“I’m just really proud of my students for taking this challenge on,” she said. Shriver wanted to thank Home Depot and Polk County Conservation for helping this dream become a reality for her 3rd -12th grade art students. “It’s showing our earth slowly falling apart, and we are not doing anything about it.” “Our artwork is mostly about how the water is getting warmer, and the darker green mixed with the blue is showing signs of flooding and hurricanes,” he said. Drassic said the mural is also making a statement. When the phone’s camera is pointed at the artwork, the app brings the mural to life, with moving art and sound. When scanned with the camera on a smartphone, a link will direct the user to download a free app. Viewers of the mural will notice three QR codes in the artwork. There’s a lot of detail, a lot of color, a lot of creativity, and they took it an extra step further and integrated technology.” “The hard work that the students put into this project is evident when you take a look at the mural. “This was an incredible opportunity to partner with the school district and bring to light the incredible work of a group of talented artists and students here in our community,” Lown said. Jessica Lown, the community outreach coordinator, said they would like to see more art added to the skatepark. Polk County Conservation partnered with Shriver and the students to install the work. “It feels pretty good to be honest,” Drassic said. They installed it Monday morning with the help of Polk County Conservation on the northeast side of Lauridsen Skatepark, where it will be seen by skateboarding greats like Tony Hawk when they arrive for competitions and shows at the nation’s largest park of its kind. “I haven’t really done anything like this before.”ĭrassic and 60 of his fellow students in the DMPS Focus and MAC programs, under the direction of their art teacher Laurie Shriver, have created the first augmented reality art mural in Des Moines. So when his art teacher offered him the opportunity to make his mark on the nation’s largest skateboarding park, he jumped at the chance. When the weather is good, the now high school junior skates, scooters, or rides BMX everyday. “I started to ride my bike there, and I just fell in love,” Drassic said. Shawn Drassic was four years old when he rolled into a neighborhood skatepark for the first time.
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