Bay City High School art studentsand the U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers Galveston District part-nered to paint three-feet high muralsat four locations along the Corps-operated Colorado River Locks, tocombat water-related fatalities atCorps’ owned and operated facilities.Art teachers Cuauhtemoc “Mico”Murphy and Sharon Landgrebe spentfour weeks teaching students how tore-create the “Wear It” logo, aNational Safe Boating Campaign slo-gan, to place on the walls of thelocks.The project was completed in a

two-period special effects classtaught by Murphy.“This class early on learned

from me how to do a color trans-fer, which is how we have donethis project. Most of the paintingis done in studio then the finishingwork is done on site, which is a farmore efficient way to do publicart, given the fact of weather andthe use of students for this proj-ect,” said Murphy.Murphy explains that it wasn’t dif-ficult to convince his class to partici-pate.“This is a wonderful project to beconnected with, given the importanceof ‘Wear It’ (campaign),” saidMurphy. “It’s the ‘click it’ of watersafety. When Mr. Simon Desoto(Colorado River Locks lock master)and Mr. Christopher Townsend (theinterim principal of Bay City HighSchool) approached me about havingthe students do this project, I had tosay yes. Plus it’s something that inyears to come, while the students are

out boating and wearing it, they canpoint out to family and friends andtell them that they had a hand todoing it.”DeSoto couldn’t agree more.“The students have taken the proj-

ect on to support the local communi-ty and assist the Galveston District intheir 2014Water Safety Campaign toLearn to Swim Well,” said LockMaster Simon DeSoto, ColoradoRiver Locks. “The $400 project wasfully funded by the district and thestudents volunteered their time to

create the artwork.”Students completed the art designtemplates in the classroom thentransferred the paintings onto thewalls of the locks.“Mariners traversing the GulfIntracoastal Waterway will be ableto see and read the logo,” saidDeSoto. “It will serve as a constantreminder to be safe on the water andto always wear their personal flota-tion devices while recreating on thewater.”According to DeSoto, students

were eager to help share the district’swater safety messages of learning toswim well, being water aware andwearing a lifejacket while recreatingon the water.“The students learned about theimportance of water safety,” saidDeSoto. “They certainly helped usspread the word about promoting theimportance of learning to swim andwearing lifejackets. Our combinedefforts will hopefully help to reducepublic fatalities and educate thosewho use our facilities.”

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At left: Bay City HighSchool art teacherCuauhtemoc “Mico”Murphy and sopho-more JoshuaBenavidez add theyellow paint to the“Wear It” logo duringclass.At right: BCHS jun-iors Felicia Alonsoand HeatherLandriault work in theclassroom on the redpart of the logo. Contributed photos

At left: ColoradoRiver Locks employ-ee Rick Stanley helpsas BCHS art teacherC u a u h t e m o cMurphy, BCHS seniorDaniel Perez and jun-ior KimberlyRodriguez preparethe logo to be placedon the lock wall.At right: Stanley,clockwise from topleft, locks employeePaul Orr, Murphy andRodriguez attach thelogo to the wall.

Photos by Simon DeSoto

Bay City High School art teacher Cuauhtemoc “Mico” Murphy,junior Kimberly Rodriguez and senior Daniel Perez show thecompleted logo placed on the wall of the Colorado River Locks

on Friday, April 10. BCHS seniors Allison Carter and ChrisCharron and junior Erica Cuevas also worked on the project thatwas painted in the classroom then transferred onto the wall.

Art studentspaint logo for

boat safety campaign

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