Wednesday, February 23, 2000
Public can join school project
BY JANE PRENDERGAST
The Cincinnati Enquirer
COVINGTON — The silhouettes of students hanging on the fence outside Sixth District School invite people inside to help with a new public art project.
The result will be a “neighborhood identity mural” of textiles for the school's library and, organizers hope, more community involvement at Sixth District.
“What we're looking for is large pieces of public art that people can participate in, which then reflect on their community,” said Jean St. John, community arts coordinator for the Covington Community Center. She helped the school apply for the Kentucky Arts Council grant that funds the project.
Artists on Tuesday hung the bright silhouettes, drawn by students who traced around themselves. The figures make up an outdoor advertisement of sorts, advertising the next step in the process — Wednesday night art sessions. Organizers hope to attract neighborhood residents to come in and help put the neighborhood textile together.
The $2,500 arts-council amount, with a $2,500 match from another community center grant, pays for two artists-in-residence who spearhead the project.
“We're really looking forward to this,” said artist Karen Dunphy. “And it'll be permanently housed at the school so they'll have an identity piece to keep.”
A folklore expert working with sixth-graders on researching their family and community histories also is helping with the project. What those students discover will help decide what kinds of images should go in the project, Ms. St. John said.
“It's an identity piece,” she said, “of all the things that make up the community.”
To help with the project, attend the art sessions, Wednesdays at 7 p.m. through March.
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