Today I went to the Philadelphia Independence Charter school on 16th and Lombard. Through a maze of hallways I followed easy directions and the smell of paint toward a small hallway on the beaten path but still a bit out of the way. The project had taken over most of the empty rooms with a room for tracing and four different rooms with parachute cloth at various stages of completion. I found Jill in one of the back rooms working by herself on what appeared to be a donkey cart from an Indian Market. She set her paintbrush in the water so we could talk without her being distracted.
Name: Jill Levetsky
Age: 25
Birthplace: Hobesound, Florida
Current Location Philadelphia
Education: Bachelors of Fine Arts from University of Florida
Preferred Medium: Oil
Site: 16th and Lombard Charter School
Artist: Anne Northrop
Jobs on Site: Painting and mixing paints.
Job Questions:
Why did you apply for this internship? I applied because I'm excited to get into community arts in my hometown.
What do you plan on gaining from this experience? I want to gain skills n collaborative work as well as working with acrylics on a large scale project.
Future Plans? I am going back to Florida to do a mural project with the Mexican and Guatemalan immigrants in Lakeworth, Florida.
Favorite Mural? The one on Germantown Avenue and Gerard Ave.
Personal Questions:
What are you listening to? I listen to a lot of different things, old time folk music mostly.
Favorite color? Mango
Favorite Food? Mangos
Favorite Season? Winter in Florida
Favorite Emotion? Giddy
If you could be an animal...? I'd be a stingray
Favorite place on Earth? The Loxahatchee River in Florida
Did you remember sunscreen? Yes but since all my jobs have been inside I gave it to my roomate.
How do you think art can change the world? Art can change the world by changing the people who see it and make it.
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