Newspaper Article

Article reads: MICHELANGELO'S "CREATION OF ADAM" now adorns the ceiling of the art room at the State College Area High School thanks to an eight-month effort by members of Al Orchowski's art classes. In re-creating the famous scene, students Ernie Hampton, Eric Bealer, Luke Laubscher, Beth Edwards, Andy Henry, Steve Hutchinson and Ron Adams began by making a grid enlargement from a photograph of that section of Rome's Sistine Chapel fresco. They then spent two months sketching and six months painting with acrylics while lying atop a 12-foot scaffolding to complete the exact-size reproduction.



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