THE BANNER PROJECT
Fowler High School
The Everson Museum of Art
Syracuse, NY
Fall 2001/Spring 2002

This project is the result of years of work with The Everson Museum of Art, The New York Council of the Arts and G. W. Fowler High School which emphasized the study and creation of art through the New York State Learning Standards for the Arts. Students were recommended for this program by Fowler Art teachers or counselors based on their previous success in the arts. During the course of their advanced art classes taught by Cheryl Molesky, students discussed contemporary art and current social issues in order to plan and produce a public artwork. The students worked with Ann Clarke as artist in residence throughout the research and creation process. The teens decided to reflect on their understanding of social issues that affect them and their school, visually, in the form of twenty foot by three-foot banners that will hang outside the school. These banners, visually accessible to the public, share their sense of place and identity within the community.


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Funding provided by The Everson Museum of Art and The New York State Council of the Arts.