{"id":31153,"date":"2011-10-06T19:19:28","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T23:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2011\/10\/06\/necc-unveils-mural-in-honor-of-50th\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T02:36:41","slug":"necc-unveils-mural-in-honor-of-50th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2011\/10\/06\/necc-unveils-mural-in-honor-of-50th\/","title":{"rendered":"NECC Unveils Mural in Honor of 50th"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2060\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2060\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2060\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2011\/10\/Michaela-and-Lane-web.jpg\" alt=\"Michaela and Lane Web\" width=\"250\" height=\"376\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michaela Dutra-Lowell and NECC President Lane Glenn<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Artist Michaela Dutra-Lowell of Amesbury usually works on projects the size of a notebook and she claims she doesn\u2019t much like to paint.\u00a0 But this summer she broke out of her comfort zone, creating a 6&#215;10-foot painted mural in honor of Northern Essex Community College\u2019s 50th anniversary that will hang permanently in the Spurk Building Lobby on the college\u2019s Haverhill Campus.<\/p>\n<p>The mural was unveiled on Wednesday, October 5 by Dutra-Lowell and NECC President Lane Glenn, also of Amesbury, during a brief ceremony attended by over 100 cheering onlookers including college faculty, staff, and students.\u00a0 Dutra-Lowell recently graduated from Northern Essex with a degree in illustration and is planning to continue her education at a four-year art school.<\/p>\n<p>Dutra-Lowell was selected to create the mural by Rachel Hellmann, her art professor, who calls her \u201cone of the most talented students I have ever taught.\u201d\u00a0 Once she decided to take on the job, she met with a committee to discuss what they were hoping to accomplish with the mural.\u00a0 A companion mural was created in 1978 and the goal was to build on what had been started by creating a graphic representation of changes at the college over the past 30-plus years such as the development of the Lawrence campus, the building of the Hartleb Technology Center, the growth in student diversity, and the focus on community service.<\/p>\n<p>Dutra-Lowell was tasked with meeting with a committee of faculty and administrators to develop a concept for the project and then to create the design.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am extremely grateful for the opportunity to do this,\u201d Dutra-Lowell told the crowd.\u00a0 \u201cI wanted to really put my feeling into this; I love the school, the campus, and the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A longtime resident of Amesbury and one of nine siblings, Dutra-Lowell has \u201cloved drawing and making things\u201d for as long as she can remember.\u00a0 She graduated from Northern Essex with her twin brother Michael and they took many courses together.\u00a0 Dutra-Lowell plans to transfer to Mass College of Art or Montserrat and, while she will study art, she has not decided what specific area she will pursue.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Essex is celebrating its 50th anniversary with events that will be held throughout the year.\u00a0 For additional information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/celebrating-50-years-of-making-a-difference\/\">https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/celebrating-50-years-of-making-a-difference\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist Michaela Dutra-Lowell of Amesbury usually works on projects the size of a notebook and she claims she doesn\u2019t much like to paint.\u00a0 But this summer she broke out of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":31155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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