The speaker this week was Ben Volta, who is an artist living in Philadelphia. He has a studio with eight other people at a complex or school gym, which has other levels of rooms and spaces. He works with public school teachers by helping them link art to learning. This summer he created a mural project where he helped artists of all ages from the City of Philadelphia Murals Art Program create a huge mural, photographed above. These patterns represent consumption, loss, and memory. Most of his projects deal with learning, life skill development, and creativity. I found his projects to be very inspiring and a good life experience. It would be great to be involved in one of these projects for a summer.
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