Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Growing Transition Mural (Title?)

So I hd a great meeting with the teachers of the Austin School for the Deaf and I feel like the mural concept and design is starting to really develope.
Here is the discriptive text for each section of the hall way.

Growing Transition Mural (Title?)
Austin School for the Deaf
A mural project by Mural Visions and the Blanton Museum

Wall 1: Elementary
• Blowing bubbles and exercise balls
• Teacher reading to group,
• Building with blocks,
• Doing schedule

Sign: Ball, Book
Real Object: Bubble wand with bubbles with glitter/sand texture

Wall 2: Barton Springs
• Background: Barton springs
• (Kids jumping into water, swans, swimming)
• Jump rope

Sign: Duck, Tree
Real Object: Tree Textures

Columns: (animal life cycles)
• Monarch Butterfly
• Frogs
• Turtles
• Flower

Wall 3: Middle School
• Kids bowling next to hallway hand rail area
• Science and computer classroom (school house shape, clock)
• New walker design

Sign: communication book (Velcro changeable)
Real Object: Bug collection plastic jar with plastic bugs inside.

Wall 4: South Congress Bat Bridge
• Background: Bat Bridge
• (People, bikes, bats, river, canoes)

Sign: hands in the bridge foundation
Real Object: plastic bats

Wall 5: High School
• Library, cooking, writing in journal

2nd half
• Special Olympics (volleyball, basketball, football & swimming)

Sign: Play
Real Object: book cover, half a volleyball or basket ball

Wall 6: Graduation/ Into the world
• 2 students graduating and painted on columns
• Open area for picture frames

2nd half background: City Skyline
• Working a clothing store
• Video phone in office
• Restaurant
• 2 graduated students leaving the school hand in hand with purse and backpack.

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