A Ripple of Change
A Message of Hope and Unity
Teachers and administrators at PS/MS 4 Crotona Park West, a high-needs Title 1 School in The Bronx, want every student to feel welcomed from the moment the moment they arrive at the front door; so they asked a team of Creative Art Works Youth Apprentices (YAs) to paint a mural that offers a message of hope and unity. We think our YAs rose to the occasion. “A Ripple of Change,” CAW’s fourth mural on the PS/MS 4 campus, includes repeating motifs of growth, evolution, diversity and belonging.
At a joyful unveiling ceremony, Principal Vincent Resto commended our young artists both for their dedication and for bringing the vision and ideals of the PS/MS 4 community to life.
Images evolve as they move from left to right along the length of this vibrant mural: The mural starts with an outline of the New York City Skyline represented as a heartbeat. Next, a single seedling blossoms into flowers from around the world, children of different races and ethnicities grow into young adults, a caterpillar becomes a chrysalis and then a butterfly. Nurturing hands on one end of the mural become hands that give back to the community on the other end. The front doors are flanked by the wings of a phoenix, the mythical bird that rises from its own ashes. The far end of the mural is anchored by an image of a hand holding a globe, symbolizing both the gift of education the school wishes to give to its students as well as a reminder that the future belongs to our children.
Growth, Evolution, Diversity, Belonging — Take a Tour of the Mural
Read bios by all the CAW Youth Apprentices in the commemorative brochure on ISSUU.
A Little Bird Told Us to Mention the Audubon Mural Project
CAW’s Public Art Youth Employment programs are made possible by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, and by these generous supporters: