NBC features the mural project led by MCC-Longview art instructor Daniel Reneau.
MCC-Longview art teacher Daniel Reneau is already an expert on how to navigate the cavernous construction site at the new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
Scaffolding, heavy equipment and building materials fill the enormous 1,800-seat auditorium as art students and veteran construction workers work side-by-side in on one of Kansas City's highest profile cultural arts projects that is slated to be open in 2011.
To accommodate the construction crews artists, the scaffolding in the main auditorium was built four stories high. High enough for visitors to touch the celling of what will be the main stage.
But Reneau and the handful of students from the Kansas City Arts Institute are not there swinging hammers. Rather, they are creating a four-story expansive mural that will fill the inside of the main chamber of the future venue.
"This is such an enormous project that at first seemed a bit daunting," said Reneau, who oversees the creation of the mural. "But we take it piece by piece."
Reneau, who also runs the art gallery at the MCC-Longview Cultural Arts Center, oversees the daily painting and creation of the mural - which begins around 7 a.m. each day. It is a chance, he said, to put his mark on what is going to become an iconic building in Kansas City.
"This really is such a great opportunity for the students here," he said.
Although Reneau did not want any pictures taken of the mural itself (he wants to have it fully completed before being made public) he did take some staff members from MCC-Longview on a sweltering, hard hat tour of the Performing Art Center.
Outside, construction continues at a frenzied pace on the Kansas City Performing Arts Center.
For more photos from the mural project and a sneak peak at some portions of the mural itself, check out the KCAI Blog.
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