ADELAIDE-based contemporary Aboriginal artist Scott Rathman added some colour to a local school recently by painting indigenous murals on the exterior of three buildings.
Glossop Primary Community School’s office entry wall, craft room building and activity room wall all tell a story, now representing what is important to the school.
Principal Sally Schwartzkopff said she was “amazed” by Mr Rathman’s work.
“Scott came to the school months ago and worked with the students to design the murals,” she said.
“The students shared their thoughts and ideas of what they wanted the murals to include and Scott did a fantastic job in incorporating them in his work.
“It’s really special to have murals that represent what is important to our students and their community.
“School is a resting place on the children’s journey and a place where everyone belongs and children feel nurtured and supported.
“Scott has captured it all better than I could’ve imagined.”
Ms Schwartzkopff said the craft room mural has “incredible” imagery.
“It (the craft room building) has imagery of the river, nature and spending time with family,” she said.
“It also has a pelican, kookaburra and Murray cod on it, which are our three house teams.”
Ms Schwartzkopff said the activity room mural was “extra special”.
“Every morning, all the staff and students come together for our daily welcome circle, outside the activity room,” she said.
“As a group, we acknowledge our country, say good morning to each other by name and set the day up in a really positive way.
“The wall represents the welcome circle with everyone coming into the space sitting together.
“The shield in the middle symbolises security, protection and safety.
“On the outer part of the circle are two boomerangs to represent coming back and that no matter what took place yesterday, today is a new day with a fresh start.”
Year 3 student Dre said his favourite thing about the murals is the detail.
“The murals are big and bright and it makes the school look colourful,” he said.