“I liked collaborating with others because everyone has different strengths. If I could not paint a face, someone else could work on it with me or vice versa. Everyone also has different levels of creativity and styles of painting. Combining our strengths, creativity, and style of painting we can produce a unique mural.“ – Erin Croke ‘09
it has been the most satisfying, the most exciting, and though I have many years of teaching in my future, will always be a favorite. I am so proud of the murals and the legacy that they illuminate. More than that, I am grateful for the chance to create a legacy with excellent young women. Follow the lace motif weaving through 200 feet of painting and you will know the love of art and the enjoyment of working together to create something of great beauty that flows with each paint stroke.“ -Danielle Rossi-Makoid
Teacher-Artist Statement “Throughout my art career, I have written many artist statements. Often, my comments include a desire for the images in my paintings to engender positive feelings of belonging for the viewer. Never has this desire been met with a more fruitful opportunity as the one unveiled...in the hallways and the gym of the Mount. The Mural Arts Project at Mount Saint Joseph Academy challenged me to lead fifty girls to see my vision in telling the story of the Mount enough to add their own vision in images and in paint.
We invite you to view the murals if you have not done so already. To read about the rest of the murals, visit the Mount’s website at www. msjacad.org.
This project has been the most challenging experience of my teaching career. More importantly,
Thank you to our Muralists! MURAL CLASS Victoria Babson* Deirdre Best Erica-Anne Bossman Samantha Brecht Kiersten Brinkos Emma Brown Kristen Cericola* Erin Croke Colleen Delaney* Johanna Duff Alyssa Driscoll Amber Esbensen* Katrina Fellmeth Marissa Every Nicole Fabiszewski Katherine Gallagher Adrienne Gardner*
Jessica Giordano* Nicole Gozdan Margaret Goldschmidt Sabrina Harkins Alexa Iannuzzi Marie Laster Jessica Maenner* Carly Morgan Mary Naydan Emma Pacheco* Kathleen Princivalle Nicole Schneider Shayna Skahan* Carly Smart Melanie Smith Elizabeth Thompson Victoria Wischhusen*
*Students in both Mural I and Mural II
SOPHOMORE MURALISTS Jessica Agostinelli Catherine Baldasano Erica Bonavitacola Meaghan Bresnahan Annie Clarke Stephanie Crilly Erin Dohoney Carly Graham Christina Hamilton Stephanie Henrich Mary Naydan Julia Pacitti Angela Saponaro Lauren Subers Natalie Tacka Elise Taylor Leigh Anne Tiffany Erin Walsh Kiera Wingert
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