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from the issue of September 29, 2005
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Professor, students aid mural project
BY KATHE ANDERSEN, FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS
Through the help of UNL assistant professor Sandra Williams and two undergraduates, 400 sixth- to eighth-grade students have created a new mural for Mickle Middle School in Lincoln.
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| | | Mickle eighth graders Elliot Presnell (left) and Courtney Dibbern stand in front of the completed mural, "Me, Mickle and My World." Photo by Brett Hampton/IANR News Service.
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The mural, entitled "Me, Mickle and My World," depicts a map of the world created with mosaic tiles and ceramic figures of items representing various countries and cultures of the world.
Williams and Mickle Middle School art instructor Diane Gabelhouse met in the summer of 2004 when Gabelhouse took a UNL summer workshop led by Williams. The mural concept sprang from the workshop.
"I had always wanted to do a collaborative mural with the community and with kids just to see what it is like," Williams said. "It's good to shake things up a bit so you don't get burned out on your own work."
In November 2004, Williams started coming to Gabelhouse's art classes. She showed the students examples of her work and taught them how to manipulate clay to make creatures for the mural.
The sixth grade students worked on the sea creatures featured on the mural. The seventh and eighth grade students worked on architectural structures and animals (such as the Leaning Tower of Pisa and Big Ben).
Gabelhouse said students did mini-research on the various countries. Students selected their own country based on their heritage or some place they wanted to travel to.
"After we chose what country we wanted to do, we submitted a sketch of what object we wanted to create and got it approved," said Courtney Dibbern, an eighth grader at Mickle who created a Leprechaun for Ireland.
In May, Williams, with the help of two UCARE students, Ben Kamprath and Ananda Walden, began assembling the piece on a board and installing it at the school. Gabelhouse completed additional grouting this summer.
Williams estimates that she spent more than 100 hours on the project.
"I've lived in Lincoln for six years now. This is the longest I've lived anywhere. Being a part of a community comes with responsibility," Williams said. "If you're going to call this your home, then you owe that community something.
"It was very gratifying to see so many elements working together-Diane Gabelhouse and her students, the Fund-in-Need Grant, UCARE students, donors-all wanting to get involved."
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