Title: Literacy Windows
Date: 1993
Materials: 20 x 30 feet, digital photomontage
output to single sheet of vinyl. First installed on side of the Heinz Ketchup
Plant in downtown Pittsburgh (top image), one year later, moved to permanent
location on the Goodwill Industries bookstore on Pittsburgh's historic Southside.
Artists: Lead designers/project leaders
- Lisa Link and Carolyn P. Speranza, student artist assistants: Daniel
Yauger, Emily Lambert, George Kanakis, Hajara Bey, and Heba Ali
Notes: In 1992, Lisa Link and Carolyn P.
Speranza were commissioned by the Times Mural Project to create a community-based
digital mural addressing the theme of "Literacy Through the Arts." Link
and Speranza worked with five high school students through an after-school
program at the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild. Their design is the result
of extensive research on the subject of literacy. The image displays the
artistic team's response to the issue as explored through community research,
observations, interviews, and group discussions. The design was completed
in June of 1993. Production work took place at Manchester Craftsmen's
Guild and the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University.