Thanks to Mike Henning of Illinois State University, Barry Blinderman, Bill waters, Susan Thetard, Bob Dean and many carpenters and engines, a gift of relief plaster replica of the Elgin Marbles has been enhanced and repackaged in Stroud High School Auditorium at the University.
English and Theatre Faculty Member Susan Thetard said plaster reliefs, which are copies of Greek Parthenon marbles which were saved by Lord Elgin in England and is located at the British Museum, were a gift from two classes of high school University at the beginning of 1900. The reliefs were part of the University High School when it was located in the building of training school Metcalf or Moulton Hall. University high school was a school template from 1860, with the first class graduated in 1865. The school originally occupied space in Major Hall in Bloomington and normal in Old Main. When the current University High School was built in the 1960s, the reliefs were moved to the Auditorium of Stroud. Former faculty members of English Ruth Stroud was responsible for having saved, stored pads and hung in the auditorium at the University high school, which later was named for her.
Project Manager, Bill Waters said when the University began the renovation of the Auditorium Stroud in 2009, 10 pads were too damaged to break down and put back again as they were. After consultation with Tony Thompson, Mike Crutcher, John Williamson, Eric Short and Rich Robbins and University galleries Director Barry Blinderman, the reliefs are carefully taken from Stroud Auditorium walls and placed in an enclosure built carpenters. Waters said that they were cracked and peeling and were hung on an outdated system that could not be reused. Thetard said that Stroud Auditorium had problems with water and moisture, which has contributed to the deterioration of the reliefs.
Art teacher and artist Mike Henning University high then assumed the post of renovated. Henning said after an extensive cleanup, the cracks in the plaster delicate were filled with an epoxy adhesive. Most of the plaster cracks ran through two to three inches. Later used a fiberglass and resin to build and model missing and damaged areas. A thick polymer sealant was used to coat the reverse for reinforcement. The sculptures were then triggered and glossy finish.
Blinderman and Gallery curator Tony Preston-Schreck has contributed a design for reinstall Auditorium reliefs Stroud. Waters said that the designer uses L-brackets, which create the effect of floating reliefs on the walls of the Auditorium Stroud East and West. They are numbered in sequence and were hung from carpenters University Dan Grant, Greg Reeves, Barry Wirtz, John Spencer, Mark Weissinger, Rafael Macias and Scott Russell.
All involved in the process has worked in partnership to ensure that the pads, which were a part of the history of the University high school close to a century, were a prominent part of the restructuring of the Auditorium Stroud.
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