Janaina Vieira-Marques
  • Biography
    • Art Statement
  • Teaching
    • Teaching Philosophy
    • Workshops
    • Sussex School
    • Missoula Art Museum
    • Paxson Elementary
    • Lewis and Clark Elementary
  • Public Art Projects
    • Fragments - MAM 2022
    • Sacajawea Park - 2022
    • Teens Art Mural - MAM 2021
    • Bulb-Outs - Holter Museum 2020
    • Cross Walk - Holter Museum, 2019
    • Mural - Ratlesnake Elementary School
    • On my way to America
    • Bus Tour - Site Specific Performance
    • Missoula Mandala Project
  • Exhibitions
  • Videos
  • Design
  • CV
    • Contact

Missoula Mandala Project 
https://missoulamandala.wordpress.com

The visual artist Janaína Vieira-Marques founded the Missoula Mandala Project in 2008

The Missoula Mandala project is a site-specific public art installation available to everyone.  What makes this project unique is that it depends entirely on community participation.  The other thing that makes it special is that the 10,000 square foot design in colored sawdust is created and then swept away all within 24 hours.  

The project takes place during the Day of the Dead on November 2nd, a day dedicated to celebrating our beloved ones who have passed away.  Hundreds of students and adults work together all day to spread the colored sawdust in a unique design. The Mandala beautifies Missoula’s treasured Caras Park in the heart of our downtown, and provides a centerpiece for the parade that ends in Caras that evening.

The Mandala Project does not express any particular belief or cause, instead it creates a space where people of all walks of life and beliefs can work together. The space has a different significance for each individual.  We invite you to join in the space, and to bring your talents and creativity to the project!

Missoula mandala Project, 2014
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