Se presenta un mural de 100 pies pintado por el programa de verano de la juventud de Jersey City

Photo Credits:  Jennifer Brown, City of Jersey city

Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop visited the city’s Mural Arts Youth Summer Program this morning at Ferris High School on Christopher Columbus Drive.  The Mayor witnessed what the city’s youth have been working on for weeks to help beautify their community.

Young artists from the ages of 14 to 24 put the finishing touches on their work of art, a 100-foot long mural whose theme is Jersey City’s Sister Cities.  The artists coupled their creative process with research of the 22 sister cities , which was then incorporated into the mural.  A city press release stated, “This included a series of virtual conversations with representatives from these worldwide cities as part of the mural design creation process. The young artists were then led by professional mural artists where they were given step-by-step instruction on public art techniques.”

La razón detrás de la creación del mural era simple, según la ciudad. “Jersey City ha utilizado nuestro programa de mural expansivo como un enfoque basado en la evidencia para financiar la economía creativa y reducir los graffiti ilegales, mientras que trae la historia, el carácter y el arte global para animar espacios previamente ignorados. El Programa JCMAP para Jóvenes fortalece sus habilidades y mejora la profesionalidad y empleabilidad de los jóvenes artistas emergentes de Jersey City”.