
Communication students, led by Assistant Professor Whitney Lehmann, Ph.D., are documenting the project on social media, and Associate Professor Eric Mason, Ph.D., is capturing the painting process via film and time lapse techniques.Īs part of the collaboration, Ceiba Groupe is gifting $5,000 to support a DCMA Student Scholarship Fund. The painting is currently in process with plans to be completed by April 15. Lopez and the students presented several mural concepts to embody the Zona Village motto “live DIFFERENT,” and the Ceiba Groupe team ultimately selected a concept created by Ansary, who uses abstract expressionism to battle anxiety and depression with colors expressing freedom and hope while exploring the complexities of human emotions. Under the leadership of Associate Professor Kandy Lopez-Moreno, Art + Design major Annabel Brewster and alumni Kahkashan Ansary and Andres Mora are painting a mural at Ceiba Groupe’s Zona Village, a genre-defining, mixed-use, multi-family development, typifying a best-in-class residential living experience for residents of Davie, Florida. “We are grateful that Ceiba Groupe is helping us provide these unique student experiences.” “At NSU, we provide students with the edge to explore their careers and give them a foundation in which they are able to use these skills to pursue their goals,” said Shanti Bruce, Ph.D., chair of NSU’s Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts. The collaboration features original artwork by an Art + Design student and alumni that is being documented by Communication majors using multimodal storytelling techniques. – Nova Southeastern University (NSU) and South Florida-based real estate company Ceiba Groupe partnered with students, alumni and faculty in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences on a community mural project at a residential property located in downtown Davie. “live DIFFERENT” is a commissioned mural developed by students and alumni of NSU’s Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts.įORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla.
