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Nicaraguan Mural Projects
In the spring of 1992, I went to Nicaragua to teach art and organize community mural projects. I solicited donations from the Carleton College Alfred J. Heslop Fund and Kativo S.A., a Nicaraguan paint company. While in Nicaragua, I taught nine art classes in three different elementary schools. I also organized three community mural projects, two with church youth groups and one with a school.
This is a picture of one of the murals that we painted in the Iglesia Elin in the barrio de Monte Tabor in Managua. The church is named after Elin, the place of rest that the Israelites came to after they crossed the Red Sea. The members of the church determined what was to be included in the mural. The water was painted to run through the picture and overflow into the church baptismal. In the river John is depicted baptizing Jesus. The plants used in the mural ane similar to ones found in the community surrounding the church.