Mennello Museum of American Art
Orlando illustrator/journalist Thomas Thorspecken was commissioned by the Mennello Museum of American Art to do a large-scale sketch mural on a 7-by-48-foot wall next to the museum.
According to Genevieve Bernard, curator of education for the Mennello and coordinator of the mural project, she and Thorspecken visited several local high schools to brainstorm with students to get ideas for mural. The students they worked with came up with three themes they thought reflected the city's atmosphere: lines, crowds and diversity.
The end result is a mural of people from all walks of life and in all manner of dress standing in a long line trailing along the wall. Thorspecken used live models who volunteered to be sketched as the basis for the people who appear in the mural. |