cross-hatching, colored pencil, ink; 16×20″
“My parents have gifted me many supplies it’s still very nice and heartwarming to know they think of me and support my love for art. My social justice piece was based on the use of the police force, I think people need to realize that we are equal, there have been many times in the past when a person was hurt or injured by a police officer just because they seem suspicious. The number of times that person seemed “suspicious” because of their skin tone. We are in 2023 and racism is still a thing! We need to treat each other equally. There should be no one scared to get hurt just because of their skin tone when they go out in public. This project is a collaboration of learning from my government class with Mrs. Folz and my Visual Art and Design classes with Mrs. Mary Catherine Ruby. In my government class, we learned about the articles of human rights. In Mrs. Folz’s class. we picked a topic of our choice and researched it through The things I learned in my government class. Mrs. Folz taught us about all the Government.”

ARTIST BIO: Jacksiry Mendez is a grade 11 student at Butler Tech School of Art studying art under art teacher Mary Catherine Ruby.