I met with youth from Viewmont Elementary School in Murray once a week between October 2011 and January 2012. Students were chosen from the sixth grade classes of the school as well as from the population of youth receiving special education services. As the ability…
Teenagers at Kearns Junior High worked with me from October 2011 until April 2012 to create a 60-foot-long work of art showing the core values they represent. For the first stage of the project the youth brainstormed and sketched ways to show the value statement…
I met with students of Riley Elementary for 11 weeks from early January to late March to brainstorm, sketch, and create the tiles for the mural. Included in the project were youth in the after-school program as well as youth in the “Colors of Success”…
In late November / early December I met with the teens of the Leadership and Resiliency Program of the Housing Authority of Salt Lake County to design a mural for the Housing Authority’s Chamber Room. With the Board on a two-week break for the holidays,…
This past month I have been working with youth in the foster homes of Salt Lake County to create two large mosaic projects. Thanks go out to the awesome kids who helped create, and to Tiffanie Player, Recreation Therapist with Salt Lake County Youth Services…
Set of murals that I designed for a new bike path/playground that was donated by Basic Research to the Christmas Box House in Salt Lake County, UT. The Christmas Box House is a residential facility for youth who are in state custody and are waiting…
In April 2008 I worked with students in my art classes at Mountain Ridge High School to create a 5 foot by 24 foot painted tile mural for Hacienda Healthcare Skilled Nursing Facility in Phoenix. View the article about the unveiling of the mural.
The science teacher at Martin Middle School, Rochelle Larghi, posted on the job site for Rhode Island School of Design that she would like someone to paint a mural at the school. She was willing to offer supplies, and I was looking for a project…