The Florida Gulf Coast University library will begin evaluating proposals Tuesday for the design and live installation in the spring of a mural that will be located between the Circulation and ITS Help desks at the library. FGCU undergraduate and graduate students were invited to apply.<\/p>\n
The project seeks to foster a sense of belonging among students and enhance the library’s atmosphere. The students selected for the project will be awarded service-learning hours for their time and effort in designing and executing the mural.<\/p>\n
The deadline for students to submit their proposals was Monday, Dec. 1.<\/p>\n
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The mural will be painted during the spring semester, remain on display through the fall, and be digitally archived in the FGCU Library Archives and Special Collections.<\/p>\n
Submissions will be evaluated based on a three-prong rubric:<\/p>\n
Artistic Excellence:\u202fCreativity, originality, and visual impact.Relevance:\u202fConnection to the theme and resonance with the FGCU student body.Feasibility:\u202fPracticality regarding scale, materials, and execution.<\/p>\n
A committee of at least three will review proposals.<\/p>\n
The winning design will be installed beginning Jan. 7, the first day of the spring 2026 semester, with the project to be completed by Tuesday, March 24.<\/p>\n
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WGCU Arts Reporter Tom Hall<\/p>\n
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The mural will be between a maximum of 84 inches high by 112 inches wide and a minimum of 68 inches high by 74 inches wide. The mural will be painted with Latex house paint. Airbrushes are prohibited.<\/p>\n
The mural will be recognized and celebrated on a date to be determined, but no later than the last day of spring semester classes, Monday, April 27, 2026.<\/p>\n
For full disclosure, FGCU holds the broadcast license for WGCU. WGCU is a member-supported service of FGCU.<\/p>\n
Support for WGCU\u2019s arts & culture reporting comes from the Estate of Myra Janco Daniels, the Charles M. and Joan R. Taylor Foundation, and Naomi Bloom in loving memory of her husband, Ron Wallace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Florida Gulf Coast University library will begin evaluating proposals Tuesday for the design and live installation in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-66999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}