Community Mural

School:: Oakridge Middle
Subject:: Art
Teacher:: Mary Thompson
Students Impacted:: 350
Grade:: 6-8
Date:: July 6, 2023

Investor

Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.

A Champion For Learning - $521.00

Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 2000

Community Murals are a Form of Communication. Art projects come and go. Murals are here to stay. They are a legacy, a means for students, staff, and stakeholders to communicate from generation to generation. Murals are an artistic dialogue serving to provoke and inspire present and future student populations. Murals speak to school bodies.

The Mural project was an combination of staff and student input. I sent out a form for staff to vote on the mural images. the positive images that are on the 8 permeate walls (sun, flowers, heart, turtle...) Using those images the students and community volunteers (retired Collier County Art Educators) drew and painted on the schools 8 courtyard walls created a beautiful, positive and bright space for all the students and the schools community. During the drawing and painting process--class throughout the day continued the assist the painting process through the supervision of the retired art educators.

With this generous grant we will be able to use the leftover materials to continue the project in the following year.

Thank You!

You made a difference in the culture of Oak Ridge Middle Schoo

Original Grant Overview

Goal

The goal of the collaborative 6-8 grade art project is to help children see the magic that happens when kids work together in group art projects. One of the Art Departments campus beautification initiative is to paint the campus wall will student design and painted murals that will last years.

What will be done with my students

The students during art class will come up with ideas for image that can use the technique of "mural painting" to line the walls of the school as a permanent art installation. The students will learn and be involved with all of the decisions and process of designing, creating, and the installation of the
murals.

Benefits to my students

Murals are a Form of Communication. Art projects come and go. Murals are here to stay. They are a legacy, a means for students, staff, and stakeholders to communicate from generation to generation. Murals are an artistic dialogue serving to provoke and inspire present and future student populations. Murals speak to school bodies.

Budget Narrative

The supplies will be purchased from amazon and will be reused the following year.
THANK YOU

Items

#	Item	Cost
1	mural paint markers 4 sets	$209.00
2	mural paints	$200.00
3	brushes set	$22.00
4	brushes 1"	$60.00
5	drip cloths plastic	$30.00
	Total:	$521.00

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