Coney Art Walls Featuring Daze
Artist Daze speaks about the importance of collaborations and working with students. Thanks for being awesome Daze!
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Domingo Zapata Thrives in Hunts Point
Artist Domingo Zapata and students from Bronx Studio School for Writers and Artists reclaim imagination as the foundation for lives that thrive.
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NY1 VIDEO: [April 16, 2015] After months of sketching and painting, some young artists are finally showing off their latest masterpiece. New Dorp High School students unveiled a new mural Wednesday during a ribbon cutting ceremony. About 300 students collaborated on the project that features 36 panels covered in acrylic paint. The mural spells out…
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Norwegian American Weekly: “Spectacular” Art, but “More Valuable” Collaboration
The Norwegian American Weekly newspaper featured the “Generations” mural in print and online last week. About the artwork itself, author Victoria Hofmo writes: “This fine tradition of connecting art to public schools is continuing through 20/20 Vision for Schools. … The most recent mural project, ‘Generations’ was unveiled on the lawn at the Norwegian Christian Home & Health Center…
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Students create ‘Generations’ mural for Norwegian Christian Home
From “Students create ‘Generations’ mural for Norwegian Christian Home,” By Paula Katinas (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 5/15/14) The idea of the mural is to reinforce the notion that immigrants through the generations have come to the U.S., settled in places like Brooklyn, and have contributed to the life blood of the community, Rutuelo said. Norwegians…
read moreDOE: “PS 102 Says ‘Welcome’ with Mural”
For the month of October, the NYC Department of Education has featured the PS 102 mural on its homepage. “Welcome” to our school! As featured in: The Brownstoner // The Bay Ridge Eagle // Brooklyn Family // Department of Education // New York Teacher BAY RIDGE’S PS 102, “THE BAY VIEW SCHOOL,” CELEBRATES DIVERSITY WITH COMPLETION OF A NEW SCHOOLYARD MURAL Inspired by…
read moreMural Shows Resiliency Of Brooklyn Schoolkids
As reported on NY1: Brooklyn school kids are showing off their community’s resiliency after Hurricane Sandy. A new mural was unveiled at P.S. 329 in Coney Island this weekend. Nearly 250 students helped to design it this spring by responding to the question, “How do you help a neighbor in need?” Their answers were the…
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