JAMESTOWN (AP) - She sat perfectly still, or at least as still as an 8-year-old can.

She had to sit quietly for a long time, too. Twenty minutes while her face was streaked with Vaseline and covered in plaster strips and then another 20 minutes while it dried. She was told not to move her mouth, so she squeaked, squealed and giggled instead.

What Serena Morlock didn't know was how much she looked like Snow White with her bleach white face and dark, wavy hair.

Serena volunteered to have a mold of her face made as part of the "Faces of Jamestown" art project at the Arts Center. The faces of about 30 people were plastered to make a sculpture of Jamestown residents.

After it's completed, Faces of Jamestown will display all of the molds along with a label of each individual's profession instead of his or her name, so as to be a portrait of the community.

"For this project we were thinking - how do we do a self-portrait of Jamestown?" said artist Greg Blair.

Blair, of Aberdeen, S.D., pitched the project to the Arts Center as part of the Rural Arts Initiative.

This project seemed like a good way to engage a lot of different people, said Bonnie Tressler, Arts Center education coordinator.

"This one (project) seemed like a good one for us," she said.

So did Blair choose Jamestown because its people were better looking?

"Definitely," he said.

But looks aside, Blair said the people of Jamestown have been very helpful and willing to volunteer.

Serena's 5-year-old brother, Dawson, volunteered as well.

"It feels like it's wet," he said while volunteer Phyllis Ibes smoothed the bumps from the plaster strips. Ibes said she was going to have her great grandchildren participate.

Mayor Clarice Liechty also had her face molded. She said the plaster on her face felt like a washcloth and it tingled when it dried.

"I admire people who are creative," she said. "Because I'm not."

Liechty said she was surprised by the result and surprised that the molding didn't break when it was removed.

"I don't think of my face as being this narrow," she said.