Please join our 2010 Teen Mural Assistants (TMAs) as they unveil their Leadership Mural Series at the MMAP Headquarters at 2043 Euclid Avenue, East Palo Alto, CA 94105.
This summer, we hired 30 outstanding teens from East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Redwood City and San Francisco to research, design and unveil a mural series on the 2010 theme, Leadership. Because of the depth of their research and the enthusiasm around the topic, teens brainstormed over 100 ideas for imagery and have decided to paint five murals touching on five areas of leadership: Civic Engagement / Political Participation, Education, Technology, Economic Empowerment / Legal Services, and Environmental Responsibility.
Leadership Mural Series Unveiling Countdown: 10 DAYS!!!
Our hard work this summer is definitely visible with the progress of the murals!
We are happy to say that “Face the Future,” our access to education mural, is almost finished- as are our four other murals! They are well under way for all of YOU- our MMAP extended family- to view them on Friday, August 27th from 5:30-7:30!
Victoria & Monique working on "Facing the Future"!
Patrick works in MMAP's conference room on the "Blueprint for Success" mural!
This past week at TMP, those words could not have been any truer. With drive and dedication that only our MMAP teens can exert, we are now more than halfway done with our murals and music production! But we can’t take all the credit; we have to take the time to thank all of our extended MMAP family who have come out during the last week to help us out: Rachel McIntire, Kelleen Sullivan, Jessica Zablah, Devin Ruiz, Diana Marquez, & Stephanie Wright! The progress is evident- check it all out in 11 days at the Leadership Mural Series Unveiling on Friday August 27th!
Teen Mural Assistant Jervon shares a moment with Stanford Intern Laura!
MMAP's Arts Education Specialist Rachel McIntire returns to TMP to help blue wash
Zaid paints his Leadership Tag, part of the Step Up to Leadership mural that he's been working on with Troy and Kyle!
Leslie and Imelda strike a pose outside of MMAP
Be sure to RSVP to the Leadership Mural Series Unveiling to tunde@muralmusicarts.org!
At our Design Workshop, the teens brainstormed over 100 ideas for mural imagery! Those concepts will be translated into not just one but FIVE murals throughout the MMAP headquarters. Half the students are hard at work painting, while the other half writes and records original hip-hop music to be showcased at our Unveiling on August 27th!
On Friday, the paint was moving and the music flowing. Guest artist Lauren Camarillo led the HHH students through a grueling choreography. Congrats to the teens for concluding their second week of the artistic phase!
Imelda works the underpainting
Monica shines!
Lauren Camarillo (right) leads Monica and the HHH crew through a dance workshop
On Thursday, MMAP opened its doors to the community to teach kids how to paint flower pots, plant flowers, and make pinatas!
The children learned the cultural significance of piñatas, as well as the importance of flowers to our environment!
Children taking the time to paint their flower pots before the planting phase!
Laura and Victoria, MMAP Staff members, pose for a picture during a very busy art class session!
Open Studios offers art classes for kids aged 5-12 at our MMAP headquarters located at 2043 Euclid Ave, East Palo Alto, every Thursday from 1:00-3:00 PM. Please come join us!
Today was a crucial day for TMP teens as they prepare for Friday’s Design Workshop. We reviewed the 10 steps of mural making using James Chitty’s rhyme and beat – we caught the teens on video and will be posting it shortly! Teens rotated through three art stations learning graffiti lettering from resident graf experts, Troy and Zaid. They created collages to investigate the concept of symbolism, and they painted exploring color theory. The visual inspiration was flowing – check out the pictures below!
In the color wheel station, newcomers like Christian and the rest of the teens learned about primary, secondary and complimentary colors. They also got a little taste as to how to use a paintbrush.
Veteran Zaid Vargas teaches newcomer Tony Salinas a little bit about grafitti art and styles.
Getting a view of the talent of veteran teen artist Troy Davis.
Monique uses her knowledge of symbolism to make a collage on her views on leadership!
No doubt we will only see amazing ideas from all these teens on Friday!
After today’s TMP session in EPA City Hall, Leslie Gray shared a hot verse he wrote inspired by the in-depth research and interviews conducted throughout the program thus far.
Zach Pogue visited TMP for an interview on leadership and how it can be accomplished through new media and technology. Zach Pogue also shared his ambitious endeavors to create a more sustainable campus for American University. The teens were undoubtedly inspired by Zach Pogue’s advice to take risks and lead by example.
Students applaud Zach Pogue after learning of his initiatives in the technological and environmental fields.
TMP with Zach Pogue after an interesting interview, where he gave many useful and creative ideas to be included in our upcoming mural!
After researching the current oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, TMP students were split up into 3 prosecution attorney groups and 3 defense attorney groups in the (mock) trial case for BP CEO Tony Hayward.
No doubt that emotions were strong during the mock trial, given the devastating effects of the oil spill on the Gulf Coast communities. Our TMP defense attorneys admitted that it was extremely difficult to be on Tony Hayward’s side, but surprisingly two groups successfully defended Mr. Hayward. The students thought extremely hard about the complexity of the issues at hand, and were able to bring in insightful thoughts about who in the end would be at fault.
