Hatboro-Horsham Senior High School students have merged art and technology to create a beautiful Black history mural aimed at teaching diversity and inclusion, writes Kim Hudson for CBS News.
Black artists featured on the nine-foot-tall mural include woman guitarist and 1940s hitmaker Rosetta Tharpe, late actor Chadwick Boseman, and visual artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.
The piece is on one of the walls inside the Montgomery County school.
Ellisa Sadler, president of the school’s Black Student Union, helped integrate QR codes into the mural, linking to additional information about the featured artists.
“And it makes it more fun and more interactive, definitely more engaging to people,” said the seventeen-year-old.
Saddler’s classmate, Amy Park, assisted in selecting the artists featured on the mural. The 18-year-old senior, who serves as vice president of the school’s National Art Honor Society, was determined to ensure all students of color knew they are a cherished part of the school’s community.
“So, I think it’s really nice that we have like a little space that kind of represents us, represents the Black kids in our school,” said Park.
The students hope to have the mural completed by February 22, just in time for the Black History Month concert.
Read more about the mural at CBS News.
