watercolor, colored pencil, ink; 14×11”
“My piece is about Right to Equality. I wanted to encourage growth to stop racism and hate around the world and to make a change in not only the communities around me but in the whole world, to spread positivity and hope.”
ARTIST BIO: Gregory L. Jackson is a Grade 11 student at Butler Tech School of Art (SOA).
PROJECT: After learning about human rights in Mrs. Valerie Folz’ Government classes at Butler Tech School of the Arts, 45 high school students chose a human rights issue they wanted to research. Then in Mrs. Mary Catherine Ruby’s Visual Art + Design classes they visually communicated their voice through their art using symbolic imagery to represent the human rights issue they had selected.