About Our Mural
"Pulling Together" Tile Mosaic Mural
Created by ARTWORKZ Reginald Adams, Founding Artist
"Pulling Together" is a mural covering seven interior walls in the lobby of the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. It included richly colored tile mosaics of life-sized people pulling the chains of oppression that prevent entry into a world characterized by Social and Economic Justice for All. On the central mural wall, a crowd struggles to open doors that reveal a brilliant sphere rising above the horizon. That circular form, a symbol of the highest level of knowledge and understanding of oneself, was created using pieces of broken mirror in which viewers of the mural see their own reflections
For their support of this project, special thanks are extended to the University of Houston President Arthur K. Smith and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Edward P. Sheridan.
Dedicated March 31, 2000
Ira C.Colby, Dean
Graduate College of Social Work
University of Houston
