{"id":837,"date":"2019-11-22T15:56:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/test-blog-template\/?p=837"},"modified":"2025-03-27T16:56:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T20:56:30","slug":"the-50th-anniversary-grand-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2019\/11\/22\/the-50th-anniversary-grand-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"The 50th Anniversary Grand Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column837_9b787c-e1 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column837_9b787c-e1 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column837_9b787c-e1 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column837_9b787c-e1 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column837_9b787c-e1 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column837_9b787c-e1 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column837_9b787c-e1 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column837_9b787c-e1{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column837_9b787c-e1 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column837_9b787c-e1 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column837_9b787c-e1 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading837_269662-a0, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading837_269662-a0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading837_269662-a0\"]{font-size:1.5rem;line-height:1.2;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-family:proxima-nova;color:#808080;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading837_269662-a0 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading837_269662-a0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading837_269662-a0\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading837_269662-a0 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading837_269662-a0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading837_269662-a0\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading837_269662-a0 wu-subheading wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading837_269662-a0\">A pictorial of art in action: A work that represents WilmU\u2019s past, present and future<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image837_87244a-ad .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image837_87244a-ad\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Cover-concept-copy-212x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-14957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Cover-concept-copy-212x300-1.jpg 212w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Cover-concept-copy-212x300-1-177x250.jpg 177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After a&nbsp;&nbsp;year of celebrating Wilmington University\u2019s 50th anniversary, there needed to be a grand finale \u2014 a way to symbolize the vibrancy of our students, faculty and staff, and to honor employees who have passed. It would be a work of art reflective of WilmU\u2019s culture and service to students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local artist Celeste Kelly was commissioned to convey that emotion. She designs and teaches mosaics as a visiting Artist in Residence, and her recent artist-student collaborations appear in Maryland, Hockessin (Delaware), and&nbsp;both Avon Grove and Haverford, Pennsylvania. According to her website,&nbsp;Kelly loves to \u201cbreak things up and rearrange them into her own traffic-stopping creations.\u201d When you look at the innumerable pieces of glass and&nbsp;\u201cthings\u201d in her mosaics, you realize that this is an accurate description.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCeleste is a highly regarded master artist and expert in the mosaic genre,\u201d says Dr. Sallie Reissman, assistant vice president and dean of the College of Online and Experiential Learning. (She coordinated the&nbsp;project.) \u201cShe\u2019s able to take a concept and create a masterpiece that brings joy to those fortunate enough to see it. Her website tag line is \u2018Mosaic that stops traffic.\u2019 I couldn\u2019t agree more.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kelly grew to understand the importance of what she was doing. \u201cI\u2019m so happy I was able to highlight Wilmington University\u2019s 50-year milestone with my mosaic,\u201d she says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The finished piece graces Varsalona Hall at Wilmington University Brandywine.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pictorial of art in action: A work that represents WilmU\u2019s past, present and future After a&nbsp;&nbsp;year of celebrating Wilmington University\u2019s 50th anniversary, there needed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[68,135],"tags":[648,647],"class_list":["post-837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-magazine","tag-50th-anniversary","tag-magazine-fall-2019"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":68,"label":"EVENTS"},{"value":135,"label":"MAGAZINE"}],"post_tag":[{"value":648,"label":"50th Anniversary"},{"value":647,"label":"Magazine Fall 2019"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Cover-concept-720x480.png",720,480,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Rebecca Slinger","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/author\/rebecca\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":68,"name":"EVENTS","slug":"events","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":625,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":45,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":68,"category_count":45,"category_description":"","cat_name":"EVENTS","category_nicename":"events","category_parent":0},{"term_id":135,"name":"MAGAZINE","slug":"magazine","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":692,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":431,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":135,"category_count":431,"category_description":"","cat_name":"MAGAZINE","category_nicename":"magazine","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":648,"name":"50th Anniversary","slug":"50th-anniversary","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1205,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":647,"name":"Magazine Fall 2019","slug":"magazine-fall-2019","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1204,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":18,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=837"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17554,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837\/revisions\/17554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}