Slab Face of Concrete Color

 Before                                              After

Inspired by the mural art at http://arrestedmotion.com/2012/03/london-largest-mural-by-agents-of-change/ , Streets: London’s largest mural by Agents of Change. I liked the creative use of vibrant colors and the number of insets and outsets. Unlike the mural in London I chose to use actual images instead of modern art but the use of colors and scale were my inspiration.  I chose the large flat wall because it offered a challenge to get my image to wrap the offset wall. I chose an image of a bouquet of flowers as the mural because Mesa College has a lack of color. I feel this mural turns a simple grey wall into a brilliantly colored piece of art. -Chris Boyer

"The Educational Trap" - John Martinez

My art installation "The Educational Trap" is meant to give Mesa college a bit of color and life.  I used the flies and fly swatter to symbolize the trap feeling many students including myself have felt during finals, thought it was appropriate. The flies symbolize the many ways you can take your career path and the swatter being the pressures of everyday life trying to get you down. Heavy street art influence like Shepard Fairey and Banksy gave me this idea to do this piece as well as a lot of Ron English's pieces on social problems. Mesa college seems to be a bit bland and uninspiring with grey and blue being the only featured colors around campus except mural by the cafeteria.  By bringing some more color and life I believe it would inspire student to work harder in their studies.

- John Martinez