History, heritage at heart of BG artists eclipse-themed work [Video]

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — In 2017, northwest Ohio witnessed a partial solar eclipse, giving people in the area just a taste of the power of an eclipse. 

That partial eclipse left a lasting impression on Andrew Addessi who was a student at BGSU at the time. 

So much so, that when he learned another, more impressive, eclipse was coming to the area, he wanted to create something special.

“When all of the excitement started about this one, there was so much extra hype,” said Addessi. “I’m friends with a lot of artists and so it seemed natural to get all us all together and do a project all about the eclipse and relate it to our heritage.”

Addessi said he wanted to put together his own team of artistic superheroes to create the eclipse-themed project.

Addessi reached out to three of his classmates; Christina Lopez, Valkyrie Williams, and Betsy Vanderbilt, asking all of them to lean into their …