Portrait photographer John Pankratz photographed residents at events throughout the city, while local artists and Reading Muhlenberg Career and Technology Center students created silkscreen designs inspired by Reading landmarks. The portraits and prints were arranged in a quilt-like composition on recycled billboard material, allowing the three large banners to travel to different locations rather than remain fixed to one wall.
Wyomissing, PA 19610
Wyomissing Area Education Foundation
PA Council on the Arts
Teacher as Artist in Residence Grant
The Kerr Foundation
Wyomissing Area PTA
Project Staff:
Site Coordinator
Christine Helinek
Artist in Residence
Michael L. Miller
Mural Fabrication:
Wyomissing Area School District Art Students,
Project completion
2005
Designed as an interactive surface, the project invited students to explore, touch, write, move elements, and discover details within the imagery. Art students from the Wyomissing Area School District helped fabricate the mural, blending visual art with playful learning and giving younger students a work that could change through use.
About the Project