The sale of Sen. Barry Goldwater photo-mosaic posters will fund a new scholarship for Native American students.
More than 2,000 posters are available. If every poster is sold, more than $40,000 will be raised for the scholarship fund, according to Barbara Eschbach, director of the Computing Commons gallery.
The scholarship was announced in January, but exact qualifications have not been finalized. Eschbach said it will be based on academic performance and public service, and it is not specific to particular majors. The number and amount of the scholarships awarded hasn't been determined.
Students interested in the scholarship should refer to the dean's office of their major.
Posters are available in the ASU Bookstore and at the Heard Museum for $25. Proceeds will go directly to the scholarship, and $10,000 has already been raised to endow the scholarship fund.
The photo-mosaic, created by artist Robert Silvers, consists of a portrait of the senator made up of 1,000 tiny square photographs taken by Goldwater.
There is a gallery display called "Barry Goldwater Visions of the Southwest" at the Computing Commons until March 15. The gallery in the Computing Commons holds 30 of Goldwater's photos, the photo-mosaic and an eight-minute video.
"This (the mosaic poster) is a unique application of Goldwater's photography brought into the 21st century through Silvers' art," Eschbach said.
Tracey Armstrong, teller supervisor of the ASU bookstore, said not many photo-mosaic posters have been sold yet, but not many people know about the posters.
"Selling the Goldwater photo-mosaic is very appropriate to raise funds for the scholarship because of Goldwater's photographs of Arizona landscape and Native Americans," Eschbach said.
Goldwater had a love for the Southwest. He was born and raised in Arizona and his nickname was Mr. Arizona. Goldwater didn't have any pictures of Arizona to show people so he began a photo collection of landscapes across Arizona and Native Americans. The photos in the Goldwater gallery were taken between 1940 and the 1960s.
Kevin Gradowski, a sophomore film major who works at the Computing Commons gallery, said selling the photo-mosaic posters is a great way to raise money for the scholarship.
"Any money raised to help students has positive benefits," Gradowski said.
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