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In this historic town of Lunenburg, the newly constructed Bluenose Academy will open its doors to the students in January of 2012. The Bluenose Academy serving students from Lunenburg and the surrounding areas including Blue Rocks, Riverport, Dayspring, Centre, Northwest and Maders Cove would like to welcome the public again to participate in this exciting journey of our new school.
We invite all the public including artists, designers, students, parents, everyone to submit designs for a mosaic to be installed in the foyer of the school building. The theme of the mosaic celebrates the merger of four schools; Lunenburg Academy, Lunenburg Junior & Senior High, Riverport and District Elementary and Centre Consolidated School. The design must be in the boundaries of the ideas put forward by the students, which can be found below.
The school community will vote on the design submissions and the winning design will be permanently installed on the floor of the entrance lobby of the Bluenose Academy. The mosaic will be made of 3/4-inch square tiles with a limit of 22 colours in an 8 feet diameter circle. Please carefully review the ideas/images and examples of mosaic tile projects of other schools and BE CREATIVE!
Feel free to include description for your design submissions. The winning designer will receive a one of a kind local earthenware platter by the NSCAD-Lunenburg Artist in Residence, George Cho.
Deadline: August 22nd 2011
Please submit designs to:
il (for digital submissions): ba@ssrsb.ca
Via Mail: (please no original work*):
NSCAD Community Studio, P.O. BOX 1823, Lunenburg NS, B0J 2C0
Or Submissions may be dropped off at Centre Schools main office from August 17th – August 22nd.
*Please enclose prepaid and labeled postage for return of hard copies.
**The design of the chosen mosaic will be subject to possible alteration/collaboration upon further committee review.
Bluenose Academy Mosaic Project Idea Summary
1. Nautical (28.4%)
■Bluenose (in full sail, breaking through a wave)
■The dime (with the Bluenose on it)
■Bluenose with whale cresting or water, flying fish and dolphins jumping, jets barrel rolling in sky with fireworks and sunset
■Bluenose vs. Teaser in a race
■Bluenose in the middle with four ships on route toward the Bluenose (representing the new school)
■Bluenose crossing finish line with other boats trailing behind
■Bluenose racing with waves splashing over sides
■Bluenose with navigation star in background
■View of Bluenose from above (looking down on it)
■Dockside, dock in water
■Fisherman, dory, anchor
■Sail from a boat
■Foghorn
■Boat steering wheel with waves
■Life preserver
■Ships wheel
■Compass pointed towards north, compass rose, star compass
■Boat with trophy
■Knot
■Launching the Bluenose
■Picture of Bluenose surrounded by rope
■Sailing
2. Marine Life (27.5%)
■Seagulls, clouds, blue water
■Storm
■Fish, shark, whale, killer whale, lobster, crabs, scallops, starfish, octopus, shells, seals, stingray, big shell, rock lobster, puffins, sea turtle, codfish,
■Scallop dragger
■Waves
■Fishing net, traps
■Fish jumping through waves
■Wooden lobster trap
■Ocean/water
3. Miscellaneous (12%)
■Rainbows
■Boulders
■Underwater scene with marine life
■Sunset
■Treasure chest
■Lots of kids, colourful
■A playground
■Blocks
■Alphabet
■A big book with stuff written in it
■Fisherman with graduation cap
■Big fish teaching small fish
■Books in water with fish
■Colours: shades of blue, red, white/blues and greens/lots of blue/blue, red green/blue, white, red, green/purple, teal
■Forest and fields, Christmas tree lots, lakes
4. Text (10.1%)
■“Welcome to Bluenose Academy”
■“Not blue toes, yes blue nose”/ “we have a school that’s really fine, the Bluenose is on the 10 cent dime”/ “Linked together in education”/ “Caught in education” (wi1th 3 fish jumping into a net)
■“Lunenburg, NS”
5. Town Spirit (8.5%)
■Shipyard, fish sheds
■An old Lunenburg fish trap
■Waterfront/Harbour view with buildings and boats (classic view from golf course)
■Images of Lunenburg (bandstand, museum, churches, buildings,)
■Schooner in Lunenburg waterfront with reflection in water
■Houses with Lunenburg Bump
■Lunenburg waterfront with the Bluenose with Captain Angus Walters waving
6. School (Merger) (4.5%)
■Picture of four schools coming together as one (a piece of each school put together to make one, like Riverport Osprey, Lunenburg Academy Mariner, Lunenburg Jr/Sr High and Center Wave)
■Lighthouse with four beams of light representing four schools
■Bluenose with four dories to represent the schools/families aboard the new ship
■Dime with four boats with Bluenose Academy written on it
7. School (Image) (8.5%)
■Picture of the new school
■A big wave with the Bluenose Academy
■School-house
■Bluenose with the Academy on it
■The new school floating on the ocean like a boat
8. Diversity (1.9%)
■Pictures and symbols of children of native descent, different nationalities coming together, people joining hands
■Globe with kids holding hands
9. Dime; Capt. Angus Walters (1%; 1%)
■The dime (with the Bluenose on it)
■Dime with four boats with Bluenose academy written on it
■Lunenburg waterfront with the Bluenose with Captain Angus Walters waving
Total of 297 Student Suggestions from All Four Schools (Lunenburg Jr./Sr. High, Centre Consolidated School, Riverport and District Elementary & Lunenburg Academy)
