Welcome!
Welcome to Mural Makers online discussion! The rules are simple. For each post, you are expected to read links and make a comment. Your comments need to have some thought to them-a one word response is not enough. After we have blogged together, we will have a class discussion out loud where we elaborate on our online comments. Enjoy! -Mrs. P
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Community Bridge is a large-scale mural by artist William Cochran created for a park in
Fredrick, Maryland. The idea of the mural is to bring people in the community together through artwork. Browse through the site. Make sure to take a look at all of the main links on the site (on the bottom of the screen) to find out about the bridge, its history, and what purpose the artwork serves to its community. What was your first impression of the project?
Bridge Story
On Bridge Story, read about the reasons for the project and then click on the links for How Long Does It Take to Paint One Stone? How does reading about the time it took to prepare one part of the project change the way you feel about how long it is taking to complete your mural block?
Trophe L’Oiel Painting
All of the images painted on the bridge are nothing more than paint on stone, but they look like three-dimensional sculptures, plants, and animals. Take a look at the link to the bridge’s features. What feature do you think is the most impressive and why?
Symbols
Take a look at the bridge’s symbols. What picture do you think is the best symbol for unity and why?
Medallions
Take a look at each of the medallions and click on the links to read about them. People in the city of Fredrick came up with the ideas for the medallions, often with many people coming up with similar ideas. Choose one medallion to comment on. What hopes or dreams does this medallion show that people in the town of
Fredrick have for their community?
Your Turn
Now it’s your turn to collaborate. Come up with your own idea for a medallion that symbolizes community to you. Describe your idea and post it as a comment.
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