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Publicolor Founder
Ruth Lande Shuman, NYC City Council Speaker Melissa
Mark-Viverito, Whitney Museum of American Art Curator Jennie
Goldstein
Photo by
Robert Vinci
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August 1, 2017 - Last week, Publicolor founder
Ruth Lande Shuman welcomed guests at her home in celebration of
Cuban-born artist Carmen Herrera. A mural by the 102-year old
artist was recently painted by Publicolor students at New York’s
public school MS 244 (New School for Leadership and Arts) in the
Bronx. The art project was part of Publicolor’s mission to
engage high-risk, low-income students, ages 12-24, in a
continuum of intensive, design-based programs to encourage
academic achievement, college preparation, job readiness, and
community service.
Ms. Shuman articulated the importance of extending
art-making practices into the lives of underprivileged
children who otherwise would not enjoy the enriching joy
art can engender. She said, “Our goal is to bring the
power of visual beauty to communities who experience
little of it.” New York City Council Speaker Melissa
Mark-Viverito spoke on the significance of bringing art
to all communities, including her own in the Bronx. The
Whitney Museum of American Art, which recently exhibited
Herrera’s work, sent curator Jennie Goldstein to speak
on Carmen's late acceptance as a major figure in both
abstraction and minimalism. Tony Bechara spoke about his
personal appreciation of Herrera, an artist whose fame
only recently reached its zenith.
While Herrera was not able to attend, she did remark:
“My two great loves, education and art. They have
enriched my long life. Having students paint this mural
in a school, that’s a beautiful thing. A first mural and
a first piece permanently in a school. I consider it a
great honor to have been asked by Publicolor and I am so
pleased with the results. My thanks to every student who
has participated in this project as you have given me
joy.”
Guests included: Frederick
C. Anderson; Zulema Arroyo; Jeffrey Banks; Janna
Bullock; Chus Burés; Bénédicte de Montlaur; Layla Diba;
Adriana Echavarria; Nichoals Farley; William Haseltine
and his wife María Eugenia Maury; Laura Pels; Gaetano
Pesce; Pascale Richard, and Kathleen Elizabeth
Springhorn.
Publicolor is a long-term youth development program that
engages high-risk students in their education throughout
the year with a continuum of design-based programs that
mentor them for success in college, career and life.
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