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Middle School Mural Enhances Clemson Botanical Gardens Additional
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Art education in the Middle School is not just about learning to draw, paint, or sculpt. Art is also about research, learning about science, and community service. An example is the recent project to create murals that are now on display at Clemson University. The fifth and sixth grade art elective students accepted the challenge offered by the South Carolina Botanical Gardens to create murals for the new décor in the Nature Learning Center. The students, led by Middle School art teacher Brent Roberts, began the task by collaborating on ideas for the subject of their mural. They decided to paint a piedmont forest habitat depicting the fall and spring seasons, and spent time researching the plants and animals that would be found in this environment.
The mural was done in acrylic on wood, and was completed over the last three months of school. “The project not only was a collaborative student art project, but it was also a service learning and nature research project,” says Roberts. Roberts adds, “Murals are important because they bring art into public places, and the visitors to the Nature Center will enjoy being in a forest while indoors.” You
are welcome to view the students’ work by visiting the Clemson
Botanical Gardens. To learn more, visit http://www.clemson.edu/public/scbg/.
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