Flying Colors of Art Project Helps Children Overcome 9/11; Eight-Foot Boeing 777-200 Aircraft Model Features Mosaic Design by 400 Students

Flying Colors of Art Project Helps Children Overcome 9/11; Eight-Foot Boeing 777-200 Aircraft Model Features Mosaic Design by 400 Students

		PACIFIC MINIATURES BOEING 777-200 AIRCRAFT MODEL An eight-foot Boeing 777-200 aircraft model, featuring a mosaic design by 400 enthusiastic students from Golden Hill Elementary in Fullerton, Calif., launches its special tour to airports, museums and corporate lobbies across the nation this month. The 1/25 aircraft model was donated by California-based aircraft model manufacturer Pacific Miniatures which came up with the idea to encourage children to have a positive view of air travel following the atrocities of 9/11. (PRNewsFoto)[AG] FULLERTON, CA USA

FULLERTON, Calif., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- An eight-foot Boeing 777-200 aircraft model, featuring a mosaic design by 400 enthusiastic students from Golden Hill Elementary in Fullerton, CA, is going on a special tour to airports, museums and corporate lobbies this month. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030714/NYFNSW03 ) The 1/25 scale aircraft model was donated by local-based aircraft model manufacturer Pacific Miniatures which came up with the idea to encourage children to have a positive view of air travel following the atrocities of 9/11. The model's first presentation will be at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton, where it will be on display through October 5. (See http://www.pacmin.com .) "We work with aircraft forms and shapes every day and see the beauty and future in them. By working on this project, elementary school-aged children were able to appreciate the positive aspects of aircraft and help remove the painful memory of 9/11," says Fred Ouweleen, Jr., owner of Pacific Miniatures. The children's inspiration came from the lyrics to John Lennon's song "Imagine." The group spent three months gluing some 2,500 buttons, fast-food giveaways, watches, pins, glass and their own ceramic creations covering every square millimeter of the fiberglass canvas. The project was mentored and supervised by Katherine England, a local artist and school volunteer, who is devoted to children's creative expression. The aircraft will be retrofitted for travel with removable handles and a custom crate for shipping. Ouweleen envisions a fleet of 20 to 25 art airliners traveling internationally, each from a community of children somewhere in the world. PacMin will shortly begin marketing the concept to companies who may like to support the program. Corporate or individual benefactors are being sought to underwrite or purchase the art sculpture and keep it on tour as an inspiration of the magic of imagination and creativity. All proceeds will help to fund "All the Arts for All the Kids" classes. This innovative arts education program touches the lives of each of the 10,500 kindergarten through sixth grade children in 17 elementary schools in the Fullerton School District. Pacific Miniatures, founded in 1946, is the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of display models for the aviation and aerospace industries. The company supplies airframe manufacturers, defense contractors, airlines, leasing companies, and aircraft operators with more than 500 different sizes of models as well as a variety of marketing and promotional solutions.