This semester, as part of the junior level class US: Collaboration, juniors spent 9 weeks completing murals throughout the Illustration building. To get started on this endeavor, a questionnaire was sent out to everyone in the department — students, faculty and staff — with a request for what kind of images they’d like to see within the department. Ten different themes rose to the top of the list and the juniors, separated into twelve teams, were asked to create sketches against these themes. They could choose whatever theme they wanted. Once the sketches were complete, the remaining juniors voted on the final direction for each team mural.
Although the murals are complete, we thought we’d show a little bit of the behind-the-scenes painting process. This was a huge project! We’re so proud of the work that our juniors created! Way to go everyone!!
Juniors Drake Gochenour (left) and Chaneryna Thach (right) work on gridding out their mural. Photo taken by team member Meriam Schieber.
Juniors Megan Cason (left) and Zso Nemeth (right) working on their mural. Photo by team member Giselle Hernandez.
Junior Jack Brooks working on his mural. Photo by team member Brianna Burgo.
Junior YeonGyu Kang works on her mural. Photo by team member Mimi Zarate-Bello.
Juniors Meredith Lewis (left) and Erica Hoelting (right) working on their mural. Photo by team member Anita Kim.
Junior Lew Winstead working on their mural. Photo by team member YeonGyu Kang.
Juniors Gabbi Weaver (left) and Clarice Bartel (right) working on their mural. Photo by team member Trinity Burgo.
Juniors Donnie Kennedy (left) and Candyce Nyasani (right) working on their mural. Photo taken by team member Kathryn Chapin.
Junior Jenny Le finishing up their mural. Photo by team member Taylor Sims.
Junior Cassidy Weaver working on her mural. Photo taken by team member Giselle Hernandez.
Juniors Isabel Thoroughman (left) and Piper Koontz (right) working on their mural. Photo by team member Kelsie Kirkland.
Junior Brady West working on his mural. Photo by team member YeonGyu Gang.
Juniors Miriam Schieber (foreground) and Chaneryna Thach (background) working on their mural. Photo by team member Drake Gochenour.
Junior Emma DeJong working on their mural. Photo by team member Giselle Hernandez.
From left to right, juniors Tim Ames, Karina De La Rosa Sosa, Mars Thomas and Catherine Rybak work together to finish up their mural.
Juniors Jiyu Son (left) and Shane McCullough (right) working on their mural. Photo by team member Brianna Burgo.
Juniors Bailey Kentling (left) and Nathan Starkey (right) working on their mural. Photo taken by team member Zharia Okoye.
Junior Cooper Carter working on his mural. Photo taken by team member Rain Luzynski.
Juniors Blake Wiedenmeyer (left) and Rachel Hendel (right) working on their mural. Photo take by team member Brianna Burgo.
Thanks for reading! We’ll be posting photos of the final murals soon so stay tuned.