CWP second graders at P.S./M.S. 279 Captain Manuel Rivera Jr. School in the Bronx have been buzzing since last spring. Eight murals the students made with the guidance of their Teaching Artist Valerie Hallier are ready to share with our community.
The murals are part of A Buzzing in the Bronx, the students’ anthology of writing and visual artwork around the theme of community and citizenship. Their ideas about community, identity, togetherness, empathy, heroism, and service to others are threaded throughout these lively, colorful, and touching murals.
Community is Peace
Quiet and Loud
It is Different People
Growing Together
It is Our Love
From a Towering Mountain
To the Depths of Atlantis,
We are Universally Fantastic
Brains Exploding
From Bravery
Go To The Park Together
And Have Fun
Ride Bikes Home and Make Food
Share Popcorn and Watch Movies…
I Will Help You
If You Need Help
I Would Like
To Help An Animal
Because If One Gets Lost
I Can Save It
It’s Wild Working
Together With The
Smell of Success in the Room
You Know it’s Teamwork
You Know it’s Dreamwork
Heroes
The Ones Who Raised Me
And Smush Danger
Under Their Feet
Los Mas Fuertes Del Mundo
Beautiful Hospital
I Want To Solve
World-wide Cancer
So Everyone Can Have Peace
And No One Will Be Sad
