DePauw presents Messages of Hope interactive art display at Nature Park

Coordinated by the DePauw University Museum Studies program along with program founder Frank Maugeri, the Messages of Hope interactive art display includes more than 60 shadow boxes created by community members. The piece created by Karen Hirt-Mannon celebrates the reemergence of Brood X of periodical cicadas in 2021.

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Visual representations of life after the pandemic will be on display at the DePauw University Nature Park from now through Sept. 30

Messages of Hope is a community participatory project coordinated by the Museum Studies students at DePauw University.

The project’s founder, artist Frank Maugeri, developed the project in 2020 in order to facilitate the expression of hundreds of participants seeking to convey a sense of hope during a time of uncertainty.

Maugeri partnered with DePauw University’s Museum Studies students to bring the project to Greencastle, where more than 60 participants created a shadow box expressing a unique message of hope using a variety of materials and objects at hand.

The public can view the boxes at DePauw Nature Park as they walk along the Rail and Creekside trail.

The DePauw Nature Park is open to the public daily from 7 a.m.-9 p.m. until Aug. 31, and then 7 a.m.-8 p.m. until Sept. 30.

Visit depauw.edu/galleries for more information about special events associated with this exhibition. The exhibition is free and open to the public.