A Picture Says a Thousand Words

Students in MPA’s Hampton Art Program have long expressed themselves using the hallway walls. The great value in using art as a form of expression to communicate one’s thoughts, emotions, and ideas creatively. For MPA students, art allows them to explore their imagination, develop their skills, and express themselves in unique ways. It can be a powerful therapeutic tool for self-discovery and personal growth.

 

 

Students are provided a “space” on the wall to work together or as individuals to produce a work of art of their choosing. Guided by MPA Faculty, the activity and the artwork are continually evolving. New students and current students alike have found a “place and  space” of their own on the walls of the Hampton residence.

 

 

 

 

The artwork on the walls is conceived and designed by the students themselves. Artistic skills or abilities are not required to contribute to the walls – here there are no judgements, no measurements, no comparisons, no criticisms. Like all displayed artwork, decorating the walls is a process that requires a person to share a bit of themselves and their lives with others.

 

 

 

 

 

Whether the work invokes a past remembered, a future imagined, a thought to be shared,  or an inspiration for the moment.

 

 

 

 

As a viewer of the work, we are reminded that a person’s contribution calls for respect, and a recognition of the unique experiences and journeys that have brought that each student to Mount Prospect Academy.

 

 

 

 

Like the cat in this painting, the MPA students in residence walk their halls each day and can see, for a moment, the world through another’s eyes.