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Word of Life (often called "Touchdown Jesus") is a mural by American artist Millard Sheets on the side of Hesburgh Library, on the University of Notre Dame campus in Notre Dame, Indiana. The artwork measures 134 feet (41 m) high and 68 feet (21 m) wide.
The library's exterior façade that faces the university's football stadium includes a large, 134-foot (41 m) by 68-foot (21 m) mural called Word of Life, or more commonly known as Touchdown Jesus. As of 2009, the library ranked as the 61st largest collection among research universities in the United States, with an estimated 3.39 million volumes.
Per the Hesburgh Library, Notre Dame fans started to wonder "whether the 132-foot-tall Word of Life mural (where Christ the Teacher appears to be watching the games from over the northern ...
Millard Sheets was born June 24, 1907, and grew up in the Pomona Valley, east of Los Angeles. [2] [3] He is the son of John Sheets. [4]He attended the Chouinard Art Institute and studied with painters Frank Tolles Chamberlin and Clarence Hinkle. [5]
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Artists are being sought for the new Mural Fest event in downtown Canton. Works will be displayed at 13 locations. Artists receive stipends.
Canton Mural Fest will feature colorful, vibrant and imaginative murals by artists in and out of Stark County. Mural Fest is noon to 6 p.m. Saturday.
The mural's nickname is derived from Jesus' upraised arms, which are similar in appearance to the raised arms of a referee signifying a touchdown. The expansion of the stadium in the late 1990s partially obscured the view of the mural from the playing field. The Word of Life mural was a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard V. Phalin of Winnetka, Illinois.