Students’ mural promoting tolerance unveiled
NEW BRITAIN — About a dozen Central Connecticut State University art students used their paint brushes to bring attention to their frustration over what they see as society’s Islamaphobia, and their work was unveiled Friday.
Borrowing a quote from the Muslim Quran, “Show Forgiveness, Speak for Justice, Avoid the Ignorant,” the students used a combination of Arabic script and wild-style lettering to create a 40-foot mural for display at one end of the Student Center’s exterior. Designed as a portable banner, the artwork, promoting religious tolerance, can be used as a backdrop or display at other venues or conferences on or off campus.
“Their work speaks to an issue of building solidarity between human beings and not allowing ourselves to be divided by hatred or religious differences,” says Professor of Art Mike Alewitz.
Through his public art class, students learn about the thought process required in creating public art. Students bring ideas to class, discuss them, and determine which ones are feasible, taking their time constraints and resources into consideration. Alewitz says his students’ decision to focus on religious tolerance came from their discussion about the controversy over plans to build a mosque and Muslim cultural center near ground zero in lower Manhattan.
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Mural Artists: Brenda Anna Marousek, Ally King, Marissa Janczewska, Rachel Cabaniol, Jeff Glowa, Wiley Akin, Jackie Sidor, Alyssa Lennehan, Zoe Nicole Shaw, Andrew Cusson
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