Art Teacher Kimberly Rigtrup working under Dr. Lori Santos took on the Youth Art Peace Pole Project in Utah for her senior studio class. Ms Rigtrup went to a Charter School in the area where she worked on the Peace Pole with 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th graders. The students idea was that of “burying our differences and finding commonality in others”.
“After Creating the Peace Pole the students from Mrs. Ruiz class came to Mrs. DaSilva’s class to present a Power Point presentation about the experience of making the Utah Youth Art Peace Pole. We had a student presenter tell the third graders about Our Peace Pole, his experience making it, and about International Day of Peace. I then asked the third grade students what peace means to them. We are looking forward to presenting it to the public for the International Day of Peace in September”.
Using their chosen theme of “Burying Our Differences” the students painted images of people literally burying their differences in the soil. They also added symbols of Peace from different Countries and, very creatively, had the people in their images wearing different flags from around the world as their shirts.
This Project was done through Utah Valley University.
Ms. Rigtrup added: “This has been a great opportunity for me and the cooperating class”
