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1. Silver City Skate Park, 2010: Dome SkullArtists Beth Menczer, Buck Burns, and Krystina Romero and high school interns worked with 13 campers ages 5-12 to create a mural inspired by local skateboarders and bike riders. Site sponsors: GIFTTT (Gila Institute for Tots to Teens), Manzanita Ridge

2. Silver City Public Library, 2009: Bless Me UltimaArtists Beth Menczer and Diana Ingalls Leyba worked with Aldo Leopold High School students to create this tile mosaic and painted mural, based on the novel of the same name by Rudolfo Anaya. Site Sponsors: Friends of the Library, the NEA Big Read Project, Library Foundation Board

3. The Hub #2, 2010: Transportation in the 30s, 40s, and 50sStudents from Sarah Pineda’s Cobre High School clay class worked with artist Kate Brown and project intern Krystina Romero to produce a mural commemorating the Clifton Motors Chevy dealership, which used to occupy the site. Site sponsors: Janey Katz, Suzi Calhoun

4. Morning Star, 2006: Southwest WelcomeArtist M. Fred Barraza worked with high school students to create this mural incorporating a typical desert lizard and the traditional New Mexico Zia symbol. Site Sponsor: Morning Star

5. LifeQuest, 2007: Dream MandalaArtists Zoe Wolfe and Sue Sherman worked with LifeQuest clients and Aldo Leopold High School students to produce autobiographical scenes depicting southwest animals and plant forms. Site Sponsor: LifeQuest

6. The Hub #1, 2007: Ft. Bayard History Artists Carlene Roters and Diana Ingalls Leyba worked with Fran Morrison’s 6th and 7th grade students at La Plata Middle School, who painted scenes on strips of mural cloth illustrating the history of old Fort Bayard–from the Buffalo soldiers and the Nazi prisoners of war to the nurses who cared for TB patients. Site Sponsors: PED Service Learning Grant, Fort Bayard Historical Society

7. Home Furniture, 2005: Mimbreno HeritageMarilyn Gendron worked with high school students to create vivid tradi-tional Mimbreno artwork to brighten the south end of Bullard Street. Site Sponsor: Home Furniture

8. Penny Park, 2012: Center Square (Many Hands)Artists Buck Burns, Riley Olsen, high school interns and campers ages 6-12 created a tile and mosaic tribute to the original Penny Park and the community that made it happen. Site Sponsors: Town of Silver City, Silver City Rotary Club, Eulalia & Eugene Lewis, Karen Carr & Ralph Gauer (in memory of Louise LaVerne Maxwell), Leguna Clay

9. Silver City Food Co-op, 2004: Garden DelightsLed by local artist Carlene Roters, students of all ages created scenes of bountiful produce on the wall of the Silver City Food Co-op Building, site of the local Farmers Market for many years. Site Sponsor: Silver City Food Co-op

10. Silver and Maple Sts., 2003: Mimbres HeritageMarilyn Gendron worked with students in the JPPO program to com-plete this mural highlighting the area’s Mimbreno heritage. Site sponsors: Ron and Barb Gabioud

11. Manzanita Ridge, 2009: Chihuahua Hill HistoryArtists Zoe Wolfe and Buck Burns worked with high school interns and students ages 5-12 to produce this mural commemorating the history of the Chihuahua Hill neighborhood. Site Sponsor: Manzanita Ridge

12. Jaurequi Park, Spring St., 2006: Recycling is Fun! Artists Marilyn Gendron and Cecilia Stanford worked with elementary students to create a playful mural made of recyclables, revitalizing a run-down park in a down-town neighborhood. Site Sponsors: La Capilla, GRIP, Kwal Paint

13. Bayard Union Hall, 2005: Salt of the EarthCobre High School students studied historic photos of the Empire Zinc Mine strike and interviewed surviving participants. Artist M. Fred Barraza guided students in translating the memories into this painted mural on the Bayard Union Hall Building. Site Sponsor: Bayard Union Hall

14. Glenwood Library, 2011: Games We PlayedArtists Beth Menczer, Lynn Neidermeyer and Diana Ingalls Leyba worked with the youth of Glenwood to create this multi-media mural depicting childhoood games. Site sponsor: Celia E. Loess Charitable Trust (Outside of map area)

15. Bayard Community Center Park, 2008: Mining District MemoriesArtists Beth Menzcer, Marcia Smith and Kathryn Allen worked with Bayard Elementary School students, grades 1 through 5 to create this tile mural depicting mining district history. Site Sponsor: City of Bayard

16. Viola Stone Park, 2007: Santa Clara ChildhoodLocal artists M. Fred Barraza & Dayna Griego, who grew up playing in the park, helped students design and create this colorful mural depicting children at play in the Grant County town of Santa Clara. Site Sponsors: Shari Wilcox and Alex Zinner

17. Heritage Window #1, 2005: Apache Heritage Artists Diana Ingalls Leyba and Cecilia Stanford worked with Aldo

Leopold High School students to create this multi-media mural commemorating the area’s Apache history.

Heritage Window #2, 2007: Mimbreno Heritage Artists Diana Ingalls Leyba and Cecilia Stanford worked with Sarah

Pineda and her Cobre High School art students to create this multi-media mural commemorating the area’s Mimbreno history.

Heritage Window #3, 2009: Hispanic Heritage Artists Diana Ingalls Leyba and Cecilia Stanford worked with Silver

High School students to create this multi-media mural commemorat-ing the area’s Hispanic history.

Heritage Window #4, 2006: Anglo Heritage Artists Diana Ingalls Leyba and Cecilia Stanford worked with Carl

Levi’s Cliff High School students to create this multi-media mural commemorating the area’s Anglo history.

Heritage Window #5, 2008: Multi-cultural Heritage Artists Diana Ingalls Leyba and Cecilia Stanford worked with Sarah

Pineda’s Cobre High School art students to create this multi-media mural commemorating the area’s varied populations. Site Spon-sors: L & I Arts, Syzygy Tileworks, Stained Glass Source, Foxworth Galbraith, J & J Signs

18. Gila Library, 2012: Gila StoriesArtists Beth Menczer, Riley Olsen, and Damie Nelson worked with Cliff High School students to create a tile and glass mosaic derived from the stories of community elders. Site Sponsors: The Benwood Foundation, Gila Valley Library Board (Outside of map area)

19. Silver City Daily Press, 2008: Living FreeArtists Kate Brown and Marilyn Gendron worked with intern Nadia Nunez and Sarah Pineda’s art students at Cobre High School to produce this mural on painted mural cloth and tile, highlighting the beauty of the region. Site Sponsor: Silver City Daily Press

20. Visitor’s Center, 2012: Grant County Attractions Phase I of this multi-phase project highlights the ancient history of the Mimbres people. Artists Peter Bill, Diana Ingalls Leyba and Kathryn Allen worked with students from WNMU, Cobre High School and Jose Barrios Elementary to design and assemble the mural. Glazing was done by summer mural program interns. Installation was done by artists Kath-ryn Allen, David Palmer, and intern Junchen Huang.Site Sponsors: Syzygy Tileworks, Prudential Silver City Properties, Walmart, the Marilyn F. Ingalls Memorial Fund, Leyba & Ingalls Arts, NM Arts, National Endowment for the Arts.

21. Bataan Memorial Park, 2010: Remembering Bataan, Honoring our HeroesSara Pineda’s Cobre High School art class worked with local artist Karen Carr and her studio artists to produce this mural based on the oral histories of local Bataan Death March and WWII survivors. Site sponsor: Silver City Rotary Club.

22. Historic Coca-Cola Bottling Bldg., 2011: Bottling in Grant CountyArtists Buck Burns, Diana Ingalls Leyba, Susan Berry, Kathryn Allen, Wendy Shaul, and Peter Bill worked with Stout Elementary students, high school interns, and WNMU students to produce this mixed media mural depicting the history of bottling in Silver City. Site Sponsor: The Benwood Foundation

23. Gila Valley Library, 2010: Riparian Life of the Gila RiverArtists Cedar Smith and Mary Giardina worked with 28 Gila youth on the mural project. Site sponsors: The Benwood Foundation, Sebert and Barrett Brewer, Gila Valley Library Board (Outside of map area)

24. Downtown Tile Project #2, 2006-2010: Silver City HistoryArtists Cecilia Stanford, Zoe Wolfe, and Diana Ingalls Leyba worked with students from the Guadalupe Montessori School and Aldo Leopold High School interns to produce tiles depicting Silver City and its history as a respite for TB sufferers. Site sponsor: Syzygy Tileworks

25. Silver City Pool, 2007: Summer FunArtists Zoe Wolfe and Melanie Zipin worked with elementary students and high school interns to design a mural on the swimming pool wall showing the summer fun the facility provides the community. Site Sponsors: Town of Silver City Parks Dept., The Evergreen Garden Club, Tina Ely, Friends of the Pool, Sunup Design Build LLC, the 24 Club

26. Silver City Pool, 2011: Water FunArtists Buck Burns and Wendy Shaul worked with interns and campers ages 6-12 to create a painted mural inspired by images of beach and water play. Site Sponsor: Town of Silver City

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Syzygy Tile, Leyba & Ingalls Arts,

Prudential Silver City Properties,

J & J Signs, Silver C

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Benwood Foundation, D

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