OPEN SPACE

……………………………………………………………"That bottle keeps its blink on its side red from horizon." Clark Coolidge………………………………..

[SFMOMA has commissioned renowned artist Kerry James Marshall to create two murals for the museum's Haas Atrium. For over 30 years, Marshall has explored stories of racial identity, the Civil Rights movement, and unsung histories in his work. In response to Marshall's works, fifteen teens from three Oakland high schools are designing and producing a collaborative mural, in Town Park at DeFremery Park, focusing on the themes of silenced histories and storytelling. We’re blogging about it here on Saturdays.]

Last week the teens continued their brainstorming sessions, and began drawing designs for the mural. Working with the title they came up with last week, “The Creation of Culture is to Stop the Battlefield with Change,” they looked at images of public art, at drawing books, and at reproductions of historic photographs to draw inspiration from. The result: an array of drawings, photocopies, and text that will work their way into the first composite drawing of the mural as a whole.

We asked the teens to take control of the blog this week. Jacob was happy to contribute his words:

“This experience is epic and inspirational. Every time I look up I open an idea of creativity because I am inspired by my peers at SFMOMA. I love art, I love to work, and I love people. Most of what I’ve learned through this experience is the Bay Area is an extremely creative place and I would love to keep its creativity flowing.”

And Jose did an awesome job documenting the day’s work in photographs. He took all the pictures in this post.

Today the kids will be putting the final touches on the composite drawing, and will begin the color scheme. Can’t wait to see what they come up with…