Odessa, Texas/Ector County ISD leaders, Reagan Elementary school administrators, students and Reagan parents came together to celebrate the mural ribbon cutting ceremony. The gymnasium walls are decorated with an interactive mural customized for Reagan Allstar students.
(Catherine Daniels, Reagan Magnet Elementary, PTA President)
Tabata Ayup is a professional with 15 years of experience as a muralist and artist. She studied at the institute for Art and Restoration in Florence, Italy.
(Tabata Ayup, Painter/Artist/Muralist-Odessa, Texas)
Students and guests were provided 3-D glasses to be able to see hidden images such as stars, chemical formulas, and the DNA strands that were painted within the murals.
(Tabata Ayup, Painter/Artist/Muralist-Odessa, Texas)
Tabata Ayup has painted murals in Torreon Coahuila, Mexico, and has been featured in exhibitions in Odessa, Midland, Santa Fe, New Mexico and Olando, Florida. Ms. Ayup created and painted a Christmas Ornament for State Representative Brooks Landgraf, District 81 that was placed on the Texas Capitol Christmas Tree.
(Tabata Ayup, Painter/Artist/Muralist-Odessa, Texas)
Other murals painted by Tabata Ayup are located in the Reagan Elementary library and on an exterior wall of the school
For DRB Media Communications Digital News, Danny Barrera.
