{"id":77575,"date":"2025-12-09T22:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T22:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/77575\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T22:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T22:17:09","slug":"fgcu-launches-its-first-mural-competition-eagle-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/77575\/","title":{"rendered":"FGCU launches its first mural competition \u2013 Eagle Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a quiet space made for ideas, the FGCU Library is giving one of its walls the chance to make a statement in its first-ever mural competition. The competition is set to establish a new tradition of changing the mural each year by inviting students to apply and take part. The public display will bring students together by giving a visual representation of knowledge in motion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There are a couple of guidelines that participants had to keep in consideration. First submissions must adhere to the competition\u2019s theme, Knowledge in Motion. Submissions will be evaluated on their relevance, feasibility, and artistic excellence. The submitted idea must be relevant to the theme and achievable within the space and materials provided. Lastly, you must provide two professional references who can attest to the artist\u2019s work.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI am hoping that they feel more connected to the space and think of libraries a little differently than they did before. Maybe they think of their fellow students and the artists themselves a little differently than they did before. So it\u2019s getting a bigger perspective of the world that you\u2019re in,\u201d Susan Bernier said.<\/p>\n

The idea was conceived by Bernier, who is the director of collection management at the university library. She was inspired by an article she had read on FGCU 360 titled Drawn to the University Archives: Finding inspiration in Southwest Florida\u2019s history<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The article explains how cartoonist Doug MacGregor donated a collection of his work to the library\u2019s archive. MacGregor had made frequent donations to the school and wanted to be further involved by creating an interactive activity with the students. Hannah Harley, an art professor, had the idea of taking a trip to the archives with MacGregor and students.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThen he came in. He was like this is a great opportunity. He actually interacted with one of the students, who then created her own sort of graphic novel book. I believe it was her as a cartoon,\u201d Bernier said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This contest will share a similar sentiment by allowing university artists to showcase their creativity. FGCU is offering multiple incentives to apply. Not only will students have their art displayed for the entire university to see, but also the time attributed to the project will be counted as service hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will also have a little party and the winners will have the ability to have constant access to their artwork in the archives since it\u2019s going to be online. It\u2019ll be kind of an exhibit of the murals over time. This could be really nice to have if you\u2019re applying for other projects like this,\u201d Bernier said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The mural\u2019s prime spot beside the circulation desk ensures plenty of visibility for the artists. The competition will be held annually, with murals slated and replaced each year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cRather than just a flat mural that then stays there forever, it would be annual. So, new students every year will apply in December, then the winner is announced, and they have the whole spring to interactively paint it,\u201d Bernier said.<\/p>\n

Amy Lawton is the circulation manager at the library and part of the judging panel heavily encourages group submissions. These submissions will help garner more attention from the student body and promote student involvement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou walk into the library and you\u2019re seeing students painting, you just get a different vibe or feel of everything and it makes you feel a little bit more included,\u201d Lawton said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The project is meant to help inspire student involvement and the utilization of third spaces. Submissions were due by Dec. 5 at 5 p.m., and the winner will be announced on Dec. 10.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a quiet space made for ideas, the FGCU Library is giving one of its walls the chance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-77575","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\/77575","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=77575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}