Extreme
Home Makeover -
Hurricane Katrina Memorial
Biloxi,
MS
Hurricane Katrina
barreled ashore on August 29, 2005. So many
lives and homes were destroyed. Ms. Veglia's own
home was flooded with 8 feet of water as is evidenced
in the pictures below showing the home in
various stages of remodel. ABC's Extreme Home
Makeover TV Program recruited Elizabeth Veglia
Mosaics create a mosaic as part of a memorial to
the survivors and victims of Hurricane
Katrina. Ms. Veglia was honored to accept
the challenge. The Hurricane Katrina
Memorial now stands on the Town Green in
Biloxi, Mississippi.
Hurricane
Camille Memorial
Biloxi,
MS
Ms. Veglia has been commissioned to complete both
public and private memorials. The durability and
colorfastness of tile lend themselves well to the creation
of lasting monuments. As Hurricane Katrina has
shown, some mosaic memorials outlast the buildings that
framed them, a testament to their strength.
Some of these projects have involved the community under
the direction of the artist, building together
something that will live in public memory. At times
the very process of creating the memorial
becomes a part of living communal
memory.
America's Space Heroes
Memorial
NASA Stennis Space Center,
MS
"A luminescent Earth, Moon and Space Shuttle begin to
take shape against a swirling star field of deep blue, as
artist Elizabeth Veglia carefully selects the next colored
tile fragment.
StenniSphere, the visitor center at NASA Stennis Space
Center (SSC) near Bay St. Louis, Miss., commissioned
Veglia, a renowned mosaic tile artist from Hancock County
to design and create a memorial mural in honor of
America's fallen astronauts. When completed, the mural
will be permanently displayed at StenniSphere."
source: NASA News chief, Paul
Foerman
