While elementary students were attending a play in Jenkins Gym on Tuesday, junior high students met with artist and educator Wayne Sheppard to discuss creation of a mural for St. Paul School.
Art and Environmental studies will be combined as students create a mural that represents and celebrates the interconnectedness of people, birds, trees, and plant life from North America to Central
Art and Environmental studies will be combined as students create a mural that represents and celebrates the interconnectedness of people, birds, trees, and plant life from North America to Central
America.
The mural project is also an exploration of the cultural symbolism of the North American eagle of the US and Mexico, and the Resplendent Quetzal of Mexico and Central America. The Resplendent Quetzal, the brilliant bird found in the cloud forests of Central America, was sacred to the Mayans and figures prominently in their artwork and legends.
Animal and plant symbols from Native Americans, Aztec and Mayan peoples, and the students’ personal interpretations of natural forms will become visual motifs for creating a visually stunning and informative work of art.
Sheppard, originally from New Jersey, has been a resident of Rootstown since 1970. He taught art at Green High School from 1972-2002. Since leaving Green High, he has conducted many artist workshops in area schools. In 2002, Sheppard completed his first large scale public work with students from Hoban High --- a rainforest animal mural painting for Akron Children's Hospital. In 2004, he completed another large work for the new Firestone Branch of Akron Public Library. This work, "ENLIGHTENMENT HEALS", is a porcelain enamel on steel mural.
Sheppard is currently part-time faculty for Kent State University Art Ed and an adjunct professor for Ashland University.
"I still believe in the artist as messenger.” Sheppard says..”Perhaps I'm old enough to really have something worth saying. My messages are to generate thoughtfulness, appreciation of being, and interconnectedness to the Universal".
Click on the headline to learn more about Sheppard and his work.
The mural project is also an exploration of the cultural symbolism of the North American eagle of the US and Mexico, and the Resplendent Quetzal of Mexico and Central America. The Resplendent Quetzal, the brilliant bird found in the cloud forests of Central America, was sacred to the Mayans and figures prominently in their artwork and legends.
Animal and plant symbols from Native Americans, Aztec and Mayan peoples, and the students’ personal interpretations of natural forms will become visual motifs for creating a visually stunning and informative work of art.
Sheppard, originally from New Jersey, has been a resident of Rootstown since 1970. He taught art at Green High School from 1972-2002. Since leaving Green High, he has conducted many artist workshops in area schools. In 2002, Sheppard completed his first large scale public work with students from Hoban High --- a rainforest animal mural painting for Akron Children's Hospital. In 2004, he completed another large work for the new Firestone Branch of Akron Public Library. This work, "ENLIGHTENMENT HEALS", is a porcelain enamel on steel mural.
Sheppard is currently part-time faculty for Kent State University Art Ed and an adjunct professor for Ashland University.
"I still believe in the artist as messenger.” Sheppard says..”Perhaps I'm old enough to really have something worth saying. My messages are to generate thoughtfulness, appreciation of being, and interconnectedness to the Universal".
Click on the headline to learn more about Sheppard and his work.
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