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Artists Jane Wheeler and Kathryn Stephens have teamed up with the 5th grade class at Bird Rock Elementary, to help design, create and install the 5th grade gift to the school –The Sundial Project – titled “Radiate Creativity Through You”. They worked with the students to stamp their names in clay and create fused glass pieces for the rim of the mixed media mosaic 4 ft diameter sundial. Phase 2 of the project is a human sundial painted on the ground , so students can tell time with their shadow.!!
The mosaic features 3 haiku sundial poems created by each of the 5th grade classes - circling the phases of the moon. The art incorporates hand made and hand painted high fire ceramic tiles, Italian smalti glass, mirror tiles, sea glass, a stained glass peace sign created by a New York Artist, and fused glass created by the students along with their names stamped in clay. Kathryn and Jane are alumni parents from Bird Rock Elementary and are back 5 years later, commissioned to help with this the class of 2010’s gift to the school. Art comes full circle, and they have had a blast working on the project together .They had previously worked on the 5th grade project for their children in 2005 along with artist Marlena Poulin, to produce the starfish bench.
Photography courtesy of Pearl Preis
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| Read About the sundial project in the La Jolla Light |
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Art Alive at Muirlands, along with the Mural Painting Club, are creating a 90 foot mural on the retaining wall near the school.
The mural is entitled the "Peace, Love & Change" Wall.
View more shots of the wall here
And the article in the La Jolla Light here
The Club has finished another a 50 foot mural titled "Muirlands Rocks" on the long wall near the tennis courts. Each student designed & painted their own guitar, chose an inspirational word and helped paint the large letters………“Electrify the World”
Read about the project in the La Jolla Light here
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View a video of the Muirlands Rocks Mural, produced by Kaitlin Wheeler on Animoto
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Design, Create, Inspire… Give Back
Jane Wheeler is a Bird Rock, California artist has created the first Bird Rock Coffee Roasters Art T-shirt design. A portion of all t-shirt sales will be donated to Art Reach San Diego, a non profit dedicated to bringing visual arts to underprivileged schools in San Diego. There will be a series of t-shirts designed throughout the year by various artists, so be sure to collect them all!!
Note: A portion of all art for sale will be donated to Art Reach San Diego. Contact Jane directly if you would like to purchase any of the art displayed. Commissions available by request!
Click on the link to find out more: Bird Rock Coffee Roasters
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