地点: Technical College of the Lowcountry 校园 Tunnel under Ribaut Road in Beaufort.

  • TCL is the site where the original 马瑟学校 位于
  • Beaufort is about to receive National Monument recognition for its historical role during 重建 after the Civil War.

概念: Engage the artists of Beaufort County to build and paint a community mural project that exemplifies unity through illustrating the true stories about the history of Beaufort County spanning the periods from discovery to the present day.

时间轴

第一阶段

  1. Research the history of Beaufort County not just by reading books but also by interviewing people especially those who have lived here a very long time. Ask them to tell their stories about what life was like here. Ask them about what they remember about their grandparents and great-grandparents experiences since the Civil War, 重建, the Civil Rights Movement, 等.
  2. Planning and pre-construction drawings
  3. Fund raising, sponsorships and media communications.
  4. 征集艺术家, 雕塑家, 作家, 诗人, 音乐家, 词曲作者, 架构师, 工程师, 规划者, 集资者- - - - - -, 戏剧制作人, set designers and other creative people interested in being a part of the project.
  5. Invite school participation by contacting Beaufort County schools and colleges’ art departments. Do you want to include elementary through college or be more selective?

二期

  1. Principal artists layout the design concept for the tunnel.
  2. Build and install large panels for murals within the tunnel.
  3. Appoint a jury panel to select the artwork, 雕塑, 诗歌, stories and audio for the tunnel and walkway.

第三阶段

  1. Engage our young people. Invite the principals of our schools to ask the artistic students to create works to submit to a jury panel for selection of the artwork to be displayed on the walls of the walkway. Categories include art, 诗歌, short story, songs with music and lyrics.
  2. Incorporate the jury panel’s selections into the project.
  3. Organize the artists and others who will be doing the painting, hanging and construction tasks of the project.
  4. Painting the tunnel and murals. 建筑 panels or other structures necessary to hang the artwork. Installing an audio feature. Installing the 雕塑 on pre-selected locations according to the initial layout and plans.
  5. Designing and choosing a location for a plaque that includes the names of the participants of the project. Designing another plaque to list the sponsors and large donors.

第四阶段

  1. Ceremony to commemorate completion of the 社区 Mural Project.
  2. Invite the media and the community to attend the celebration.
  3. All the participants would be invited to come.
  4. Plaques with all the artists’ names and the sponsors/large donors’ names would be dedicated at the ceremony. Plaques would have a permanent location on the site.
  5. Promote the site to encourage people to come visit