"Stephanie" - Urban Portrait Project

A Mosaic Mural created by 9th graders at Gateway Charter High School in San Francisco


"In the last few years I have been studying artists whose work illuminates invisible populations.
My own work as the director of Kid Serve has brought me face to face with San Francisco's urban youth.
I believe the city's public school children suffer the disenfranchisement of most invisible cultures.
Our schools in San Francisco have become segregated along racial and economic lines.
The Urban Portrait Project strives to make San Francisco youth more visible to the rest of our city."

Josef Norris, Kid Serve Director





This mosaic mural was created by 9th graders as part of a Human Development class
during Winter 2006. This mural was created with over 1,200 colored and painted 4" ceramic tiles.

Location: Geary Blvd (between Scott & Steiner Streets near Japantown (Western Addition - the old Ben Franklin Middle School)
San Francisco.
Dimensions: 14' high x 15' wide.

Mural Supervised by Josef Norris

Sponsored by:
The San Francisco Arts Commission - Cultural Equity Program
The Walter & Elise Haas Fund
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