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VIDEO: Iowa BIG students work on mural to enhance community connections
Iowa BIG students paint a mural intended to reconnect the different communities and neighborhoods of Cedar Rapids and encourage the gift of listening and empathy throughout the city.
Iowa BIG senior Haley Kesterson works on a community mural students from the initiative based high school are painting on the side of a building at 1029 3rd Street SE in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. The mural expands on a project that was first created as a public art display of Cedar Rapids community members, originally displayed in Green Square Park. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Iowa BIG students from left: sophomore Willow Weber, senior Zoey Segriff, senior Haley Kesterson and junior Shermar Banks work on a community mural students from the initiative based high school are painting on the side of a building at 1029 3rd Street SE in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. The mural expands on a project that was first created as a public art display of Cedar Rapids community members, originally displayed in Green Square Park. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Iowa BIG junior Shermar Banks works on a community mural students from the initiative based high school are painting on the side of a building at 1029 3rd Street SE in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. The mural expands on a project that was first created as a public art display of Cedar Rapids community members, originally displayed in Green Square Park. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Iowa BIG students seniors Zoey Segriff (left) and Haley Kesterson work on a community mural students from the initiative based high school are painting on the side of a building at 1029 3rd Street SE in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. The mural expands on a project that was first created as a public art display of Cedar Rapids community members, originally displayed in Green Square Park. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Artist mentor Thomas Agran (left) of Iowa City, Iowa, gives some recommendations to Iowa BIG students seniors Zoey Segriff (right) and Haley Kesterson work on a community mural students from the initiative based high school are painting on the side of a building at 1029 3rd Street SE in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. The mural expands on a project that was first created as a public art display of Cedar Rapids community members, originally displayed in Green Square Park. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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