New Mural Underway To Honor Eileen Collins

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ELMIRA – A new student mural has begun in Elmira and is set to be unveiled in June 2022, according to the Elmira City School District. 

Broadway Academy Art Students have begun painting a mural of Eileen Collins on the side of New York Sport and Fitness on Water Street in Downtown Elmira.  

Directed by art teacher Emily Solometo, around 20 Broadway Academy 9th grade students are enrolled in a semester-long course called “Creative Arts.” The class examines symbolism in art and murals as a method of community education, civic engagement, and aesthetics. 

 

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