The mural begins! One section of 8th graders has been working on a very special project - a piece of public art for the middle school. As the first "graduating class" from the middle school, this work has a lot of meaning.
This project began with students looking at 38 different mural examples from around the city. Next we watched and discussed 5 short videos showing the purpose and meaning of murals as well as practically how they are made. Then each student submitted a design and we voted on our top 5 favorites, had a critique and developed a design "team" of the 5 strongest artists to combine all the ideas into one final design. While the design team was busy at work, the rest of the students divided into the "supply & inventory" team that assessed the cost and supplies needed to complete the mural, the "fundraising" team who generated ideas of how to receive money and supply donations to make our mural, and the "presentation" team who worked on developing a catchy commercial like presentation for the principal, head of school, and other important people to get approval. In the end, we got approval but were never granted wall space to paint our mural. So, in a moment of creative thinking, I bought a 6 foot by 8 foot piece of canvas and a 5 by 7 foot stretcher and cross beam! This weekend, the Spanish teacher and I went into school and prepped the canvas so the kids could start drawing and painting on it tomorrow. We have one week to finish but I know we can do it!
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| Priming the final edge |
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