Mira Reisberg

Murals:
El Grenada Elementary School

I first visited El Grenada Elementary School in 1991 to do an author/illustrator presentation.
I commented that the school looked a little bleak with it's institutional grey paint when it was in such a stunning location by the ocean. They wrote a grant and had me come and do some murals with their 3rd and 4th graders. It was a wonderful lesson in working collaboratively. Each of the children involved painted a symbol to represent themselves on one of the hands in the border, while also contributing to the larger picture which we developed together. The text on the wall is from Chief Seattle's speech about the interconnectedness of all life.

 

 

We painted 3 sides of a building, each side representing a Californian environment: the ocean, the desert, and the redwoods.