February 14, 2023
Silvermine’s outreach education program, Art Partners, and the Silvermine Elementary School in Norwalk (a Dual Language Magnet School) were able to reach a milestone this year with the 20th anniversary of the fifth-grade mural project. Just weeks before the pandemic closed all public schools throughout the state, the fifth graders at Silvermine Elementary completed their parting gift of a collaborative mural gracing the school’s main hallway. Every year the fifth graders create a 9’ x 20’ mural, a legacy that remains as they move on to middle school. Past subjects have included “The Rainforest,” “A Multicultural Feast,” and “Birds and Insects of New England.” This year’s theme was “Hoyt Island: Nature and Environmental Awareness.”
