“We’re all from different places, so that was a really interesting conversation,” she said Tuesday at a reception for the mural, where the artists also got to see some of the 52 artworks in the library’s Reher Art Gallery collection. The first day they met, they discussed what universal language meant to them. It was made on four Tuesdays at the library (two hours each day) in October.ĭavenport artist Sarah Robb (who has worked for years leading Metro Arts murals for Quad City Arts) led the group of nine area immigrants and refugees. Lisa Powell Williams, the library’s adult and young adult services coordinator, applied for an received a Quad City Arts grant for “Universal Language,” a three-panel mural created by artists helped by World Relief Quad Cities, from all over the world. A mini-United Nations art project took place in October at the Moline Public Library, resulting in a gorgeous mural showing that art is truly a universal language.
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