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Orchards School Mural
   13 ft. X 50 ft. (on 3 walls)   Orchards Elementary School, Vancouver, Washington    [Acrylic on wall]
The Orchards School Mural (commissioned by the Washington State Arts Commission) depicts students and teachers interacting and engaged in educational activities in an imaginary landscape of apple and plum orchards, reflecting the name of the school and the Vancouver area's farming history. The mural covers three walls of the lobby and extends partway up the staircases.
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Granger's Bounty 2003
   7 ft. 14 ft. (irregular shape)   Roosevelt ES, Granger, Washington    [Canvas glued to wall.]
"Granger's Bounty" was commissioned by the Washington State Arts Commission as part of their public art program. The mural depicts students in the school, migrant agricultural workers, the landscape and cultural traditions of the lower Yakima valley, Washington State.
Granger is part of an agricultural community that grows fruit, hops, asparagus, and other crops depicted in the mural. There is a significant tradition of agricultural workers migrating from Mexico to participate the agricultural work and many of the students at Roosevelt are of Mexican American heritage. The image of the migrating Monarch Butterflies in the center of the mural references this part of Granger's heritage.
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Kaleidoscope of Learning 1992
   6 ft. X 12 ft.   Cresthaven Elem. School, 1234 Cresthaven Dr, Silver Spring M    [Acrylic paint on stretched canvas panels]
"Kaleidoscope of Learning" was selected by competition and funded by the Montgomery County Art in Public Schools program. It depicts children engaged in educational activities overlaid with a brightly colored pattern similar to a kaleidoscope.
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The Storyteller's Quilt
   8' X8'   Rolling Terrace ES, 705 Bayfield Street, Takoma Park, MD    [Acrylic on stretched canvas panels]
"The Storyteller's Quilt" was selected by competition and funded through the Montgomery County Art in Public Schools program. It depicts Storytellers in various cultural traditions, with a special emphasis on elders passing on their history through stories with youth.
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Dreams of Icarus 1991
   7 ft. X 24 ft. and 7' X 8 ft.   Ronald McNair ES, 13881 Hopkins Road, Germantown, MD    [Acrylic paint on stretched canvas panels]
"Dreams of Icarus" was chosen by competition and funded by Montgomery County Art in Public Schools program. The school is named after the astronaut and physicist Dr. Ronald E. McNair.
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Education Is Liberation: The Rosa Parks Mural 1985
   9 ft. X 20 ft.   Graham and Parks Elem. School (now Amigos School) 15 Upton S    [Acrylic on brick ]
The design for "Education Is Liberation" was selected by competition and funded by the Cambridge Arts Council as part of the city's Percent for Art Program. It features portraits of the school's namesake Rosa Parks, Civil Rights icon who visited the school in the 80's. It also includes a portrait of Cambridge activist Saundra Graham, who served in the City Council and the Mass. House of Representatives.
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Joy of Reading
   8 ft. X 35 ft.   Francis Wyman Elementary School, Burlington, MA    [Acrylic on cinder block]
"Joy of Reading" is an interior mural that is located next to the school library. It features students reading in different settings, in a landscape of books.
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Seasons At Fox Hill School
   Four panels each 8'X 8'   Fox Hill Elementary School, Fox Hill Road, Burlington, MA    [Acrylic on cinder block]
"The Seasons At Fox Hill School" are four murals painted on walls at the entrances of the four pod locations in the school. Each wall features students playing and learning during a different locations. The murals integrate images drawn and painted by the students with portraits of the students paint by the artist. In each mural there is an image of students reading a book with a fox theme.
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When All Knowledge Is Delight
   6' X 30' (2 sections)   Cloverly Elementary School, Silver Spring, MD    [Acrylic on stretched canvas panels]
"When All Knowledge Is Delight", which comes from a poem by William Wordsworth, was commissioned by competition by the Montgomery County Art in Public School Program. It features images of students learning against a background of colorful patterns. One image shows a young girl playing a harp.
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A School Grows On Thorndyke Road
   12 ft. X45 ft.   Thorndyke Road School, Worcester MA    [Acrylic on Brick]
The Thorndyke Road School opened in May 1927. In 2003 the school commissioned me to design and paint a mural about the history of the school since it opened. I decided to use the metaphor of a tree planted, which grew over the decades into a full scale tree on the wall of the cafeteria. During each decade, I depicted images of students in the school combined with historical figures and events from the history of Worcester and the country. Some of the prominent figures depicted includes Robert Goddard who successfully launched a rocket from a nearby hill in 1926 and Francis Perkins of Worcester, the first female cabinet member who served as FDR's secretary of labor.
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Shrewsbury High School Colonials
   10 ft. X 20 ft.   Shrewsbury High School, Shrewsbury MA    [acrylic on wall]
The Shrewsbury High School Colonial Mural was designed and painted collaboratively by David Fichter and Joshua Winer. It was the gift of the Shrewsbury High Class of 2013 as a representation of class spirit and unity. It represents the colonial themes which are the symbol and mascot of the school through portraits of historical figures. General Artemas Ward was from Shrewsbury and was commander of the Massachusetts militia at the Battle of Bunker Hill and was later second in command of the Continental Army. Phillis Wheatley was an African American poet in Boston during the American Revolution. Abigail Adams (wife of John Adams) was an outspoken advocate of women's rights during the colonial times.
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Natick High School Library Mural
   10 ft. X 10 ft.   Natick High School Library, Natick, MA    [Acrylic paint on canvas glued to wall.]
The Natick High School Library Mural was commissioned by the Class of 2019. The images in the mural are based on suggestions and ideas generated by students and staff and gathered by the school for the artist. The ideas were developed with the school and students from the Class of 2019 during the design phase, with representations of the school and the town, including people who have shaped the class of 2019: a student who passed away with a purple butterflies, Redhawks, Caseys diner; sports and clubs (speech, theater); the marathon, special Olympics and relay for life; town library; town common; farmers market; nature preserves. In the middle of the design is an aerial view of the downtown and town common, seen from the perspective of a redtail hawk flying above.
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Orchards School Mural   |   Granger's Bounty 2003   |   Kaleidoscope of Learning 1992   |   The Storyteller's Quilt   |   Dreams of Icarus 1991   |   Education Is Liberation: The Rosa Parks Mural 1985   |   Joy of Reading   |   Seasons At Fox Hill School   |   When All Knowledge Is Delight   |   A School Grows On Thorndyke Road   |   Shrewsbury High School Colonials   |   Natick High School Library Mural
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