Funding raised through social media sets the project soaring.
About this column: Local artist Brenda Smoak details her work on an outdoor mural and beautification project at Haile Middle School designed to get 90 special needs students involved in the artistic process. Barbara Gerdeman, a local faux finishing and mural artist, was laying out the mural design on the media center wall at Haile Middle School last week, and then we begin painting our highly-anticipated project. Months of fundraising have enabled us to secure enough funding to purchase most of the supplies and materials. Last week, Yea Arts became the co-sponsor of the project with a $400 donation that matched that of Haile's PTA. That contribution, combined with $1,200 in funds raised through Facebook, has enabled us to begin working …
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To make this mural a reality, local artists are seeking $10 donations to kick off this amazing visual arts project.
A project at Haile Middle School aims to have 90 special needs students actively participate in creating an outdoor mural that holds their dreams and aspirations within hand-crafted clay leaves imbedded in painted banyan trees. Those same students would also help construct a stream and waterfall and plant native plants in the process. To make this mural a reality, local artists are seeking $10 donations to kick off this amazing visual arts project. This project was conceived by local artist Brenda Smoak in conjunction with Holly Clouse, a learning strategies teacher at Haile Middle. Clouse appealed to Smoak to create a project that would include all 90 of the school's special needs students, regardless of their disabilities, to bring them …
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Julie
11:34 pm on Tuesday, April 12, 2011
I was at Haile yesterday and was pleasantly surprised to see such a beautiful mural. Can wait to see it completely done. more ›