Auburn Middle School student Jay Donahue works on a section of a mural Wednesday afternoon at the Maine MILL in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Auburn Middle School art teacher Elizabeth Ellis, middle, works with AMS students Wednesday afternoon on a giant mural at the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Auburn Middle School student Kendall Hill stands on a ladder Wednesday afternoon to paint the top part of a giant mural in a hallway at the Maine MILL in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston. About a half dozen AMS students work every Wednesday on the mural with art teacher Elizabeth Ellis. Several other murals were completed last year during a project titled Who We Are/Who Are We? This new mural project builds off last year’s with several more in the works according to Maine MILL Executive Director Rachel Ferrante. “Our mural is about our two cities that are connected as one family,” said AMS student Amina Bashir. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Auburn Middle School student Amina Bashir uses her fingers to add texture to a waterfall on a giant mural Wednesday afternoon that she and other middle school students were creating at the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Auburn Middle School student Kendall Hill stands on a ladder Wednesday afternoon to paint the top part of a giant mural in a hallway just outside the Maine MILL in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston. About a half dozen AMS students work every Wednesday on the mural with art teacher Elizabeth Ellis. Bottom left is a portion of the rendering they are using. Several other murals were completed last year in conjunction with the museum’s exhibit titled Who We Are/Who Are We? This new mural project builds off last year’s with several more in the works according to Maine MILL Executive Director Rachel Ferrante. “Our mural is about our two cities that are connected as one family,” said AMS student Amina Bashir as she added texture to the water in the mural. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

One of several completed murals from last year’s mural project at the Maine MILL in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Auburn Middle School student Kendall Hill mixes paint Wednesday at the Maine MILL in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston where she and other AMS students were painting a giant mural. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Auburn Middle School student Kendall Hill grabs a cup of paint Wednesday afternoon from art teacher Elizabeth Ellis while working on a giant mural at the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Auburn Middle School art teacher Elizabeth Ellis, left, and Jay Donahue, sitting, work on a portion of a giant mural Wednesday afternoon at the Maine MILL in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Auburn Middle School student Jay Donahue works on a section of a mural Wednesday afternoon at the Maine MILL in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal