Eastern Federal Corporation commemorates the birth of our "first stars" in the large scale artwork over the Royal Park 16 theater lobby. Using design concepts developed by the Alachua Astronomy Club, Inc., artist Elizabeth Indianos created a modern day mixed media interpretation of ancient mythologies.

Some images, such as Virgo, are creations based on sixteenth century artists like Raphael. Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer reminds us of ancient Greek sculptures belonging to the Laocoon group.

Meanwhile, Draco the Dragon has become a modern version of a "dragon" well known to the people of North Florida.

Multiple, colorful overlapping images create the illusion of action and motion. Figures of Leo the Lion, Taurus the Bull, Pegasus the Horse, and Aquila the Eagle marvelously illustrate this technique, an approach the artist has used in many of her previous works.

Humans who lived long ago knew the night sky well. The mural figures can depict only a small part of our heavenly stage. However, these few images remind us of the rich heritage we owe our ancestors who lived closer to nature than do most modern people.

The real stars created wonder in the minds of our forebears. The stars in in this lobby tell us to keep looking up.

Alachua Astronomy Club, Inc. is a public, not for profit organization of volunteers who love astronomy and enjoy sharing their hobby with others.

Elizabeth Indianos, a University of Florida alumna, has been creating art for public spaces for more than twenty-five years. She enjoyed imagining how early star gazers invented the first mythologies. The artist's creation, called "Mythic Constellations," revitalizes and makes hybrids of the original myths-myths that still connect all of us to the sky above.