To celebrate the new Young Adult area at the New Ulm Public Library, four painting designs were chosen by TAG and were painted by the designers and their fellow students at the Riverbend Area Learning Center in New Ulm.

The project started as an art assignment for Instructor Pat Engen at Riverbend.  The library, meanwhile, had been contemplating painting a mural in its new teen area, so when Pat approached the library about collaborating, the library jumped at the chance. Students at Riverbend painted their original designs using different color schemes, with TAG making color suggestions.  Back at Riverbend, designs chosen for the paintings were enlarged onto 36” x 48” canvases.  Classmates chipped in to sketch the design, mix paint, and block in sections with color.

The artwork was unveiled at the library during the Open House on January 21, 2007.  The paintings will be on display for two years, after which time another local student art group will be encouraged to display its work.