Thursday, March 17, 2011

McGivney Mural

This week hailed the start of mural workshops for us Public Allies in Bridgeport. I and my "mural pod" partner Shon facilitated workshops with lead artist Sergio Escobar.

The McGivney Community Center caters to a slew of kids in an after school program that helps them with their homework and exposes them to new experiences and opportunities to build skills. On the side of the building hangs a mural painted on plywood. It's been there for about 8 or 9 years, and somewhere in the duration of its existence, got tagged.





This week, the kids named themes for a mural, talked about community, engaged in team building games, and came up with their own drawings for design ideas. Next week the paint meets the plywood!

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