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Cropped Image of Reception Invitation

Close-Up of Mural Pieces during Final Critique

Close-up of Painting during Initial Phase

Reception and Panel Announcement

Descriptive Poster

Faculty and Facilities Staff Installing Mural

This short video documents part of the installation of the mural in the architecture library. Included in the video are professors Maja Godlewska and Erik Waterkotte and facilities staff member Chris Shores. The video is 5 seconds long with no talking.

Discussion of Designing for 3-Dimensional Space

Ken Lambla Philip Cherry Aoibhin Maguire

Student Allison Petrauskas Discusses Her Artistic Process

Student Philip Cherry Provides an Overview of Class Instructions

Introduction for Aoibhin Maguire

Introduction for Philip Cherry

Introduction for Allison Petrauskas

Reflecting on the Layout after Installation

Speaker include Lee Grey, Associate Dean of the College of Arts & Architecture and students Philip Cherry and Aoibhin Maguire responding to his question. Partial transcription below: Lee Grey: Worked closely (physically) to the pieces but designing for “up there.” Now that it is installed, how would you do differently? Aoibhin Maguire : Realized how certain textures don’t show as clearly but others do. Also see how some colors work better in combination with others. Philip Cherry: Continue to see new details now that it is installed. Perspective changes once it’s on the wall from seeing it on the floor.

Student Philip Cherry Discusses Artistic Influences

Students Discussing Collaboration

Warning: Notable variation in volume during audio clip.

Students Discussing the Definition of a Library

Partial transcript below: Allison Petrauskas Learned about different skills from each other. Photoshop, printmaking, painting. Able to think about what library means to us through reading articles? Article about how a library is a system and thinking about what other systems are there like anatomy. Finding new avenues for obtaining knowledge. Started with the “cliché of let’s do books” of drawing books. Kianna Balla: “Realized that if you’re stressed out while studying, you don’t want to look at the thing (books) you trying to study.”

Prof. Waterkotte Addressing the Final Layout of Mural Pieces

Screen Capture from Panel Recording

This screen capture is from the recording of the student artist panel and reception held in the Hight Architecture Library in Storrs.

Mock-Ups of Proposed Mural

This photograph shows Professor Erik Waterkotte showing some of the mock-ups created by the students. The faculty and students visited the Architecture Library several times and photographed the space. They then superimposed their mock-ups on photographs of the walls.

Student Myrthe Biesheuvel Working on a Large-Format Sheet

Student Myrthe Biesheuvel is seen here working on one of the large-format sheets that was digitally printed.

Image from Canvas Course Site

Photograph was taken during the librarians' visit to the art studio. This image shows an examples of artwork that students examined for inspiration.