BGSU Mileti Alumni Center
January 2023
Bowling Green State University
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Thousands of glass pieces blend into one beautiful BGSU: Mileti Alumni Center welcomes the addition of 100th BGSU Homecoming mosaic
Conceptualized and executed by BGSU alumnae Gail Christofferson '83 and Debra Buchanan '04, the mosaic came to life through the hands of hundreds of alumni and friends during Homecoming events.
The community spirit of the 100th BGSU Homecoming will live on forever with the installation of a more than 15,000-piece glass mosaic at the Mileti Alumni Center on the Bowling Green State University campus.
The art installation was revealed during a ceremony Friday, Jan. 27, with alumni, board members and University staff present to take in the new addition to the BGSU and Alumni Association Art Collection. It's fitting that the BGSU Homecoming mosaic has a home in the Mileti Alumni Center, as BGSU alumni from around the nation had a hand in creating the artwork. During the 100th Homecoming celebration, held Sept. 15-18, 2022, alumni and other attendees were invited to participate in the community art project by adding colored glass pieces to the special mosaic marking a century of BGSU Homecoming.
More than 500 people helped to place the pieces of presorted and nipped glass in a jigsaw puzzle-like fashion.
Artist and alumna Gail Christofferson '83, who owns Animal House Glass, worked with the BGSU
University Advancement team and the BGSU President’s Office to conceptualize the mosaic and then collaborated with artist Debra Buchanan ’04 to create the illustration. Christofferson worked closely with Sarah Brokamp '10, '20, who serves as special assistant to Pam Conlin, vice president for University Advancement/president and CEO, BGSU Foundation, Inc.
Animal House Glass was chosen for the project in large part because of its community approach to art. This planning allowed hundreds of BGSU alumni to help create the mosaic during several Homecoming events including the Welcome Back Party on Court Street, Falconland and at the alumni tailgate. Brokamp said the University Advancement team was seeking a new and creative way to engage alumni during Homecoming and the community mosaic was a great way to make this connection.
