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Here is what we got today! Kids are really excited.

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Here is my idea for the space I left out. I still need to add a little to the left around the guitar.

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Just a rough sketch. Let me know if you want me to develop it.

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I asked my Principal if we could meet here to cut it apart, and he said we need to propose it to our Superintendent, so I was going to put together a proposal for him, but I can't remember who teaches where: If you could please write your names and schools below I can copy and paste from this list:

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I asked my Principal if we could meet here to cut it apart, and he said we need to propose it to our Superintendent, so I was going to put together a proposal for him, but I can't remember who teaches where: If you could please write your names and schools below I can copy and paste from this list:

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Ellen Gagliano Athens High
Jessica Sheets Alexander High
Dana Dieterle Athens Middle
Sam Cambell Nelsonville High
Margaret Gustafan Nelsonville Middle
Ellen Hadley Fed hock
Cali Sanker Trimble

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Let me know if this is what you all were thinking. Ellen G and I are going to be adding color tomorrow afternoon.  Please let me know if you would like to see anything else.

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Here is my lettering for ome to Athens Co. and changing Market from produce.

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Here's my lame-o rendering. The thing that looks like a chocolate bar is a brick and the blue thing on the right is the Hocking. At least my heart and Athens County outline sort of resemble both...? LOL You get the idea...
(The grid squares represent 1' x 1')

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Thank you Dana for letting me know about the paw paw seeds. Changes have been made. 😁

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This is a generic place holder image that shows how a couple options might operate. Specifically, this is a scale image with 180, 16" square tiles. It pretends that each background tile is formatted with an icon that creates a colored frame and a space for creative painting on the part of the students.

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The idea would be to basically use Sam's lettering but make the "comm" intentionally a bit smaller and the "Unity" a bit larger and connected/cursive. These colors were used just to show a more "solid" and muted background with more colorful lettering. We could flip that around and make the background multi-colored/mosaic-like (kind of like Cali's suggestion rather than bands of colors) and then make the letters a solid color.

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Here is what I have so far. Please share your thoughts. I still need to add boot prints, a coal miners helmet and a bicycle.

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It still needs more but this is where my mind went after Beth’s email.

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I placed the letters on a rectangular grid that are to represent 2’ x 4’. The paper is just the 2 middle sections with 2’ above and 2’ below.

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Where-ish We Ended Last Meeting W/O Color...

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Where-ish We Ended Last Meeting W/O Color...

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So, this is the math and scale using 9, 4x8 panels and bricks that are 1x2 ft. The x’d out bricks behind the letters are subtracted in the far right column.
Still needs color, but this made me realize we need more bricks for the kids with this layout (only 70ish).
—- If we go back to quilt block squares that would double the blocks and still be 1x1 (up to 150ish). This is still a smaller number than we anticipated.

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I found this comprehensive resource put together by a group in Toronto. Looks really good!

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collage polytab organized by color or district? unity centered and spaced between one column (between the "i" and "t") with background painted black or darker color to unify the letters and make them pop? 

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collage polytab organized by color or district? unity centered and spaced between one column (between the "i" and "t") with background painted black or darker color to unify the letters and make them pop? 

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Window Painting appearing on Good Fellas Pizza, Athens, Ohio.  Photo taken January 30 2021.

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Window Painting appearing on Good Fellas Pizza, Athens, Ohio.  Photo taken January 30 2021.

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Just a reminder that the most commonly used tropes are the most commonly used tropes. It is for you to be aware of, and decide how you will relate to these cliched expressions.

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Based Off an Earlier Idea of Sam’s that Keeps Coming Back to Me...

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Based Off an Earlier Idea of Sam’s that Keeps Coming Back to Me...

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This is something that I will throw in as I was inspired by one of Sam’s studies incorporating the word , “commUnity”... It fills the bookmark like dimensions more and is provocative with the word play. This might support our message more.
It would give us a few more bricks than with  the word unity.

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A morph version from quilt squares to hearts. Combines all the ideas.  Wall could be solid black or gradient.

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Another Play on Words W/Community Design

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Another Play on Words W/Community Design

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Rather than, “your community” here is , “our community”

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I'm liking the designs that have been posted and feel good about firming it up at this meeting.

I've been thinking about next steps to organize supplies and to keep a unified message to share with students.
While we wait for supplies to arrive, perhaps we can divide into sub committees to get things all set up? Like...
---Materials Group: Folks will get the panels and poly tab pieces cut and prepped for each school to pick up.
--- Paint/Color Group: Folks will mix paint and prep for each school to pick up. Maybe also thinking about what teachers might mix in school with kids.
--- Lesson Group: Can provide a message/description of the project for us to deliver to students. Also, settle on essential questions for students to consider when planning their personal contributions. Maybe also providing some art history tidbits for us to share with our students.

This is where my head kept going as I thought of this project all week. I think with a rally to organize once we settle on our design will help us get this project on our calendars better and keep us on track. I look forward to chatting with everyone about this when we are ready.

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I've been reading What Unites Us by Dan Rather and he writes on page 97, "Empathy builds community."

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"unity" as a principle of design as well as the togetherness of people . 5 letters in the word unity for 5 schools that are unifying to make a mural. Students paint a square of polytab in the shade assigned to the district. Is it possible to have the lettering be painted over top as as a layer after the background is on the parking garage? Maybe that is where Keith's artistic light can shine?

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Could we get recycled panels from highway signs from the city?

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The colored sections would have things about athens/unity in each square (I loved Sams, this is showing the size). IDEA for covered up student art that's behind the letters.... maybe teachers would take very light gray paint and paint whats missing from behind the letter (ex. bicycle) ontop of the white letter.  This way the 1ft x 2ft rectangles can still be painted more free and we do this after the collaged background is installed.

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April Deacon is the art teacher down there. The mural pictured was painted by hs art students on wood that was cut by hs woodshop students. Just installed quite recently. [Submitted by Beth :-) ]

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Second Portsmouth Unity Project mural goes up

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The second mural of the Portsmouth Unity Project is finished for people to see. It's made of specialized wood, and is on the side of a building on the 700 block of 6th Street in Portsmouth. Art students from Portsmouth High School put it together with the words "Grow Together Here" in the center.

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This is an example that speaks to several of the topics orbiting us in this conversation.  Materials: Polytab Painted Mosaic on Aluminum Panel.  Method:  192 individually painted Polytab tiles.  Each tile was assigned a color pallet.  Each tile was an opportunity for individuals to be creative around the theme.  Social Distance was observed throughout.  Concept: The central theme was developed with a group discussion that included agencies and individuals directly impacted by immigration issues.

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FAMILIES BELONG TOGETHER: ACLU-WV, Partners Unveil Mural Celebrating Immigration

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A new mural in downtown Charleston will celebrate the lives and many contributions of immigrants to the region.

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Thinking the hands could be attached to the wall over words or just a black background.

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Homage to Shepard Fairey’s lettering style on “brick” walls...

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Some things that I have been wondering about since our meeting on Friday.
1. If we cut the poly tab into pieces. How difficult will it be to keep it level when applying it to the wall. If the letters are part of the design, Which I think is a great idea, We have to make sure they don't become skewed.
2. Are we using the patterns of the quilt barn squares or hearts as subject matter? Or, did we decide to just let students paint what they want in the tiles? I know hearts and hands have been mentioned, as well as Athens County imagery. Or just solid colors?
3. To get more squares/tiles for students. Can we go larger and fill the entire building? Keep the word Unity in the middle 2 sections, white with the black outline, and spread the colors out. Like Cali's example but students colorful tiles around the letters also?

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Unity is being together or at one with someone or something. It's the opposite of being divided. This is a word for togetherness or oneness. When the north won the Civil War, it assured the unity of the United States.

Community
A common definition of community emerged as a group of people with diverse characteristics who are linked by social ties, share common perspectives, and engage in joint action in geographical locations or settings.

Thoughts:
- I keep seeing the background (behind the letters) as student self portraits.  Or paintings of their homes or maybe both.
-I see the word “Community” reflecting the color of our natural environment and the seasons.

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What is your favorite thing about your hometown? When you describe your hometown to people from outside of the area, how do you describe it so that they would be able to imagine it in their minds eye? What does your home town mean to you?

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What is your favorite thing about your hometown? When you describe your hometown to people from outside of the area, how do you describe it so that they would be able to imagine it in their minds eye? What does your home town mean to you?

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Acrylic mediums from Blick are perfect for trying new techniques. Mix them with acrylic paints to achieve a wide variety of effects.

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Farming, Lake Snowden, pawpaw festival, hiking, family, gardening, camping, local restaurants,  school

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This is the cream that I thought matched the other colors. I can't figure out how to attach color from the adobe color website.

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Cali's proposed colors - along with Dana's cream and black - are on the left of each strip below with the shades generated by Adobe. I will post each color separately below. ~Beth

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Has anyone looked at blacks? I can't figure out how to find blacks on the adobe site.

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rich, earth tone rainbow of colors
assembled in a gradient to unify the entire mural. Lettering is Black with white outline to make the letters pop or vice versa, letter is white with black outline.

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I have a tube of Acrylic gloss medium. Is that what we are wanting to use? If Beth can get the polytab and Dana is going to test areas, you can use it to see if it will work.

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Jess Sheets' Favorite
My students like the white/light cream lettering (to contrast all the colors in the background) and the multicolored lettering. Happy with whatever gets chosen.

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Trying something different with the letters, ignore the green behind it, I didn't want to erase the other letters until people know what they want.

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Trying something different with the letters, ignore the green behind it, I didn't want to erase the other letters until people know what they want.