New murals adorn UD’s computing center

11:45 a.m., June 16, 2005--Walk into the foyer of UD’s Computing Center on South Chapel Street and you’re surrounded by a technology tapestry--an aerial view of the campus crisscrossed by streaks of color indicating the computing network that connects all parts of UD.

Exiting the elevator one floor up, you step into a collage of a flower-filled campus in springtime. It’s a prelude to the video-conferencing room on the same floor and its panoramic view of Mentors’ Circle and The Green.

It’s not magic or mirrors, but murals.

The Green mural, in the second-floor video-conferencing room, spans two walls and is a 180-degree, 45-foot panoramic image. The 20 feet by 9 feet “spring on campus” mural surrounds the second-floor elevator spanning two walls, and the 8 foot by 12 foot technology tapestry in the foyer covers the wall left of the building’s main entrance.

Commissioned by Susan Foster, vice president for information technologies, the murals were designed by the creative services staff members in the Office of Public Relations.

Barbara Broge, assistant director of creative services, created the art for the foyer mural based on the cover of a special “Technology Tapestry” edition of UD’s quarterly magazine, The Messenger. It represents the role information technology plays in connecting the campus and beyond.

The spring-on-campus collage was designed by art director Lane McLaughlin, who said the mural blends spring scenes across campus and uses a view of The Green from a circular window in Mitchell Hall as its focal point.

Monnie Givens, associate director of public relations and head of the creative services group, assembled the video-conferencing room’s panorama from three photos. “I created the central part by putting together various views of The Green. The 180-degree view includes side panels of Magnolia Circle and the North Green,” Givens said.

Article by Barbara Garrison
Photos by Val Merenlender and Lane McLaughlin

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