NEW BLOOMFIELD SQUARE

NEW BLOOMFIELD SQUARE

Acrylic Paint on Polytab

2018

10’ x 17’

1 W. Main St., New Bloomfield, PA

In 1898 the town of New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania erected a monument to pay tribute to the soldiers and sailors from Perry County that have served their country. The monument stands in the center of a roundabout in the middle of the town. This mural was part of an artist-in-residency project with students at West Perry Middle School in Perry County, Pennsylvania. The image combines a photograph taken at the dedication ceremony for the monument as well as a photograph I took from roughly the same vantage point 120 years later.

This project was sponsored and funded by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and the Perry County Council for the Arts.

A look at the process

This mural was created with a group of high school students at West Perry High School as part of an artist in residency in 2018. It combines two images of the town square in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania. One during the dedication ceremony of the monument in the center of the square, and one that I took from the same vantage point 120 years later.

Town Square 2018.

Before image of the wall.

Students working on a portion of the mural.

Installation