Time

It gets away from me...

I finished the mural I was doing back in July. Brittany's place a safe and sound center for girls.

http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/08/01/young-reporters-new-shelter-aims-to-help-sex-trafficking-victims-be-safe-and-sound

After I finished the mural I drove with my children to Arizona to drop off my oldest daughter at college!

I'm still not use to not seeing her everyday thankfully we have technology to keep us connected.

I will write another blog post about our adventures in New Mexico.

Approaching the end

Installation begins in a few days, here are a few more progress shots. It's been really fun. I am getting nervous, worrying they will not like it.

Busy, busy, busy time.

My youngest child graduated from elementary school, my oldest from high school and my middle child finish her first year of high school.  I am feeling old and overwhelmed by all the changes.

I am buried under a mosaic mural 8 feet tall by 28 feet long, roughly 1000 pounds of tiles good thing I am not literally buried. Parts of it were created by community members. 6 x 6 quilt blocks.

These quilt blocks will frame the mosaic and the windows of the building.

It is probably the most intense projects I have ever done.

This mural will go outside of the safe and sound shelter for girls. 

I hope they will feel loved and protected.

180 degrees

I am so grateful to my good friends who helped me with the installation this past weekend (Angie, Greta, Lorin, Tara, Charlene and Louise it would not have happened with out you all!) it was a blustery 40 plus degrees and lots of work.  It was an honor to be asked to create a mosaic mural for 180 degrees this is some of what they do- Since 2001, 180 Degrees, Inc. has contracted with Ramsey County to provide juvenile probation case management services. Ramsey County recognized the need for specialized services for juveniles who face multiple barriers. Under the umbrella of Ramsey County Human Services, case managers work with juveniles placed on probation through the Juvenile Court. Case managers report the progress of a youth directly with the juvenile court. The goal is to provide community-based services that will address the needs of these juveniles and reduce placement.

Case Managers work with any juvenile placed on probation involved in a Human Services program such as Child Protection or Children’s Mental Health. Case Managers work closely with other Human Services workers to develop a plan that ensures clients will be successful in the community. At the same time, Case Managers are responsible for holding juveniles accountable if he/she fails to follow through with programming in the community.

On your mark, get set....

The big weekend has arrived well one of the big weekends anyway.
I will be installing my mural this weekend it's an outdoor project and it's cold here high of 42 tomorrow right on the cut off. I would love to have volunteers- anyone?!?
I am pretty sure all the toes are in the right place..

Day 1 installation

It's been a very intense three weeks and we finished the mosaic! So now it's installation time, of course I had no time to shoot pictures while we were working so you are not seeing photos of the 10 amazing teens I have had the privilege to work with, maybe tomorrow. We installed half the mural today and I hope to finish tomorrow and then grout and clean for two days.