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What Makes Your Heart Happy? // January 2020 Photo Jan 09, 1 33 19 PM 82410671_10157480223959821_4776993279516344320_o Photo Jan 09, 1 33 51 PM Photo Dec 06, 2 56 54 PM Photo Dec 05, 2 46 01 PM 79114408_10157384939189821_1527540041201483776_o 2020-01-10 14.43.25 82053446_10157480224444821_5278353891539288064_o 2019-12-12 15.16.07 Photo Dec 12, 2 50 37 PM 2019-12-13 15.24.45 82839634_10157480224204821_717201255725793280_n 2019-12-12 15.16.22 Photo Dec 13, 7 00 39 PM 2019-12-12 14.39.31 2019-12-12 15.17.16 2019-12-12 14.41.24 2019-12-12 15.17.27 2019-12-13 15.25.26 2019-12-12 14.43.34 2020-01-10 14.47.34 copy 2020-01-10 14.58.53

What makes your heart happy? Students at Carson Elementary were asked this question on their first day of Mural Club. After getting paper shapes and scissors, the kids responded by making planets, sailboats, robots, trees, fruit, rocket ships and more. Much of what they made was directly transferred into the design of their new fun and playful mural. The ArtReach Mural Program prides itself in involving students in mural making from concept to completion. We absolutely love, for example, how we, adults, could have never made a palm tree like the one you see here. Only a kid could have placed those palm shapes ever so freely. Paper shapes made by hands, now painted by those same hands on the wall. Robot lemon moonbeam dreams.

In addition to designing and painting their mural, students also were engaged in individual take-home art projects during the Mural Club. As with all of our murals, we celebrated when it was finished by having a ribbon cutting and unveiling event. Parents, grandparents, siblings, and teachers/staff from the Carson school community came together to celebrate the youth who added new art to their school. Each student got their own certificate and there was much joy to be had. Hooray Mural!