Full Menu

751M and Harvey Milk HS Grand Mural Ceremony

Students and staff from 751M, the Manhattan School for Career Development, and Harvey Milk HS celebrated the new mural they created at 751M in the East Village at a ceremony on May 7.
Thomas Rosa, a dean and the UFT chapter leader at 751M, talks about how the students left their individual marks on the mural.
Jonathan Fickies
Art teacher Kaitlyn Stillwagon (left) and paraprofessional Cruz Morban show how their 751M students used their initial drawings as inspiration for the mural’s artwork.
Jonathan Fickies
Paraprofessional Brenda Torres (left), who painted the bumblebees behind her, and teacher Natalie Santiago go over details of the opening ceremony at 751M.
Jonathan Fickies
School counselors (from left) Amy Viders-Stern, Dr. Edgar Hobbs and Patrycja Roufaeil, all of 751M, show pride in their students during the mural’s unveiling.
Jonathan Fickies
Joel Bergner (at microphone) and Max Frieder, the founders of Artolution, present the visually arresting result of the students’ three-week effort.
Jonathan Fickies
Parent coordinator Yvonne Cortes (left) and school secretaries Mary Bethea (center) and Cira Avecillas, all of 751M, work at the cake and refreshments table.
Jonathan Fickies
Students and staff play the “birdstrument,” a percussive, phoenix-shaped portion of the mural fashioned from recycled objects like a computer keyboard.
Jonathan Fickies
Paraprofessionals (from left) Melissa Renz, Kendra Reyes, Irene Augusto, Cheydy Greer and Paul Kane, all of 751M, pose for a photo in front of the mural.
Jonathan Fickies
Max Frieder, a co-founder of Artolution, puts the finishing touches on the mural before it is presented.
Jonathan Fickies
Girl on an outdoor stage at the microphone with two assistants

A student sings about “standing up for what is right” with paraprofessional Brenda Torres, both of 751M.

Jonathan Fickes
Three students from 751M play the drums to energize the audience during the cere

Three students from 751M play the drums to energize the audience during the ceremony.

Jonathan Fickes
A transgender Harvey Milk HS student describes how the art project allowed her t

A transgender Harvey Milk HS student describes how the art project allowed her to express herself and tells her peers, “I just want to say, for any other trans youth, especially of color, if you have a dream and you don’t think that you can get there — look at me.”

Jonathan Fickes
Previous
Next
Thomas Rosa, a dean and the UFT chapter leader at 751M, talks about how the students left their individual marks on the mural.
Jonathan Fickies
Art teacher Kaitlyn Stillwagon (left) and paraprofessional Cruz Morban show how their 751M students used their initial drawings as inspiration for the mural’s artwork.
Jonathan Fickies
Paraprofessional Brenda Torres (left), who painted the bumblebees behind her, and teacher Natalie Santiago go over details of the opening ceremony at 751M.
Jonathan Fickies
School counselors (from left) Amy Viders-Stern, Dr. Edgar Hobbs and Patrycja Roufaeil, all of 751M, show pride in their students during the mural’s unveiling.
Jonathan Fickies
Joel Bergner (at microphone) and Max Frieder, the founders of Artolution, present the visually arresting result of the students’ three-week effort.
Jonathan Fickies
Parent coordinator Yvonne Cortes (left) and school secretaries Mary Bethea (center) and Cira Avecillas, all of 751M, work at the cake and refreshments table.
Jonathan Fickies
Students and staff play the “birdstrument,” a percussive, phoenix-shaped portion of the mural fashioned from recycled objects like a computer keyboard.
Jonathan Fickies
Paraprofessionals (from left) Melissa Renz, Kendra Reyes, Irene Augusto, Cheydy Greer and Paul Kane, all of 751M, pose for a photo in front of the mural.
Jonathan Fickies
Max Frieder, a co-founder of Artolution, puts the finishing touches on the mural before it is presented.
Jonathan Fickies
Girl on an outdoor stage at the microphone with two assistants

A student sings about “standing up for what is right” with paraprofessional Brenda Torres, both of 751M.

Jonathan Fickes
Three students from 751M play the drums to energize the audience during the cere

Three students from 751M play the drums to energize the audience during the ceremony.

Jonathan Fickes
A transgender Harvey Milk HS student describes how the art project allowed her t

A transgender Harvey Milk HS student describes how the art project allowed her to express herself and tells her peers, “I just want to say, for any other trans youth, especially of color, if you have a dream and you don’t think that you can get there — look at me.”

Jonathan Fickes
Close