COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. Students at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, in cooperation with the Sister Cities Mural Art Exchange Project and students from a Mexican school, will begin a mural Oct. 6 to commemorate the relationship between Colorado Springs and Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Visiting students and teachers from La Escuela Preparatoria Francisco Villa in Nuevo Casas Grandes will work with local artist Renee Majuene and CU-Colorado Springs students in the design and painting of a mural. Coordinators are the CU-Colorado Springs Campus Activities Board and Sister Cities International.
Majuene and the students will paint the mural at the CU-Colorado Springs University Center Plaza. The mural will be completed on plywood sections and hung from a nearby outside wall. The mural’s theme will encompass images common to both Nuevo Casas Grandes and Colorado Springs. Sacred sites such as Garden of the Gods will be contrasted with the Paquime ruins, an ancient site of Puebloan Indian culture near the city of Nuevo Casas Grandes. The mural will also feature student impressions and philosophies of common ground with neighbors beyond the United States.
For more information, contact Alicia Johnson, 262-3128, or Daryl Miller, 262-3540, in the Campus Activities Office or by e-mail [email protected].
CU-Colorado Springs, located on Austin Bluffs Parkway in northeast Colorado Springs, is the fastest growing university in Colorado and one of the fastest growing universities in the nation. The university offers 25 bachelor’s degrees, 17 master’s and two doctoral degrees. The campus enrolls more than 7,600 students annually.