SFMOMA Teen Mural Project Finale Posted on May 16, 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.]
The final piece
We’ve blogged about this project here for the last 14 weeks. To read our posts documenting the project week by week, we invite you to view them here. Here we are at the very end of our program. About 7 teens showed up last week to put the finishing touches on the mural. Fred of Precita Eyes, two teens, and myself were at the park past 6 pm (good thing I wore sunblock)!
Ta da!
Thanks to Fred, Rafa, and K-dub for all of their support with this project. I can’t say how proud we are of the teens from Oakland High School, Oakland School for the Arts, and Ralphe Bunche Academy for their dedication, hard work, and tremendous spirit.
The title of the piece, “Change, Family, Roots & Culture”
Come visit the exhibition of the planning and design process of this project in SFMOMA’s Koret Visitor Education Center. On view May 30 – October 18, 2009.
