Do Your P'Art Foundation

In community mosaics, the meaning of the collective work, of the contributions of unique individuals to a harmonious whole, acts as a metaphor for the community-making function of collaborative public art. -Chicago Public Art Group. This year Do Your P’Art participants will collaborate to create community mosaics.
 
The mission of Do Your P'Art Foundation is to bring children together from various cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds through artistic collaborations. What better way to model this mission in the artwork than through mosaics.
 
Teachers selected the base object for the work, as well as the type of style and technique to be used. The theme for the project is Community.  Students got together and discussed a particular area of focus related to this theme, and asked themselves and each other how they can work together to transform their ideals into realities.  Their art is a representation of their “Ideal Community”.
The final products were installed in a variety of locations, including on the grounds of both partner schools, and… Sally? .