“Art has the power to transform something into greatness,” Damulira Musa, a student who contributed to the Action in Africa Community Center mural.
Watch Artolution and Chime for Change travel to Nakuwadde, Uganda to team up with Action in Africa to paint a mural in the Community Center. The week-long project aimed to empower kids to understand that their passions and desires can become their life and career. The final public artwork was a ‘response canvas mural conversation’ started by 200 children in New York, then sent to Uganda, put up on a wall and used as a basis and inspiration for making a response mural. The project also honors a student from the community who passed from a car accident, with his face painted smiling inside the design, the result engages this community in a creative experience to promote healing, resilience and positive social change.
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New York is a state in the northeastern U.S., known for New York City and towering Niagara Falls. NYC’s island of Manhattan is home to the Empire State Building, Times Square and Central Park. The Brooklyn Bridge connects Manhattan with the borough of Brooklyn. The iconic Statue of Liberty stands in New York Harbor. To the east, Long Island has beaches, the Montauk Lighthouse, the ritzy Hamptons and Fire Island.