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Mural Painting at Orientation

Join in a mural project to help transform communities. Pick up a brush and paint a breath of fresh air into the lives and facilities in the neighboring communities. Learn new painting skills while getting to know about your peers and local non-profit organizations.

Reflections from Mural Painting Participants

Something I learned today is…

• If you have a great idea you can make beautiful art with many people
• How to work with many people without being in the way
• Mistakes happen
• How quickly a project can be completed when worked on collaboratively
• The YMCA offers many services to those in need
• I learned to cooperate and share space with a lot of people
• Prevalence of last minute executive decisions regarding color format in mural composition
• Volunteer work can be fun!
• The types of things the YMCA does for the community
• With teamwork anything is possible
• The people at Ringling are very talented
• Mural painting is fun
• I’m going to have a blast at school
• Mural work is done better in groups
• A powerful feeling of several people doing something at the same time to be creating a painting for others to see
• The ‘cooperation;’ many people help each other to draw and finish the painting

I wish we had more time to…

• Get every detail perfect
• Hang the panels
• Learn to paint
• Talk to the people I did meet
• Get to know each other
• Do projects like the mural as a big group

I was surprised about…

• There being many smaller sized boards rather than one big one
• How quickly we were able to finish
• How interesting the Orientation Leaders are
• How well these colors work to bring out the pictures and catch your eye
• How polite and helpful everyone was
• How simple yet effective the design is
• How well the project looked after it was finished
• How quickly we finished it
• How fast the time seemed to go by
• The seriousness of people about their work
• Simplicity of the project’s completion
• How nice the mural turned out
• How many people came to help
• The design, but it looks great
• How cooperative everyone was
• How planned out the murals were, it was so easy and turned out to be awesome!

This experience was meaningful to me because…

• It was really interesting and fun to be a part of
• I know I helped with something so large as a mural
• I got to talk to a lot of older students
• It will be enjoyed by many people
• I enjoy helping and contributing
• I was able to help using my painting skills
• I got to meet people and had fun working on a project for the community
• It helped me meet more people and help a good cause
• We helped a community teen center
• It let me get to know people and how to be involved in the community
• We worked in teams and it was an art project that everyone contributed to.
• I love to help and I really enjoy painting
• It was my first time painting a mural
• It’s for a good cause
• Other people will see it and appreciate it
• It helps children who are in need of a good place to build confidence and protect from abuse
• I learned more from my fellow artists
• I got to spend time with my classmates
• It was fun
• It’s my first time mural painting. Pretty cool.