An auction is underway through April 10 for artwork created by high school students as part of East End Arts’ MLK Portrait Project. (Courtesy of East End Arts)
East End Arts has found a new way to promote art through art, and see Martin Luther King Jr. in a new way at the same time.
The organization’s MLK Portrait Project, the first of its kind, involved students from seven area high schools, who worked during January, February and March to create five portraits of the late civil rights leader.
East End Arts is accepting requests through Friday for private viewing of the portraits, on display at the East End Arts gallery, 133 East Main St. in Riverhead. An exhibition of the artworks will be open to the public Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
A portrait created by students at Riverhead and Southampton high schools. (Credit: East End Arts)
Students from across the East End collaborated for East End Arts’ MLK Portrait Project in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Four different portraits, each containing 16 panels, were created as a unique images of Dr. King. The project was inspired by the work of East End Arts teacher Kenneth Jackson.
The project is “a way to celebrate the words of MLK by working together in unity, each creating an individual part, that ultimately becomes whole. Each panel style is different, yet they all fit together.”
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