For Hisar students, arts and active learning are essential parts of school life, and with a generous donation from Mr.Sinan Uzan, Trustee and Board Member of Hisar Educational Foundation, our students had the opportunity to meet and work with three mural artists from different countries as they transferred the amphitheater and various walls of Hisar school into an art piece. Approximately 335 students from 5th grade to 12th grade participated in this unique project.
Photo: Defne G. ’19
With the project organized by Warren Band, one of the most important organizers of street art and the founder of Los Angeles based Branded Arts that produced over 350 mural projects around the world, three world famous mural artists came to Turkey for the first time and painted their original drawings which they designed especially for Hisar School.
With this project Hisar students, who had taken initiative and painted various walls of the school in the past, showed examples of active learning by organizing production, logistics, photography, video and PR teams.
Photo: Defne G. ’19
Photo: Kuzey Ç. ’22
Interviews: Selin Ö. ’19 and Sena K. ’19
Iker Muro (@murOne), joining the project from Spain, chose the school’s amphitheatre to paint. The source of inspiration for the painting Muro designed is Istanbul’s Bosporus and sun. When you look at the painting from one specific point you can see all lines as straight. At a busy pace and with the help of Hisar School Advanced Placement students, Muro completed his art work with in 3 days.
The second artist that participated in the project; Teo (@moneyless1980) is from Italy. He worked with Hisar students on the art work he designed with geometric patterns. He remarked that he hoped the interaction students had inspired their interest in art.
Photo: Kuzey Ç. ’22
Photo: Kuzey Ç. ’22
Photo: Kuzey Ç. ’22
Photo: Kuzey Ç. ’22
Photo: Kuzey Ç. ’22
Photo: Kuzey Ç. ’22
Photo: Kuzey Ç. ’22
Photo: Kuzey Ç. ’22
Photo: Kuzey Ç. ’22
Ukranian artist Aleksei (@aec_interesnikazki) is known for his out-of-fairytale-book like narrative, and in his authentic figurative drawing which stretched out to two walls he expresses that a tree which feeds from books and grows, shapes the future. Hisar 5th and 6th grade students joined his “My Dream Tree and its Story” workshop and they developed their own interpretations.
Photo: Kuzey Ç. ’22
Photo: Kuzey Ç. ’22
Photo: Kuzey Ç. ’22
The organizer of the project, Warren Brand (@brandedarts) indicated that the transformative power of art gives students hope and inspiration.
Photo: Kuzey Ç. ’22