Dreaming for a Better Future Soñar con un Futuro Mejor
Dreaming for a Better Future Soñar con un Futuro Mejor
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Looking upward, a group of children point to the stars as a young girl holds the city of Reading in her arms. This enormous project spanned two years in its creation, involving hundreds of youth and community volunteers.
Location
Second and Beech Streets,
Location
Second and Beech Streets,
Reading, PA 19601
Project Support
Project Support
Sponsors:
Sponsors:
PA Migrant Education
PA Migrant Education
Hawley and Myrtle Quier Fund of the
Hawley and Myrtle Quier Fund of the
Berks County Community Foundation
Berks County Community Foundation
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
Wyomissing Area Education Foundation
Wyomissing Area PTA
Mural Design:
Michael L. Miller
2012 PA Migrant Education Summer Program Students
Isaac Family
Mural and Mosaic Fabrication:
2012 PA Migrant Education Summer Program Students
Public Art Workshop, Wyomissing Area Jr. Sr. HS
Second Street Learning Center Students
Project completion
2013
About the Project
The design for this mural began in the summer of 2012, with a series of photos of children from the Second Street Learning Center, who enjoy the playground in front of the proposed wall. The iconography of someone holding a city in their arms comes from mideval paintings that would portray a patron saint in such a pose. The PA Migrant Education student artists in this project worked diligently in the mural studio and guided community volunteers to help with the project. Family and friends joined them at a Family Night Open House at Millmont Elementary School to hear a bilingual presentation about the project and help paint a portion of the mural. The glass mosaic city in the mural was created by the Public Art Workshop students at Wyomissing JSHS the following school year. The enormous mural was finally installed the summer of 2013.
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