{"id":2505,"date":"2019-05-30T16:11:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T16:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developmenttwo.marymount.edu\/blog\/dc-as-our-classroom\/"},"modified":"2021-01-19T18:23:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T18:23:52","slug":"dc-as-our-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/dc-as-our-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"DC as our classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"
Making DC their classroom, sociology students boarded a bus to explore historic street art created by Latino artists in DC neighborhoods. In decades past, the neighborhoods of Columbia Heights, Petworth, Mount Pleasant, and Adams Morgan were home to a vibrant Latino immigrant community. Murals are a public representation of the lived experience of neighborhood residents and offer a record of change over time. The trip was co-sponsored as part of the Center for Global Education’s local-to-global initiative and the Sociology Department’s Place Matters in the DMV.<\/p>\n
Photos 1 & 2: Christine McDonald, our tour guide, described the personal journey of one muralist as Marymount students documented their experience. Photo 3: Un Pueblo Sin Murales es Un Pueblo Dismuralizado<\/a>\/A people without murals is a dem(u)oralized people (Kalorama Triangle). Artists: Felipe Martinez, Carlos Salozar, Carlos Arrien, and Juan Pineda Photo 4: Catching the American Dream<\/a> (Petworth). Artist: Jose Piedra Photo 5: Students learn about Alex Garcia’s personal journey from graffiti to recognition as a muralist. Clowny<\/a> Artists: Maria Miller, Ernesto Zelaya, Jason Phillip, and William Page. For more information:<\/span><\/p>\n\n Making DC their classroom, sociology students boarded a bus to explore historic street art created by Latino artists in DC neighborhoods. In decades past, the neighborhoods of Columbia Heights, Petworth, Mount Pleasant, and Adams Morgan were home to a vibrant Latino immigrant community. Murals are a public representation of the lived experience of neighborhood residents […]<\/p>\n
\nPhoto 1 credit: Janine DeWitt
\nPhoto 2 credit: Kevin Rios<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPhoto 3 credit: Natalie Melara<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPhoto 4 credit: Rachel Sloan<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPhoto 5 credit: Chris Cleveland<\/em><\/p>\n\n