Oct 162011
Castro District
Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy
The “Books & Reading” Mural is located at the school’s facade. This mural is a part 1 of a triptych. Created by students with Artist in Residence Ellen Blakeley in 2000, each child drew a 4″ picture of their favorite book or a picture of themselves reading. Materials included paper, glass, metal, and paint. This section is approximately 18′ x 6′.
The “Math & Numbers” Mural is part 2 of the triptych. Each child worked out a math problem on paper.
The “Civil Rights, Human Rights” Mural is part 3 of the triptych.
About the school…The original campus housed Douglass Elementary School until the early 1950′s. On June 25, 1996, San Francisco Unified School District’s Board of Education voted to rename Douglass School to Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy. Their mission is to empower student learning by teaching tolerance and non-violence, celebrating diversity, achieving academic excellence, and fostering strong family-school-community connections.
Very nice! I always enjoy looking at your photos.
these murals are simply wonderful
Wonderful pieces – nice way to involve the kids!
Interesting stuff those murals!
Very interesting mosaic mural and backstory.
Beautiful – I’m going to have to plan a trip to SF and a stop at the school to see these in person.
What a fabulous mural! I love the concept and how she included the children’s art. Thanks for sharing!
Wonderful piece of art!
how amazing that kids were involved! Love love love it!
Have a great week ahead 🙂
What lovely murals…and you captured them, shared them, and now we have a piece of history to look at.
This has to be one of my favorites! I love the idea of incorporating the children’s work in the mosaics…How do they use paper in it I wonder?
I love their mission and can totally stand behind it.