end of the hall) organic agriculture, clean energy technology, environmental stewardship, recycling, DNA, chemistry, forensics and computer technology.

WHS MURAL Meeting Notes- 6/9

Weston Sustainability Committee — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:50:00 +0000

Mural Kick-Off Meeting!

June 9th, 2009

8:30 PM

Lupo Residence

In attendance: Shana McCann, Rebecca Zhu, Hannah Wilk, Sarah MacWilliams, Ann Lupo, Kate Lupo, Regan Silverstein, Angela Armijo

Discussion of funding.

We have received a $450 grant from the PTO for painting supplies!! Thank you Thank you Thank you PTO!

WestonArts has also pledged $450 to pay for overtime custodial fees for Saturday painting days! Thank you thank you!

Discussed painting workdays in June and July

Painters and volunteers should plan on leaving Wednesdays and Saturdays available for painting in June and July

Discussed project time line:

Solidify designs by Friday, June 19th
Start tracing Wednesday, June 24th
Finish the mural by the end of July

Discussed Mural Themes:

Chemisty- molecules, periodic table–> cell phone, keyboard

Mackenzie Moosbrugger’s suggestions–robotic arm, keyboard, science mottos

Biology—evolution of the Weston student (homo sapien back packs), animals, cells with organelles?

Others: Earth Science, Conservation, Forensics, Clean Energy

**Will include visual recognition of WestonArts and PTO!

DECIDED UPON 6 (Tentative) THEMES FOR 6 WALLS

1st Wall: Abstract “environmental stewardship”- recycling symbol & vines?

2nd Wall: Biology, DNA==>trees?, cells, organelles?

3rd Wall: Evolution of the Weston Student (homo sapien with back packs)

4th Wall: Chemistry, potions with bubbles, bubbles have vignettes

5th Wall: Clean Energy (use Alex Benepe’s existing design)

6th Wall: Organic Garden turns into highway of electric cars.

Artists should start to do separate sketches for each of the 6 themes and then we will have another meeting VERY SOON to combine the ideas into designs that have a UNIFIED aesthetic that is not too complex, nor too simple.

We should plan on solidifying designs by June 19th.

We have 100 feet of mural to paint, so it can’t be too intricate, so let’s focus on images that really POP

Thanks for everyone’s ideas!