The Sistine Gazebo Mural: Celebrating Winona State’s 2035 Strategic Plan
Presenter(s)
Alessandra Sulpy
Abstract
Associate Professor Alessandra Sulpy's ART 317 Contemporary Studio Practices was asked by President Kenneth Janz to complete a public mural celebrating Winona State's 10 year Strategic Plan. This mural will be installed this month in the interior roof of the Alumni Gazebo in the middle of campus, and is comprised of 24 painted wooden panels. The top 8 panels depict the 5 Colleges within the University, and the bottom 16 panels showcase the Pillars and Initiatives of the 2035 Strategic Plan. The panels feature students, campus life, our many majors, the arts, sports, clubs and activities, the town and campus, technology, and future buildings. The 20 students in the class, under the direction of Professor Sulpy, designed and painted the panels. We started by brainstorming and diagramming, and interviewing the student body to get their thoughts on what they would like depicted. This helped us solidify our ideas and take the next step in designing the panels. Next steps were taking photographic references, creating mock-ups, and the class had help from Professor Danilo Bojic's ART 365 Campaign and Systems Design class with the typography and word placement. Finally, we created our final mock-ups, prepped the panels, and painted painted painted! We did this all in an incredibly short window of 6 weeks, and what wasn't finished in the Fall 2025 semester was completed by volunteer students and Associate Professor Sulpy in the Spring.
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department
Art & Design
Campus
Winona
Location
Kryzsko, Minnesota Rooms 223-224, Winona, Minnesota; United States
Start Date
4-23-2026 12:00 PM
End Date
4-23-2026 12:19 PM
Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Format of Presentation or Performance
In-Person
The Sistine Gazebo Mural: Celebrating Winona State’s 2035 Strategic Plan
Kryzsko, Minnesota Rooms 223-224, Winona, Minnesota; United States
Associate Professor Alessandra Sulpy's ART 317 Contemporary Studio Practices was asked by President Kenneth Janz to complete a public mural celebrating Winona State's 10 year Strategic Plan. This mural will be installed this month in the interior roof of the Alumni Gazebo in the middle of campus, and is comprised of 24 painted wooden panels. The top 8 panels depict the 5 Colleges within the University, and the bottom 16 panels showcase the Pillars and Initiatives of the 2035 Strategic Plan. The panels feature students, campus life, our many majors, the arts, sports, clubs and activities, the town and campus, technology, and future buildings. The 20 students in the class, under the direction of Professor Sulpy, designed and painted the panels. We started by brainstorming and diagramming, and interviewing the student body to get their thoughts on what they would like depicted. This helped us solidify our ideas and take the next step in designing the panels. Next steps were taking photographic references, creating mock-ups, and the class had help from Professor Danilo Bojic's ART 365 Campaign and Systems Design class with the typography and word placement. Finally, we created our final mock-ups, prepped the panels, and painted painted painted! We did this all in an incredibly short window of 6 weeks, and what wasn't finished in the Fall 2025 semester was completed by volunteer students and Associate Professor Sulpy in the Spring.
