Nourishing Healthy Seeds

Nourishing Healthy Seeds, by Mary Thiefels

Location: Allmendinger Park

Medium: neighborhood time capsule mosaic

Installed: October 2012

This project was funded in part by the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation.

Nourishing Healthy Seeds was a collaboration with the artist Mary Thiefels, of TreeTown Murals, and the Allmendinger neighborhood. The artist installed a multi-media artwork onto the pillars of the park’s multi-use shelter. The design includes colorful painted areas along with tile and glass mosaic sections. Included within each mosaic section are over 60 self portraits painted in the spring of 2012 by eighth graders at Slauson Middle School, well as several objects donated by people in the community. Donors of the "found objects" were asked to include a description of the item--a story detailing the item's significance. Some of these stories were included as a part of the mosaic.