This Is Lawrence - The Compassion Project: Manhole Covers

A dozen, newly cast, custom-made manhole covers that feature designs depicting some aspect of compassion are adding a bit of beauty to the sidewalks of downtown Appleton.

The collaborative project is the latest brainchild of public art specialist Rob Neilson, the Frederick R. Layton Professor of Art at Lawrence University, who challenged students in his sculpture class this spring to come up with their own personal definition of compassion.

The manhole cover assignment was inspired by the community-wide Compassion Project, in which 10,000 Appleton school children used 6-by-6-inch ceramic tiles to create drawings and paintings of what compassion means to them.

Special thanks to the Neenah Foundry, which underwrote the cost of the project.

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Education

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• Lawrence University
• This Is Lawrence
• Compassion Project
• Manhole Covers
• Appleton
• Wisconsin

[DieterBH]

How, exactly, does this increase compassion?

[AlisonAZ]

Nicely done



[letlizzzzzz]

Congradulations Rachel, good job !

[steidl001]

Awesome!  Going to look for Ms Crean's cover when I make my back to WI in a couple years! :)