Deborah Barr
Mural Projects
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Title: All Things - Related
Modesto Junior College Mural, Fireside Lounge - 2006
20' wide x 10' high

Modesto Junior College received a grant and designated the funds for a mural in the student lounge. The Grant Committee requested that the images include Nature, Agriculture, Community, and Industry. The mural also represents the following ethnic groups: Hispanic, African-American, European-American, Native-American, Asian-American, Middle Eastern and was finished in the summer of 2006.
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Lake Don Pedro Elementary School Mural - 2004
A school community project - painted with 326 elementary school children.
 
 
 
San Jose Academy High -- Public Art Mural

The discursive aspect of my work is as important as the aesthetics.  Media appearances, teaching classes, exhibitions, open forum discussion groups, public demonstrations,  and writing are all part of my art work.  From August 1998 - October 1999 I worked with another artist,  Simone Senat at San Jose High Academy.  The students were to take photographs of their community for an outdoor mural that measures 12' x 96'.  Their job was to document historical and contemporary society in San Jose.  Our job, was to paint the mural. My intention was to help the students design a beautiful, yet meaningful visual dialog for future generations which reflects the historical and contemporary experiences of the community.  The challenge was to bestow beauty with social relevance.  The San Jose High mural project was an opportunity for students to learn about the power of art.
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Juvenile Hall Public Art Mural 

In May of 1999, Maxine Solomon and myself worked with seventeen youth on probation at Juvenile Hall in San Leandro.  The CASA program took the necessary steps to allow us to create with these kids, a meaningful and positive public art piece. Through the act of self exploration, and the research of symbols and their meanings, these youth successfully created a positive visual dialogue for their school and other troubled youth. Simple symbols such as the cube -- which means truth; the pear, which means hope; and the hand which means healing..enabled them to better understand  the world around them.  It also helped them to communicate better among their peers. 
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