Art for All – the Phillips Hall Geog-Anth Wall Mural
Top: Prof Gannon & Josie Bottom: Samara In an ongoing effort to improve our environment and make it warmer and more welcoming for our students, the Department of Geography and Anthropology inquired of Art and Design for some graphic arts students to paint a geographically themed piece of work on our walls. We were especially interested in doing something with the west hallway on the Phillips Science Hall's second floor. For years, the hallway has maintained a clinical, stark and quite uninviting look. Before: March 2014 During: April 2014 Junior Josie Kallenbach and Senior Samara Cobus responded to the invitation. They visited the hallway with their advisor, Associate Professor Ned Gannon of Art and Design, and identified a corrugated section of wall on the north end of the hall, a strange corner that joins two parts of the building. They began drafting a landscape that took on something of an Amazonian motif. We liked the initial...