Animal Mosaics by Stevo Sadvary and students

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Citiparks is the City of Pittsburgh’s department of Parks and Recreation. They run a lot of programs and manage a lot of facilities. Included in their jurisdiction are community art programs. They work to promote the arts in several ways, and these mosaics were one of their programs.

   

This was a one week program where artist Stevo Sadvary worked with the neighborhood kids to create all sorts of animal murals. Stevo pre-cut the tile and outlined the designs and then helped the kids put the murals together. Stevo did the grouting himself, and several of the panels were then installed on the front of the Phillips Elementary School.

   

Stevo told us that the idea was to combine nature, art and community. He kept the designs simple for the kids, and they had a great time making the mosaics. There are currently 12 of the panels that they made that week on display on the front the school.

   

We don't yet know if the rest of the panels are hung inside the school or displayed at another location.