A video of the project by Mike Zynch:

Thanks to all who were able to attend the reception last Thursday. It was a great turnout!

The official website for the project is up and currently under construction. Click in this link to check it out.

Hartford Courant, February 25: Tunxis Holds Opening Reception For Public Art Installation

"Passing Through" is included in The Cost of Public Art in Connecticut by Kate Hartman in Connecticut Magazine.

Join us to celebrate completion of the project: Thursday, March 6^th, from 4-7pm in the new building 600 atrium, 2^nd floor. Hope to see you there!

 Emeritus Ed Ifkovic and President Catherine Addy

 Before the installation

Anders Bachmann at work installing north wall silhouettes

Today the final silhouettes were installed. In all, there are 50 silhouettes, four of these are inanimate objects, and three are fused double figures, making 48 life-sized human figures (and one super-sized turtle.) Thirty-three Tunxis participants are represented—twenty-nine students, two alumnae, the college president, and one faculty emeritus. Some of the participants are represented twice. Students were selected through an essay competition in which they were asked to discuss their journey to Tunxis Community College. There will be a website that will identify participants by their silhouettes and present their stories.

The silhouettes are made of 14-gauge stainless steel and are bolted to the wall with an average of 10 stainless-steel high-security machine screws.  Some of the ground-level silhouettes are backed by thicker stainless steel “bridge” pieces that allow them to pass over the wall molding. The silhouettes were laser cut by Labco Welding in Middletown, CT and contractor Anders Bachmann helped me with the installation. 

I'll post some more pictures in the next few days.

 Harleigh Winder and Samantha Crowley

(Building 600, first phase, first floor)

Brandon Haas and Samantha Crowley

(Building 600, first phase, entry corridor)

Scott Wilmot and George Hairston

(Building 600, first phase, first floor)

The final silhouette installed: Harleigh Wider

(Building 600, first phase, first floor)

Taylor Chambers

(building 600, first phase, second floor)

Harleigh Wider and Samantha Crowley (in progress)

(building 600, first phase, first floor)

Scott Wilmot and Daniel Bereza

(Building 600, second phase, first floor)

Justine DePaolis and Andrea Marseglia

(Building 600, first phase, second floor)

Kenneth Haas and Susie Petkie Rotondo

(Building 600, second phase, foyer)

Andrea Marseglia and Daniel Bereza

(Building 600, second phase, foyer)

Taylor Chambers and Anela Turkovic

 Daniel Bereza and (Scott Wilmot coming soon)

 Naomi Lemire

 Amanda Scagliola

(Building 600, phase 2, second floor)

Hope Faith Storrs

(building 600, second phase, first floor)

Damian Jovanovic

(building 600, second phase, first floor)

Amanda Scagliola and Chris LaPorte