Student’s Phuture Phoenix chalkboards win attention from artist Chang

UW-Green Bay student Courtney Maye drew inspiration from a campus visit two years ago by urban artist Candy Chang, famous for locating chalkboards and canvasses in high-traffic areas and inviting passers-by to reflect and share their thoughts. Maye did something similar for fifth-graders visiting UWGB last October for Phuture Phoenix tour days. She positioned chalkboards so the young visitors could finish the sentence “I want to go to college so that I can…” in chalk. Recently, Maye sent photos of the event to Candy Chang’s website to appear in featured rotation. Maye, an Urban and Regional Studies major, said Chang’s assistant mentioned that some of the UWGB photos might appear in the artist’s new book. Maye credits staff and administrators including Mary Baranek, Sue Mattison, Lucy Arendt, Ashley Folcik, Kimberly Desotell and Stephanie Cataldo-Pabich for helping make her project possible. See the UW-Green Bay photo page at Chang’s site (which is based on the theme “Before I die, I want to…), http://beforeidie.cc/site/green-bay-remix/