LEFT: Community members marching past "DREAM PEACE" at the 2016 annual MLK March. Photo by Rachel Kamata. RIGHT: (from left) Artist Alex Rubio, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum Executive Mary Heathcott, MOSAIC co-lead artists Elizabeth Samuel and Tanya Helbig, Councilman Alan Warrick (D2), and DCCD Director Felix Padrón pose as the ribbon is cut. Photo by Scott Ball.
Elizabeth Samuel, Lead MOSAIC Student Artist & Tanya Helbig
DREAM PEACE
2016
Acrylic on Polytab
Commissioned by The District 2 office, EastPoint, and the Department for Culture and Creative Development (DCCD), San Antonio TX
MOSAIC Mural Crew:
Samuel's Family Members
Other student volunteers
"Following the death of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King...Who would have imagined that 50 years later a city with a population of less than 10% African Americans would be host to the largest march today!" ~ Arlington R. Callies, Son of Rev. Dr. R. A. Callies, Sr., Community Leader of of the First MLK San Antonio March
This mural was organized through The Contemporary at Blue Star’s MOSAIC Student Artist Program. Located on the east facing walls of the Coleman Bridge underpass, Dream Peace, was designed and executed by high school students enrolled in Blue Star Contemporary’s MOSAIC Student Artist program. The theme of the 2016 MLK march, Uniting Communities to Advance Humanity, inspired MOSAIC Student Artist Elizabeth Samuel, designer of Dream Peace. A 15-year old sophomore at Reagan High School, Samuel was the lead artist for this project and designed the large-scale artwork in the MOSAIC Studio at Blue Star Contemporary along with Tanya Helbig, a 16-year-old junior at Earl Warren High School. (Courtesy The Contemporary)
The Contemporary at Blue Star’s MOSAIC Student Artist Program is open to high school students who are interested in developing their professional artistic skills and careers in the arts. The free after-school program is a combination of studio practice and exposure to the business side of art and arts administration. MOSAIC Visiting Artists mentor students in a diverse range of art mediums in an intensive, independent study format. The MOSAIC Student Art Gallery features student exhibitions, drawing hundreds of visitors and adds to San Antonio’s vibrant and rich visual culture.