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Savannah Arts students create 'unsung heroes' tree for community display
Summary
Students in a Drawing 3 class at Savannah Arts Academy, led by teacher Rosemary Dodson, designed and painted a community art project honoring local "unsung heroes"; the piece is on display at the Bolt Street Library as part of the Lowell Milken Center Art Effect program.
Rosemary Dodson, an art teacher at Savannah Arts Academy and a Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes Art Effect Ambassador, and students in her Drawing 3 class designed and painted a community "unsung heroes" tree now on display at the Bolt Street Library in Savannah.
The project asks community members to press their handprints onto the tree and write the name of someone who made a difference in their life — parents, grandparents, teachers, medical professionals or others — with the tree's roots and symbols representing categories of unsung heroes.
The Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes program promotes research and recognition of historically overlooked individuals, pairing art and local history to encourage students to learn about "invisible histories" in their communities. Dodson's class built the project around that mission, school officials said.
The display at Bolt Street Library follows work by other Savannah Arts students that has been shown in community venues; the initiative is presented as a way for students to connect art instruction with local history and public engagement.
For SCCPSS, I'm Ken Slatz.
