Cal Prep, A Collage?

Eighth grade Art Students complete collages that reflect varied identities.

When David Dinkins, was inaugurated in 1990 as New York City’s first Black mayor, he referred to his municipality as a " gorgeous mosaic of race and religious faith, of national origin and sexual orientation.”

In September last year, instead of crafting mosaics, eighth grade Art class students created two-layered collage with symbols, colors, shapes, and text that represented their identity. Using donated magazines, paper, scissors and Elmer’s glue sticks they pasted together a hodgepodge of images that represented the school’s mixture of varied ethnicities, sexual identities, color, and nationalities.