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Presenter describes mural project at Pocahontas for Henrico County Public Schools
Summary
A presenter described summer murals at Pocahontas intended to brighten an exit stairwell and an elective hallway, saying they used an iPad and a Meta Quest VR headset to scale hand-drawn designs to the wall. The speaker noted a personal connection to the school and to retiring teacher Anne Astrobe.
A presenter told the meeting that they spent the summer painting murals in Henrico County Public Schools and returned to Pocahontas to add color to busy student circulation areas. They said the work includes a mural in an exit stairwell by the bus loop meant to showcase "hawk" school spirit and a second mural in the elective hallway designed to highlight different classes students can explore.
The presenter described their workflow: they design by hand on an iPad and then use a Meta Quest virtual-reality headset to scale and position the image on the wall before sketching. "I'm able to upload the design that I worked on by hand into the headset, and it's kind of like a projector in my eyes," the presenter said, and added that they then use a colored pencil on the wall to create a traced rough outline to guide the painting.
The speaker noted a personal connection to Pocahontas, saying they met their husband there and that their class-of-2003 T-shirt lists classmates' names on the back. They also spoke about a longtime teacher at the school: "She was my favorite teacher ever," the presenter said of Anne Astrobe, and noted it was Astrobe's last year on the job. The presenter said they were glad to show the murals while the teacher was still there.
No formal actions, votes, funding amounts, or approvals were recorded in the transcript. The presenter focused on project sites, artistic technique, and the project's community and personal significance.
