{"id":4760,"date":"2020-01-07T14:32:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T20:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/?p=4760"},"modified":"2020-01-07T14:43:50","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T20:43:50","slug":"indigo-gets-her-wings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/2020\/01\/07\/indigo-gets-her-wings\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigo Gets Her Wings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Indigo Gaydusek ’19<\/p><\/div>\n

Every time Indigo Gaydusek \u201919 drives down Frederick Avenue, she sees her very large artwork on the side of a brick building at 13th<\/sup> and Frederick. Gaydusek, who graduated with a studio art \u2013 painting degree with minors in printmaking and sculpture last May, was commissioned by Missouri Western\u2019s Marketing and Communications Office to paint Griffon wings on the side of Kelly\u2019s Pub, owned by Shawn and Kathy Kelly. She completed the work this past summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was such a blessing to be able to jump right in with the mural as soon as I graduated,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The mural, approximately, 15′ wide x 11′ high, features Missouri Western\u2019s clock tower and a pair of wings. Jomel Nichols, chief marketing officer, said the wings make an outstanding photo opportunity for students and the community.<\/p>\n

She said the University\u2019s new tagline, \u201cTogether we succeed,\u201d conveys that Missouri Western faculty and staff are right there with the students as they work toward their degrees and meet their goals. \u201cThe wings seem to say, \u2018we\u2019ve got your back. Together we fly!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Last semester, when Nichols approached Kathy Liao, assistant professor of art, about the wings mural, Liao immediately suggested Gaydusek for the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cI loved the wings, but I felt like it needed the clock tower as a unifying concept, since it is in the center of campus,\u201d said Gaydusek, who designed the mural.<\/p>\n

But the giant wings weren\u2019t Gaydusek\u2019s last large public art project. She also helped Liao on a mural on a Southside St. Joseph building (see \u201cMissouri Western paints up the Southside, p. 6). Gaydusek\u2019s role in that mural was painting the woman on the bike, because \u201cno one else wanted to tackle it.\u201d She also worked on the \u201c238\u201d sign.<\/p>\n

\u201cKathy Liao was really influential to me and helped me become more professional,\u201d Gaydusek said. \u201cShe really wanted us to succeed, and she helped me stretch my abilities.\u201d\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2020\/01\/Wings-Aug.-2019-094-Copy-scaled.jpg\"<\/p>\n

Gaydusek said she really enjoyed painting the wings on Kelly\u2019s and she learned a lot as she worked out the challenges of painting on a large, brick wall. But visiting with people as they came by to check out her work made for a really great experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really enjoy that my murals bring people together.\u201d<\/p>\n

The alumna artist currently lives in St. Joseph, ministering to college students with the Navigators and working at Starbucks part-time. Someday, she hopes to create more public art for St. Joseph. Her dad is ready; he already has a hashtag for her \u2013 #paintthesaint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every time Indigo Gaydusek \u201919 drives down Frederick Avenue, she sees her very large artwork on the side of a brick building at 13th and Frederick. Gaydusek, who graduated with a studio art \u2013 painting degree with minors in printmaking and sculpture last May, was commissioned by Missouri Western\u2019s Marketing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,18,33],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4760"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4760"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4764,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4760\/revisions\/4764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}