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Bath ArtWorks Students Create Mural for Children's Waiting Area at Sweetser

Posted on 04/12/2005 at 09:34 am

'High Tide - Low Tide' theme features colorful depictions of sea- and shore-life

Participants from the Bath Recreation Department's ArtWorks program created a mural last week at Sweetser's new consolidated office on the Bath Road in Brunswick. With a theme of 'High Tide - Low Tide,' the mural adorns the children's waiting area at Sweetser's outpatient therapy and psychiatry office with colorful sea and shore images. "The mural is a wonderful addition to our new building," said Sweetser President & CEO Carl Pendleton. "It will offer inspiration and comfort to the more than 500 children and families who are served in this outpatient office each week."
Chelsey Hinkley, age 11, puts the finishing touches on a turtle for the children's waiting area mural.

Chelsey Hinkley puts the finishing touches on a turtle as Nicholas Earle, age 5, begins adding the blue water background.

Bath Fibers Artist Susan Perrine, helps Nicholas Earle select a paint color for his next creation.

ArtWorks Director Jamie Sylvestri explains the mural process to a group of children from Bath's Lambert Park neighborhood prior to painting on Saturday morning. In the background is the first phase of the mural as painted by children from Bath's Maritime Apartment neighborhood.

With a history dating back to 1828, Sweetser is Maine's most comprehensive behavioral and mental health care organization dedicated to serving children, adults and families. Sweetser offers services that address emotional disturbances, mental illness, behavioral disorders and learning disabilities through an array of educational programs, preventive services, community-support services and residential homes.

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