Celebrating Women: Ephraim Children Responding to the Work In Progress Mural
2021
Granary Arts, in collaboration with Ephraim Elementary 5th graders, created artworks relating to the Work In Progress mural, by Jann Haworth and Liberty Blake. As Tristan Manco wrote, “Work in Progress is a one-of-a-kind collaborative mural project that celebrates women, who throughout history, have been catalysts for change in the arts, sciences and social justice. From Anne Frank to Marie Curie to Rosa Parks, the mural honors the countless amazing women, past and present, well known or under-recognized, who through their important achievements have shaped the world we live in.” Twelve of the sixteen Work in Progress mural panels are on view at Granary Arts through September 17, 2021.
In this exhibition Granary Arts created a virtual workshop tutorial, and provided materials for students to create portraits of scientists and mathematicians featured in the original Work in Progress mural. These portraits were created by using black and white high contrast photographs to trace a likeness of the woman. The students learned stippling techniques to add detail and texture, resulting in these unique portraits of noteworthy women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) industries.
These portraits feature women throughout the centuries and across the globe, including:
Ada Lovelace, mathematician (1815 - 1852)
Annie Easley, computer and rocket scientist (1933 - 2011)
Chien-Shiung Wu, nuclear physicist (1912 - 1997)
Dr Flossie Wong-Staal, virologist and molecular biologist (1946 - 2020)
Dr. Ellen Ochoa, Johnson Space Center astronaut (1959 - present)
Grace Hopper, computer scientist (1906 - 1992)
Helen Murray Free, chemist (1923 - present)
Jane Goodall, primatologist and anthropologist (1934 - present)
Jane Lubchenco, marine ecologist (1947 - present)
Jocelyn Bell Burnell, physicist and astronomer (1943 - present)
Katherine Johnson, NASA scientist and mathematician (1918 - 2020)
Mamie Phipps Clark, psychologist and researcher (1917 - 1983)
Margaret Mead, anthropologist (1901 - 1978)
Marie Curie, physicist and chemist (1867 - 1934)
Maryam Mirzakhani, mathematician and professor (1977 - 2017)
Rachel Carson, marine biologist (1907 - 1964)
Rosalind Franklin, chemist and X-ray scientist (1920 - 1958)
Sameera Moussa, nuclear physicist (1917 - 1952)
Sunita Williams, International Space Station astronaut (1965 - present)
Temple Grandin, animal behavioral scientist (1947 - present)
Vera Rubin, astronomer (1928 - 2016)
Wanda Díaz-Merced, sonic astronomer and astrophysicist (present)
Workshop Wednesday is a free art workshop designed for kids and families. Projects invite students to explore a variety of fine art mediums, materials, and processes.
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