Mary Williams Elementary School, Dumfries, VA
Mary Williams Elementary School, Dumfries, VA
Teachers: Beryl Jazvic and Beth Norman
Skyline Middle School, Harrisonburg, VA
Created by Skyline Middle School, Harrisonburg, VA
Artists: Yanessa, Daniella, Yajarra
Title: Chained
Teacher: Mrs. Kincaid
Theme: Freedom
Materials and techniques: Paint
Did you enjoy this project? Yes.
About: Our painting represents a slave being chained up, and the chain above that is broken represents freedom. The slave is reaching for the broken chain as if it was freedom. The color in the background represents how he suffered. We used different shades of grays and blacks to make shadows. The background color was made of earth colors.
Skyline Middle School, Harrisonburg, VA
Created by Skyline Middle School, Harrisonburg, VA
Artists: Stephanie, Antoine, Jonathan
Title: Moving toward Freedom
Teacher: Mrs. Kincaid
Theme: Freedom
Materials and techniques: Paint.
Did you enjoy this project? Yes.
About: We created the idea of dream clouds that show the life the slave people wanted to reach. The railroad is a symbol to show the “Underground Railroad” and the light at the end of the darkness of slavery.
Skyline Middle School, Harrisonburg, VA
Created by Skyline Middle School, Harrisonburg, VA
Artists: Awot, Bryan, Yadiel
Title: Shackled
Teacher: Mrs. Kincaid
Theme: Freedom
Materials and techniques: Collage, printed image, glue, sharpie, and paint.
Did you enjoy this project? Yes.
About: The focus was on the dreams of freedom filling the dreams of the enslaved man. Beaten he dreams of family, church and the opportunity to learn.
Skyline Middle School, Harrisonburg, VA
Created by Skyline Middle School, Harrisonburg, VA
Artists: Conor, Nicholas, Muhammed, Zayed
Title: Reaching
Teacher: Mrs. Kincaid
Theme: Education
Materials and techniques: Paint.
Did you enjoy this project? Yes.
About: We looked at the title of the Poem “From Shackles to Scholars and decided that we would get our symbols from it. We thought that we could include a man breaking his shackles and reaching for a Geometry textbook. We did some research and found a real life author for the book. Together, we decided that we would use solid, bold colors to show the importance of school.