University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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The walls of Frandsen Humanities have been given a new look — a mural created by Maria Jaramillo who came to UNR from Chile in 1972. For some, the mural may represent nothing more than artwork, but for Mrs. Jaramillo, symbolism permeates her creation. Painted predominantly in cool colors, her mural depicts the coldness and uncertainty of the atomic age. On the left, an infant rises from a machine to the nucleus of an atom.The second part of the mural spans a time period of 200 years in the history of North American women. For Mrs. Jaramillo, the group illustrate unrest and sadness. Her brush strokes lead the eye to a bomb shelter where part of a woman ' s hand melts on contact. This phase of the mural represents our current era and a poor tran- sition into the atomic age. Diagonal lines in the third phase focus on a central figure that symbolizes the unity of women of all races. This single body advances toward a future of peace. Mrs. Jaramillo explains her final drawing saying, I haven ' t wanted to paint anything pleasing to the eye, but it is a call for awareness to young people about the future of atomization. 13

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Sfc W ' mmm £1 MB kt fW lata ...let today embrace the past with remembrance and the future with longing. -Kahlil Gibran