Youth Art Team Week #2 consisted of teams going about various tasks. Two groups went to the library to research murals. Check out these sites: www.muralarts.org, www.cpag.net, and www.groundswellmural.org. Amazing artwork out there! One picture above shows the pride in receiving one's first Waterloo public library card while we were there. :)
One group went to the paint store and priced paint and supplies for the mural project. The paint store employee even volunteered to donate paint to the project! Hurray!
Another group made a plan for selling notecards of their past artwork in order to raise money for the cost of this mural project. And another team went to measure the wall itself and take pictures of it.
Finally, Willie Mae Wright, came to visit. You can see her seated in red and surrounded by some of the Youth Art Team. Willie Mae has lived in her house in the neighborhood for 47 years! She lives in a house directly across from the wall we'll be painting, and when asked what message she hoped the mural spoke, she mentioned that it should definitely be something with children in it. Why? Because the children are the future and the ones we should focus on as they grow to lead our communities.
The children also discussed words and feelings that they hope to speak through the mural. Love, hope, peace, exciting, fun, joy, God. I can't wait to see this mural they create!
We ended with 2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" As we prepare in this Lenten/Easter season to pass from old to new in Christ, we also anticipate a wall made new in Christ through the hands, hearts, and imaginations of the Youth Art Team. Check out www.youthartteam.blogspot.com to keep updated!
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