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КАКИЕ: Students at Jackson Elementary School will present their final project, “Garden of Diversity/Jardin de la Diversidad,” a 5,000 sq. ft. display outside the school’s rear first floor, extending and overlooking three sides of the building. The mosaic celebrates the diversity of the school and encourages unity between students. The unveiling of the mosaic will be followed by a luncheon featuring food from different cultures around the world.

WHO: Jackson Elementary School Students, winners of a $3,500 PCCY Picasso Project arts grant, will present an art project they created, led by eighth grade mentors. Students created wall mosaics and murals, 3D mosaic sculptures, benches, and planters with COSACOSA art at large artists. COSACOSA art at large, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that seeks to catalyze community dialogue, creative cooperation, and positive change through the creation of new public art specific to the concerns of Philadelphia neighborhoods in conjunction with city residents. .

КОГДА: Friday, June 14, 2013 at 12:00 PM

КУДА: Jackson Elementary School
1213 S. 12th St. Philadelphia, PA 19147

CONTACT: Gretchen Elise Walker, PCCY, 617.792.6376, gretchenelise@childrenfirstpa.org

Since its inception in 2002, the Picasso Project has granted $425,000 in funds to support arts projects in 106 schools, working with 500 teachers and 99 teaching artists to reach over 26,500 children with the goal of enhancing creative and performing arts in Philadelphia schools. The Picasso Project seeks to demonstrate the importance of arts in building school unity, community engagement, and active learning. In the current budget crisis, instrumental music and other arts teachers are slated to be eliminated from schools, depriving children of valuable arts education opportunities. The Picasso Project helps schools address these losses by urging city and state legislators to SUPPORT SCHOOL FUNDING. Founded in 1980, Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) is dedicated to improving the lives and life chances of children in the Delaware Valley.