Sky View High humanities students use cereal to create a 6,400-square-foot reproduction of Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night" on the gym floor Saturday in Smithfield, Cache County. The project took about a week and over two tons of sugary breakfast rings for 150 high school artists to complete. Students made a grid with spaces that would be filled with the colorful rings. Teacher Doyle Geddes coordinated the project for students to better appreciate art. Once the masterpiece was taken down, the cereal was donated to a farmer to feed pigs.
Alan Murray, Associated Press
SMITHFIELD — High school students in northern Utah have completed a 6,400-square-foot replica of Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night" out of breakfast cereal.
Doyle Geddes, a humanities teacher at Sky View High School, led more than 150 students on the project, which used two tons of colorful Malt-O-Meal spread across the gymnasium floor.
The project, which was finished Saturday, took about a week. Crews spread a plastic sheet on the floor and then created a grid to outline the painting's famous design. Each space was assigned a color to correspond with the painting and filled with cereal.
Geddes says he conceived of the ambitious project as a way to better connect students with art.
The replica was taken apart later Saturday. The cereal was given to a farmer to feed pigs.
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