Mount Vernon students turn trash into art
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- June
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As part of ArtsWestchester’s Arts in Education program, nearly 30 students from Nelson Mandela High School in Mt. Vernon worked with ArtsWestchester artist Jeffrey Schrier to create sculptures of animals that live in the Hudson. As part of the students’ science curriculum, they worked with Schrier over a seven week period and visited the banks of the river.
The idea originated with art teachers Mary Llonch-Barbalato and Ellen Hanney, who wanted to focus on the 400th anniversary of the Hudson River, the 40th anniversary of the sloop Clearwater and Pete Seeger’s 90th birthday, along with the environmental issues surrounding the Hudson River since.
They studied brought in Schrier who created sculptures of the Hudson River mudpuppy and blue crab with the students. The whole school pitched in to help collect plastic water bottles for our sculptures.
The students were also able to take a trip to Croton Point Park to meet with ranger Scott Williamson who took them to the nature center, the beach, and the landfill, all on site. Students also got to visit Schrier’s art studio at Croton Point Park to see how a professional artist works.
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