ArtRoot’s Wall Poems of Racine No. 8 will be unveiled at 2 p.m. Nov. 16 on the Washington Avenue facing facade of the Pawstar RE building at 1236 13th St. The mural, which was designed by University of Wisconsin-Parkside student Sophia Lefeber and painted by Tawwater Sign Company, features an excerpt from UW-P student Monica Thomas’ poem “Rooftop.” Wall Poems of Racine celebrates local literary talent by pairing an excerpt from a poem written by a Racine poet with a design created by a student from an advanced graphic design community-based learning class at UW-P. Building owners who are interested in having a wall painted can visit www.artroot.org/contact. To learn more about the project visit artroot.org/wallpoems.
The Wall Poems of Racine No. 8 mural will feature and excerpt from Monica Thomas’ poem “Rooftop.”
Wall Poems of Racine celebrates local literary talent by pairing an excerpt from a poem written by a Racine poet with a design created by a student from an advanced graphic design community-based learning class at UW-Parkside.
The Wall Poems of Racine No. 8 mural was designed by Sophia Lefeber and painted by Tawwater Sign Company.
In photos: Watch step by step as Racine's newest mural comes together
June 15: A blank brick canvas
June 15: Dean Tawwater gets the first layer started
June 15: From left to right
June 15: Base layer done
June 17: Layer 2 underway
June 17: Layer 2 done
June 19: Getting going on a new day
June 19: Small touches
June 19: Expanding the blue
Dean Tawwater, the founder of Kenosha-based Tawwater Sign Co., paints the design of UW-Parkside Associate Art Professor Carey Watters' students that features the poetry of the late Racinian Aaron Lundquist on a wall in Uptown.
June 19: Painting the waters
June 19: Bring on the blue
June 19: Bringing out the roller again
June 19: Rolling along the curve
June 20: Five days in
June 23: Starting on Aaron Lundquist's poetry
June 23: Continuing the wording
June 23: Expanding the roots
June 23: Mural under the sun
June 23: Closing on a day's work
July 6: Giving credit to the poet behind it all
July 6: Finishing Lundquist's name
July 6: Working from the ladder
Deab Tawwater poses with his final product
The finished mural, the first installation in Wall of Poems Racine
The first mural in the Wall of Poems Racine project was completed in summer 2020, visible on the south side of the Great Lakes Warehousing building in the 1400 block of 16th Street.
