To see larger images of the murals, press on the photos below.
Chrissie is now working on a new body of work based on her documentary photographs and writings from her southern experiences.
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| In the year 2000 Chrissie was awarded an Artists and Communities for the Millennium residency and was selected from 250 finalists by the Colquitt/Miller Arts Council. For nine months she lived and worked in the small rural town of Colquitt, Georgia (population 2,000). Colquitt is set in | |||||||||
| the heart of the rural south, surrounded by swamp lands and cotton and peanut farms. The true southern traditions are still very much part of the culture. Her first project was the Peace Wall (18ft X 50ft) at the Colquitt Miller Middle School. This mural was designed from ideas gathered in workshops conducted at the school. The workshops concentrated on the theme of peace and tolerance. It was painted by Chrissie, a local apprentice and a team of high school students. The border was made up of hand images taken from Creek (the local Native American tribe) designs and each was painted by an individual middle school student. The Georgia State Department of Education was so impressed with the project that they have provided funds for two more Peace Walls and commissioned Chrissie and two teachers to design a peace curriculum around the work process. | |||||||||
| With the success of the Peace Wall the community extended the residency and a second mural, The Story Wall (12ft X 100ft), | |
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painted in the downtown area. Chrissie spent many hours gathering and documenting
contemporary stories from the community, and it is from these stories and
the people that she met that the concept for this mural arose. Chrissie is now working on a new body of work based on her documentary photographs and writings from her southern experiences. |
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