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Pictured here: 411 Collective members Shani Shih and Gilbert White along with Principal Samantha Little, Associate Principal Julie Humble & Northeast Families! Students painted the background over the summer. Shani Shih and Gilbert White painted the foreground September 30 - October 2nd.
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411 Collective's sketch for “Freedom to Move"
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Borders do not exist in the natural world. Open hands both release and embrace a flutter of butterflies traveling amidst sprawling hills, waterfalls and mountain towns. Waterways and roads connect the landscape. The butterflies move under a rising, hopeful sun. The stylistic abstraction - fragmented colors and shapes embedded into the butterflies and the landscapes - are a symbol of how beautiful, multiple, and complex our journeys with migration can be.
Every year, millions of people must flee and migrate due to state violence and climate crisis, from issues ranging from trafficking, war and occupation, to poverty and displacement. Many of these people face persecution, migrant detention, abuse and deportation. This mural calls for a world where humans too, have the freedom to move, and honors the many indigenous, refugee, and migrant communities, children and families, in Ithaca and beyond, who strive to be free. |
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Thanks to Samantha Little, Julie Humble, Liddy Coyle, Ms. Torina Swanson's 2nd grade class, Daphne Shululu & ICSD Fine Arts, IPEI, Ithaca Murals, donors, everyone who helped paint, and especially the AMAZING muralists for making these murals happen!
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Timeline
Proposals due Tuesday, June 29, 2021 Mural painted Summer 2021 |
Email your 3-part Mural Proposal to
[email protected] (subject line “Northeast") 1. Picture(s) attached: Image/sketch of the mural you would like to paint 2. Pictures attached: 3-5 examples of painting experience 3. In your email: - name, contact & brief artist statement, - share your experience working with youth, - short mural project description, - specific materials list. Individuals & groups invited to apply
Questions about this initiative? Text 607-273-5242 Winning entry selected
Proposals will be juried by Northeast School & families! |