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Garfield Park Project

Community in Action for Art

Have you ever driven by Garfield Park and wish it was a nicer looking park with new play equipment and a welcoming community center? Did you know the Riverside Neighborhood has a rich history of hardworking people making a better life for themselves? Have you ever seen public art and wondered about the artists that made it?

Well, North Middle School participated in a project that touches on all of these questions and more! The Riverside Neighborhood Association has gathered funding from Starbucks and other sources for youth to design and create, under a professional artist's guidance, metal art panels depicting playful and historical images of our neighborhood park. These panels will become an important component of the newly designed historical river rock entrances to Garfield Park.

Garfield Park encompasses eight acres with four entrances, one at each corner. Everett Parks and our neighborhood agreed each entrance should have an independent theme: playful, historical, environmental, and sports oriented. These will help define our park layout, which has multiple uses. Our plan personalizes and brings artistic flair to the perimeter designed by the Everett Parks.

For 10 weeks students at the Middle School met after school with Ms. Gaub or Ms. Christensen and the artist in residence Dan Cautrell. A printmaker by trade, Dan has done many public art projects with kids. They created a relief collage that looks like a wooden carved printing block.

In this website you will find videos created by another club. The TechReach club is also managed by Ms. Gaub. This club focuses on teaching girls the love and understanding of STEM (Science, Math, Engineering and Technology) Fields. These girls spent the same 10 weeks both participating in the art, as well as filming, interviewing and editing videos about the participants.

Please let us know what you think!

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