PJC decorates trash cans for the Trail de Paris
Published or Revised March 20, 2014
On display in the Foyer Gallery were trash cans decorated by PJC art students and volunteers. The cans will be placed on the Trail de Paris in Paris, Texas.
Paris Junior College art students and the Friends of the Trail are collaborating on a project supporting the Trail de Paris. As one of their projects, students in the painting class decorated trashcans supplied by the Friends. The cans are on display in "The Community Art: Trash Cans" exhibit at the Foyer Gallery. The show is open through Wednesday, March 26, after which the cans will be placed along the trail.
"Each can is an original work," said PJC art instructor Susan Moore. "The subject matter ranges in scope from deep space and the solar system, to mystical figures, and everything in between such as landscape, patterns, social commentary, and animals. Students used as assortment of media, such as house paint donated by Sherwin Williams to the Friends of the Trail, their own acrylic paint, wallpaper, and magazine scraps. They have also used an assortment of techniques that include air brush, collage, sponge painting, spray painting, straight painting, drip painting, and the use of templates made from tape and twine. Each can is a unique artistic statement, and will be colorful reminders to please keep Paris beautiful and use the trash cans along the Trail de Paris!"
Project participants are: Baron Capers, Chelsea de la Rosa, Stephanie Eller, Riley Hodnet, Amanda Lair-Barnett, Jenaveve Lester, Mario Munguia (PJC graduate), Anita O'Neal, Alex Ricketts, Montel Thomas, Candra Wyatt, and Moore.
