Tribes of the Chesapeake
This is a 4’ x 10’ mural featuring the tribes of the Chesapeake region inspired by the watercolors of John White, governor of the lost Roanoke Colony.
White was an insightful and accomplished artist who painted day-in-the-life imagery of the indigenous Algonquin people of the mid-Atlantic region in the 1580’s.
The mural is currently installed at the CTLP offices
We worked with a group of 70 children with learning differences as they painted Chesapeake flora and fauna and an Algonquin village circa 1550 AD based on Governor White’s artworks.
This project was created as part of our artist in residence program which is designed to teach cultural literacy of the Tidewater area in classrooms across the region.