A Pa. art teacher got a chance to give the Linc some color and honor her late mother
For Sarah Fogg, designing a mural that would bring cancer awareness and serve as a tribute to her late mother, who died of the disease in 2020, felt a bit like serendipity.
When the Eagles reached out to Sarah Fogg about painting a mural at Lincoln Financial Field, she thought it was too good to be true.
Fogg, who is an art teacher at Central Dauphin High School in Harrisburg, hadn’t applied for the opportunity. However, her artwork had caught the Eagles’ eye as they searched for an artist to capture the mission of the NFL’s Crucial Catch game.
Once Fogg realized she was not being scammed, she got to designing a mural that would honor cancer awareness and serve as a tribute to her mother.
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“My mom had ovarian cancer, and she was a nurse, and she retired and then dedicated a lot of her time to the Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foundation,” Fogg said. “She created a special network of people [who] also had ovarian cancer. She unfortunately passed away in 2020, but her legacy lives on, and this mural is dedicated to her because she was a huge Eagles fan.”
Fogg’s past artwork drew the Eagles to her. A butterfly mural she painted in Old City in 2024 in collaboration with the Sandy Rollman Foundation also brought awareness to ovarian cancer as the wings of the butterfly held the names of those affected.
She hoped to create something similar for the mural at Lincoln Financial Field, in a style known as a “wing wall.”
“The feathers can represent sort of the support system around someone who might be going through tough times, so it’s almost a physical representation of that network that you get,” Fogg said. “I also included all the colors around the outside to represent the different ribbons, representing different cancers.”
Fogg didn’t have much time to complete the mural, which debuted during the Week 6 game against the Carolina Panthers, so she called in some much-needed backup.
“My sister, Julie, flew all the way in from Florida to come help me, which was really special,” Fogg said. “It was so cool to have her be able to help me and to be a part of this memory that we’ll hold in our hearts forever.”
Fogg added, laughing: “I’m really thankful that she was able to, even though she’s not good at art.”
After completing the project in just a few days, Fogg said it all paid off on game day when she saw people lining up to take pictures in front of the mural.
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The sisters attended the game, too. Fogg described it as a full-circle moment, as the last time they attended a game together was with their mother.
“It’s my way of giving back. It’s my way to use my art for good,” Fogg said. “That comes from being a teacher and being a helper, so it feels great to be able to use my art for really cool stuff like this.”
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