Mural
Photo credit: Michael Hnatov
Accession Number: C.2024.76.1
Dimensions: 79 5/8 in X 41 in X 0.75 in
Dimensions (Metric): 200.66 cm X 104.14 cm X 1.905 cm
Dimensions (Metric): 200.66 cm X 104.14 cm X 1.905 cm
Credit Line: Gift of Third Street Music School Settlement
Description
Mural panel made of acrylic paint on wood created by students at the Third Street Music School Settlement during the 2001-2002 school year in response to 9/11. The mural depicts the Twin Towers in the lower Manhattan skyline with brightly colored buildings. The sky is bright blue with fluffy white clouds. At the bottom is painted text from a Leonard Bernstein quote that reads: "This will be our response to violence: to make music more intensely. More beautifully. More devotedly than ever before."
Mural panel made of acrylic paint on wood created by students at the Third Street Music School Settlement during the 2001-2002 school year in response to 9/11. The mural depicts the Twin Towers in the lower Manhattan skyline with brightly colored buildings. The sky is bright blue with fluffy white clouds. At the bottom is painted text from a Leonard Bernstein quote that reads: "This will be our response to violence: to make music more intensely. More beautifully. More devotedly than ever before."
Historical Notes
In the wake of 9/11, art enabled children to memorialize what they had lost, as well as to process and build resilience. This painting, produced by students at the Third Street Music School in lower Manhattan, balances elements of both: the golden towers evoke the landmark erased from the city’s skyline, and the quote urges the reader to move forward using creative expression as a response to violence. The artwork was installed in the school’s windows for 10 years.
In the wake of 9/11, art enabled children to memorialize what they had lost, as well as to process and build resilience. This painting, produced by students at the Third Street Music School in lower Manhattan, balances elements of both: the golden towers evoke the landmark erased from the city’s skyline, and the quote urges the reader to move forward using creative expression as a response to violence. The artwork was installed in the school’s windows for 10 years.
