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BRONX TIMES R 4 EPORTER, JULY 9-15, 2021 BTR
Art teacher
starts GoFundMe
for mural
BY ROBBIE SEQUEIRA
From the spacious mural of late
Puerto Rican hip-hop legend Big Pun
that adorns Intervale Avenue to the
decadent murals of baseball greats outside
Yankee Stadium, The Bronx has
its fair share of beautiful artwork.
Now, a local art teacher is hoping to
add some more vibrancy and color to
South Bronx neighborhoods through a
series of surrealist schoolyard murals.
John Riveaux, the sole high school
art teacher at Bronx Latin, currently
has reached $1,600 of a $6,000 fundraising
goal on GoFund Me for a set of mural
projects located at the school’s 800
Home St. campus.
Street art, Riveaux told the Bronx
Times, is weaved into the fabric of the
NYC borough.
“Street art is part of the DNA of
Bronx culture,” he said. “Through contributions
to the proposed mural project,
we can help make the South Bronx
an unforgettable destination point representing
neighborhood beautifi cation,
community pride and an exemplar of
arts and public education to support
life-long learning in New York City.”
The mural is set to be painted on a
wall that is approximately 200 feet in
length, 14 feet at its highest point and
six and a half feet at the lower tier.
Riveaux said the murals will incorporate
themes of space, hoping to add a
“surrealist and deeper” imagery for
onlookers.
“When the kids are out playing
and they are looking out and about,
what are they looking at?” he said.
“So I was thinking, ‘why don’t we put
things out on the wall for people to see’
like the stars and the sun to give them
a sense … they are looking into space
and something beyond where they are
standing.'”
From left, Aya Morales, co-founder of Start
LIghthouse, Abdel and Adel Rahman, and
Rina Madhani, executive director and cofounder
of Start Lighthouse, pose with fun
and educational items. Photo Jewel Webber
Additionally, Riveaux said he has
entertained the idea of adding marine
animals — sea turtles and blue whales
— to create an illusion of the animals
“swimming in space.” The portrait will
also include marbles meant to adopt the
form of planets.
Riveaux also hopes the mural can
be an appreciation of the celestial and
natural world, as the latter has been
gravely affected by increasing climate
change events.
“When it comes from the right place,
I believe that art transforms,” he said.
“In order for an artist to believe their
work is important, they have to make
something that’s transformative, something
that can have a greater effect on
someone when they see it.”
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