Hawley Mural 2011
Art students designed and painted a mural for the Hawley Library children’s area depicting castles, fanciful animals, a dragon, flowers and a hidden alphabet to appeal to kids and enhance the library space.
Event Dates, Locations and Attendance at each individual event:
• December 6, 2010 to May 15, 2011 – Hawley Library – 54 people attended the unveiling of this project
• Partner Organization(s): Hawley High School and the Hawley Art Club
• Partner Organization(s) Contribution/Role in the Program: Hawley Art instructor and students in the Hawley Art Club donated their time to complete the project.
Measurable Outcomes may be collected by survey, anecdotal responses, pre-test/post-test, observations; Describe proposed end user change in Behavior, Attitude, Skills, Knowledge, Condition and/or Status.1. The children coming to the library will have a bright and cheery design to welcome them to their space.2. Adults will appreciate the skill of the students and take pride in what local youngsters can accomplish.3. The students themselves will learn what it involved in developing a design, planning the work, and completing the actual panels.
- Library patrons have been very impressed to find it was a small group of high school students who completed this detailed work. They just love the creative whimsy that went into it and are so impressed at the level of talent continually shown in our students.
- Kids, even the older ones, get a kick out of finding things "hidden" in the mural. I am continually interrupted during storytime when the preschoolers find another fairy or creature they hadn't spotted before. Newcomers to the children's area have been heard to say "Cool! There's a dragon! Wow!"
- The student participants have come in with their friends and family at various times to show them which parts of the mural they worked on. I've heard younger siblings bragging "my sister painted that" a number of times.