'Prairie Splendor' mural unveiled - Fort Morgan Times

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'Prairie Splendor' mural unveiled - Fort Morgan Times

Unveiling Sat., Sept. 18

It's up!! Here is one of the photos from the unveiling. There was a great turnout of people and many great comments!

Unveiling Sat., Sept. 18, 11AM

Downtown mural to make move - Fort Morgan Times

Downtown mural to make move - Fort Morgan Times

This your square??

We had sqaure number 211 turned in without any info. If this is your square, please email us ASAP. fmmuralproject@gmail.com

Workshops Conclude

Painting workshops for the Fort Morgan Mural Project have now concluded. No more will be held in August as originally scheduled.
“We have most of the tiles finished,” said Ann Iungerich, Mural project director. In addition, she noted, her mother’s unexpected surgery in August has forced Iungerich to wrap up the workshops sooner than planned.
“The response has been great,” Iungerich said. “We have a wide variety of tiles painted.”
Tiles, whether unfinished or not, can be turned in to Lanny at the Fort Morgan Library.
The mosaic mural will be unveiled on Sept. 18 at the Fall Harvest Car show.
For more information, email the project at fmmuralproject@gmail.com.

Synthetic Elements joins Project Efforts

Kyle Hernandez, Todd McMullen, and Brett Carson join Fort Morgan Mural Project director, Ann Iungerich

Workshop Highlights to Date

J Professional Football Player, Joel Dreessen, to be part of the mural

Fort Morgan native, Joel Dreesen, will be part of the Fort Morgan Mural!!
Pictured, Dreessen and mural director, Ann Iungerich, discuss his square.

Finished Squares

A few of the newly finished tiles in the mural project.

FAQs

#1 - Why are the tiles already painted??
The tiles already have a base color scheme to make sure that the mosaic pieces will all work together. If everyone follows the color scheme and design in their piece it will make up the overall design when all the squares are put back together.


If everyone just painted whatever they wanted, the mural would be total chaos!

Go to: http://muralmosaic.com// to see examples.
 
#2 - Can I totally change the colors that are on the square I chose?
No. You need to follow the general color scheme of the square. If it was overall a light blue, you can use pastel colors to paint your square but it needs to be predominately blues. Think monochromatic color scheme with hints of others colors.
 
3# - Do I need to keep the main design elements in my square?
Yes. Those design elements are what will keep the overall design in tact. The edges can be softened but not totally deleted.

Announcement!!

Wiggins native and Channel9 News reporter Bazi Kanani will be painting a square for the Fort Morgan Mural project. Her memories of Fort Morgan include feeding the ducks at Riverside Park and her square may include a rendition of that memory.

Tile Counter

April 10 workshop

New Location for Workshops

Workshops will now be held at the School for the Performing Arts, 914 State St in the lower level. First workshop will be Ssaturday, April 10, 9am-noon.

Postage Required

If you would like to take part in the mural project but live outside the Fort Morgan area, send a check payable to MCAAC for $15. Send it along with your tile application to: Ft. Morgan Mural Project % MCAAC, P.O. Box 111, Fort Morgan, CO  80701

Click here for application. (Please ignore deadline.)

Workshop Schedule and Map

Come to one or all of the workshops. Tuesday workshop will be a brown bag dop in  time to eat lunch and paint during your lunch hour or so.

Mural Painting Progress

Workshop Schedule

Mural Tile Painting Workshop Schedule.
2nd Monday, 7pm-9pm, and
2nd Saturday, 9am-noon, of each month.
Each Tuesday 11:30am-3pm, brown bag lunch workshop.
First workshop, Sat., April 10 and will continue through Aug. 15.
Workshops to be held in the tan building behind the Old City Hall 100 block between Main and State Streets.

Community Freedom Flag

http://www.muralmosaic.com/usa/prelude.html

This mural was created by the community of South Jordan, Utah - including students from kindergarten to grade 12.

Mural Mosaics

Winner Announced

A design submitted by Pat Samples-Ehrlich, local commercial artist, has been selected for the Fort Morgan Mural Project, completing phase one of the project.
Samples-Ehrlich, of Weldona, has painted numerous murals over the years and, as a commercial artist since 1975, has produced signs from Colorado to New Zealand and many places in between.
A judging panel selected Samples-Ehrlich’s design from among six entries. In addition to Samples-Ehrlich, entries came from Carol Boodakian, Kelly Henderson, Kirsten Russell, Heather Arenas and Bonnie Lieder.
“I kept the design simple so that the overall design will not be complicated,” Samples-Ehrlich said.
Judges were Pat Merrill, City of Fort Morgan; Juan Mecillas, representing the Downtown Business Assoc. and Fort Morgan Chamber; and Ann Iungerich, director for the Fort Morgan Mural Project.
“We were pleased with the quality of the designs submitted and the creativity involved,” Iungerich commented.
Samples-Ehrlich’s winning entry earned her $200 cash prize plus other considerations.
The winning design will be unveiled when the mural is presented on Sept. 18 at the Fall Harvest Car show.
The Fort Morgan Mural Project now enters phase two, where 480 artists from the area will have the opportunity to paint a 12”x12” panel of the mural. Workshops will be offered to provide specifics for that phase.
Artists of all levels, from beginner to advanced, are encouraged to apply to paint a panel. There is no charge to artists. Both the canvas and paints will be provided.
Artists do not have to live in Fort Morgan but should have some connection with the community. Applications will be taken on a first-come/first-serve basis.
Artists will have from April 1-Aug 15 to complete their panel. Although artists are asked to apply for only one tile, some artists may have opportunity to do more than one if applications are below the 480 mark.
Individual tile applications can be obtained at the Fort Morgan Chamber office, The Flower Petaler, Impressions by Bird, the Fort Morgan Library and various other places around town.
The first official workshop for artist will be held on April 10 from 9am – noon at the building behind City Hall. The completed mural will eventually be mounted on the south side of that building.
For more information, please contact Iungerich at 970-867-2363 or http://fmmuralproject.blogspot.com/ or fmmuralproject@gmail.com.

Phase One is Complete

The overall design of the mural has now been chosen. Pat M., of the City of Fort Morgan, and Juan M., representing the DBA and FM Chamber, analyze the design enteries before selecting the winner.

Deadline fast approaching!

The deadline for the overall mural design is Monday, March 15. Turn in 8"x60" designs to the Fort Morgan Chamber office, 300 Main St., Fort Morgan, CO during regular business hours.

Mosaic Murals for more ideas.

Mini Mural

Here is the most recent mini mural from the Arts Council workshop.

Your News Article

FORT MORGAN, Colorado (YN) - Being a town on a railroad line, Fort Morgan residents are able to hear trains passing through the town on a regular basis. Passing trains means that outsiders see the town each day and will carry stories of Fort Morgan far and wide.

The Morgan County Area Arts Council is trying to help those people passing through to have lasting memories of Fort Morgan.

The Fort Morgan Mural Project will be an eight foot tall, sixty foot long mural built near the railroad for this purpose.

Ideas for what to put on the mural are being accepted. Some ideas may range from a historical timeline of Fort Morgan or a girl riding a bicycle, but as long as it represents the community.

The mural will be a mosaic painting and approximately 480 people will be needed for it.

For more information, call 867-2363.

For More Your News - click here

Arts Council Meeting

The Morgan County Area Arts Council will be working on mini murals at its regular Monday meeting with the public invited to join in. Following a short instructional time, those attending will together paint a mini mural.

There is a $5 fee for supplies. The Arts Council will meet on Monday, March 8, at 7 pm at the School for the Performing Arts at 914 State Street in Fort Morgan, lower level. Those interested in participating in the Ft Morgan Mural Project are especially encouraged to attend the meeting.

New News Site

Local radio station KFTM, now also has an online newspaper. Check it out... we have an article there. Just enter 80701 and click on "local" to take you to the Fort Morgan info.

Cloud County Kanas Mural

At the Sunrise Optimist meeting, Harold Bohm showed us the mural that was done in his hometown in Kansas. It is amazing!! Check out their blog..... Cloud County Brick Mural.

Application Forms

Here are the forms for the mural. Click on the link, print, fill out and send in.

Individual Tile Application

Overall Design Contest Application

Upcoming Program Schedule

Upcoming program schedule -

Friday, Reb. 26 - Lions Club
Tues., March 2- Sunrise Optimists
Wed. March 3- Downtown Business Assoc.
Thurs., March 4-KFTM morning show
Tues., March 16 - FM Rotary

Anyone else want to hear about the mural? Email us. We'd be glad to come speak to your group.

Who are WE as Fort Morgan??

Take a look at this video about the graphic art that was produced for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Maybe their discoveries can help you with your overall mural design.

Contest

West Coast Mural

KUNAMOKST workshop from Red Letter Films on Vimeo.

This is a great video about the making of the video for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Follow this blog for more mosaic mural info....Mural Mosaic and Night of Artists

Take a look at each of the individual squares Here on the interactive grid.

Vounteers Needed!

The mural committee is looking for volunteers to help in various places with the mural.

Do you have organization skills, love planning details, or setting up schedules? If you can help with in those areas, send a email message to us and let us know.

Thanks!!

Video

Fort Morgan Times Article

Article about the mural in the Fort Morgan Times...

Local artists are invited to submit mural designs as the Morgan County Area Arts Council begins plans for a community mural to be placed in the downtown Fort Morgan area as part of a beautification project.

The mural will be located on the wall of a city-owned shop building between Main and State Streets just north of the railroad tracks. The building is behind City Hall and the mural will face the tracks.

The City of Fort Morgan is paying for the materials for the mural.

After the mural is selected, local residents will then be encouraged to participate in the actual painting of the mural. Further details on that step of the program will be released soon.

Artists who wish to submit mural designs should request guidelines from Ann Iungerich of the MCAAC at 867-2363, fmmuralproject.blogspot.com, or fmmuralproject@gmail.com.

Designs should be submitted in full color to a specific proportional size which is available from Iungerich.

People doing the mural will receive 12-x-12 inch panels and will put their artwork on those panels. The overall wall is eight feet high and 60 feet long.

Mural designs may be submitted at the Fort Morgan Area Chamber of Commerce office at 300 Main St. in Fort Morgan.

The deadline for submissions is March 15.

Selection of the winning mural design will be made by a panel of judges from the chamber, the arts council, the Fort Morgan Downtown Business Association and the city of Fort Morgan.

Mini Mural from Meeting

Here is the mini mural we completed last night at the Arts Council meeting. The background of the man playing the trombone was painted onto the 9" squares before the meeting and then each artist took their square and painted sunflowers into it following the colors and shapes. It was a great challenge and stretched our minds.

Arts Council Meeting

At the Arts Council meeting tomorrow, Monday, Feb. 8, wear your painting clothes because we will be painting and creating! Instruction on how to use the grid system and understanding the value scale in relationship to the mural project will be given. 7pm at the School of the Performing Arts, 914 State St., lower level. (Enter through the North entrance)

ALL ART LEVELS WELCOME!! Come have FUN!!

Scenes of Fort Morgan and Morgan County

Images like these of Morgan County could be used for the overall desgin of the mural.

Another Video

Video

Here is a video to give you a better idea what we hope to accomplish here in Ft. Morgan.

Phase one, going on now: create the overall design of the mural. Watch for more details for this contest.

The Mural is a GO!!

We have the go ahead with the mural! There will be an Arts Council meeting Monday, Feb. 8 at the School of the Performing Arts, 914 State St., Ft Morgan at 7pm in the lower level. The mural will be the focus of this meeting.

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