If you're downtown Jersey City, be sure to pop into City Hall to check out work by our 4th graders that is displayed. More photos appear online in The Jersey Journal.
The 15 murals - each about 3 feet by about 6 feet - circle the city hall rotunda. Students studied Jersey City's many vibrant murals, and learned how mural artists engage the community through beautification and political messages. To create their own work, students traced the outlines of their bodies, then combined paint in colors and textures, and added words that represent "community" clipped from magazines.
"We worked in groups and learned about our local community, what it means to be a good citizen, and what it means be an active member of a community," said Learning Community Charter School Art Teacher Jill Schifter. "We learned how artists get involved in their communities creating street murals and other projects engaging the people who live there."
Thanks so much to Jill and all the students for their hard work, and congratulations for being recognized by the city!
