Klamath mural designed by youth

The Times-Standard

April 6, 2008

KLAMATH -- Youth from the Klamath River Early College of the Redwoods will unveil a mural depicting the local community as they see it at a public reception on Thursday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Redwood National Park Hostel.

The multimedia mural on canvas, titled “Art for Social Change,” confronts pressing environmental and cultural issues facing Yurok tribal members and other Klamath area residents. The mural was created by students Dillon Tundstall-Reynolds, 15, Elizabeth Chandler, 16, and Raven Eldredge, 15.

Working with adviser Annelia Norris, the students spent five full school days determining the theme, developing the design and completing the three-panel mural.

”Our goal was to create an honest historical narrative of our community,” said Norris.

The mural will be displayed at the Redwood Hostel for six months, for hostel guests and community members to enjoy not only for its artistic value, but as a portal into the local youth perspective. Later, the mural will go on tour to be displayed at other U.S. hostels, accompanied by a background description of the political, environmental and cultural issues it addresses.

The project was organized through Community Walls, a national program administered by Hostelling International USA that has thus far brought dozens of youth-created murals into hostels around the country.

”The Klamath River Early College mural project is especially exciting because it's the first in California to be produced by members of a rural community,” said Michael Yoshioka, educational programs coordinator for HI-USA Golden Gate Council. “And when the mural tours to cities like San Diego , Chicago and Boston , it will provide a wide audience with a unique youth perspective on rural life and tribal culture in the Klamath region.” 

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