FIELD AND INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES OFFICE
Berg Instructional Center (IC) Room 3046
Hours:
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
(630) 942-2356
Coordinator
Maren McKellin
mckellin@cod.edu
C.O.D. MURAL MASTERS TRANSFORM YWCA OF AURORA POOL
Members and guests entering the YWCA of Aurora swimming pool complex will find themselves in an underwater environment inhabited by whales, squid and dolphins, thanks to the artistry of a mural painting class at College of DuPage.
C.O.D. part-time art instructor Carla Carr and 11 of her students last December transformed three large walls around the pool deck into underwater aquatic scenes that incorporate salt water mammals, fish and colorful coral formations.
“When people enter the pool complex, we want them to feel like they are sharing a part of the underwater environment with the mammals and fish,” said Carr.
Carr’s C.O.D. students who worked on the YWCA mural are Lisa Kang, Aurora; Lauren Bergeron, Joe Wozniak, Karen Lantz and Tavia Sanza, all of Naperville; Anna Martinez, Roselle; Corinne Ernst, LaGrange; Ashly Metcalf, Lombard; Catherine Janulis, Glen Ellyn; Javier Terrazas, West Chicago; and Mike Shredl, Woodridge.
The YWCA of Aurora dedicated its mural during a ceremony last December that was attended by C.O.D. President Sunil Chand; Chris Picard, vice president for Academic Affairs; Alain Hentschel, associate dean, Fine and Applied Arts; and Maren McKellin, coordinator, Field and Experiential Learning.
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