Peru State College - South Windows
(Artwork #147a)
Peru, Nebraska

Size: 58” high x 114” long x 2” deep each.

“The Journey”

The stained glass windows in this building depict “The Journey,” because enrolling in a college is an educational journey to improve life, to make dreams come true. The college experience is one of transition, of challenges, and of self discovery. It is a journey that shapes futures and forever becomes a part of who you are.

A college education is accomplished one step at a time. It may start with a grant that makes the journey possible, finishing a given school year, passing a particularly tough class, or completing a series of prerequisites before moving on to chosen classes. These milestones along the way, these segments of the whole that must be passed through, are represented by the blue forms. The yellow/orange shapes suggest students moving from one milestone to the next. The lines that sweep whimsically throughout the design, both the lead lines and the rose colored wisps, represent the flurry of activity inherent in the college experience. There are social activities to be savored and clubs to join, together with the monumental tasks of logistical planning and life juggling that are so necessary to achieving your academic goals.

The colors within “The Journey” are inspired by Nebraska’s natural environment. The state is blessed with wonderfully vast skies, the source of memorable sunrises and sunsets. That richness of color is reflected in the majority of the colors used.