Great River School Mural, 2021
In 2021, I was an artist in residence representing Juxtaposition
Arts at Great River School in St.Paul. At Great River, I worked
with a group of students and high school science teacher,
Scott Alsleben, to create a mural that encompassed the
values food justice, land sovereignty, and the importance of
indigenous peoples to the land. For this project I created the
curriculum, lead the ideation with the students, created the
final design, built and prepped the plywood mural surface,
lead the painting process, and sealed the piece.
The themes for the mural were informed by the work the
students had been doing in their science program with the
school’s community garden and farm. Once the mural was
finished, it was placed in the in the school garden. The group
of students was exclusively BIPoC to help create more space
that gave access to the land and nature.
