Big Read Poe Unmasked! Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who turned out for the Big Read Finale and Mural Unveiling. The Big Read concluded with a special downtown Arts Alive gallery walk and Big Read Mural Unveiling at Lake Geneva’s Horticultural Hall on Friday April 29 from 5-9pm. Children’s book illustrator Joel Schoon Tanis worked with students for four area schools to create a culminating artistic response to Edgar Allan Poe’s writing. Joining Joel will be the students and teachers who worked on the mural including classes from Star Center School in Lake Geneva, Madison Elementary in Janesville, St. John the Baptist in Jefferson and Whitewater Middle School. Posters of the mural will be available for signing by Joel and the student artists.

Big Read Finale

Stayed tuned to ArtsEnews for special summer updates about the Young Auditorium, and the Big Read notification for 2012!

Big Read Finale

Big Read Mural Project with children’s book illustrator Joel Schoon Tanis
Through visits and e-interaction, Michigan artist Joel Schoon Tanis will led students in hands-on exploration that will demonstrate the nature of translating words into larger than life visual representations. With Joel’s guidance, students will delve into specific works by Edgar Allan Poe to create visual art that captures the mood and emotions of the author’s work. Joel will work with students from four different area schools, including Lake Geneva’s Star School, to create four mural panels representing their impressions of a story by Poe. Joel will lead the group from early conceptualization to a final large scale artwork. Through his work with the students, he will use theme, mood and ideas to integrate the panels into a complete mural. The final mural will be unveiled at The Big Read Finale in Lake Geneva, WI on Friday, April 29, 2011 at Horticultural Hall.

Big Read Sponsors

The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with The Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest. Additional Sponsorship Support provided by American Family Insurance and Associated Bank. Media sponsors are the Janesville Gazette and the Jefferson County Daily Union.

For more information please contact Young Auditorium at 262-472-4444 or check us out on the web at www.uww.edu/youngauditorium.

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