Jerusalem: Color In The Park

Artists and art teachers from the Youth Wing of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem together with high school students will create a colorful forest in the city's central park.

This initiative of the Youth Wing follows a summer in which the Israel Museum welcomed large numbers of visitors from the North who were looking for quiet and renewal in the Museum during the time of the war on Israel's northern border.

The mayor of Kiryat Shemonah, Mr. Haim Barbivay, welcomed the initiative enthusiastically and encouraged the staff of the municipality and the town's educational sector to assist in the realization of the project.

This coming Thursday art teachers and artists from the Youth Wing will work together with high school students to put up an environmental sculpture made of scrap metal entitled Art Forest. This permanent work of art will remain on the site for the enjoyment of the people of Kiryat Shemonah and visitors from other parts of the country.

This project expresses the Israel Museum's social and cultural commitment to the regions touched by the war. We hope that it will inspire further projects in the future.

By www.imj.org.il