Craft Alliance teaching artists Mike Pagano, Lyndsey Scott and
Lezlie Silverstein facilitated the four month long residency continued
support of Sumner visual arts faculty Gregory Ragsdale and Randy
Titus. The goal of the Mural Arts Program residency was to develop
a mural commemorating the 130th anniversary of Sumner High School.
The mural compositions reflect not only the time that the teaching
artists spent with the students, but ultimately a more timeless,
universal message of hope, pride, and responsibility for the future
and to the past. The figures that you see are actual student poses
that were photographed, copied, collaged, and put together by the
group to achieve a unified vision.
It was, however, not the intention of the student artists to display
a complete message. There are areas within the compositions that
have been left outlined and you may notice the speech bubbles are
empty. These visual cues have been put in place to allow future
students to actively participate in this dialogue.
