SFMOMA Teen Mural Project Chapter 11 Posted on April 11, 2009 by ashap
[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 were super productive, filling out the color of the entire mural and beginning to add details like outlines and shading. The painting is almost done and soon they’ll start applying more layers of paint on top of what’s been completed thus far. Here are some images of last week’s session, taken by Alvin:
Getting the palettes ready. Photo: Alvin
more pictures after the jump!
Working on Mother Earth. Photo: Alvin
It gets a little crowded when everyone is working. Photo: Alvin
Perfecting the sailor. Photo: Alvin
This week is Spring Break so we’ll be taking a break from painting at the Park. Thanks again to Alvin for being the photographer last week. See you all in two weeks!
