stART now!

This mentoring project involves a group of University of Tennessee students majoring in the study of graphic design and an advanced art class at Central High School, a local public high school in Knoxville, TN. In August 2008, Central High and the community were stunned at the news of a school shooting that killed a sophomore and left a freshman charged with murder. This tragic event heightened the awareness of community and need for tolerance. Discussions with the art faculty at Central High revealed a ripe opportunity for collaboration with the university students and the possibility to bring about change through a visual design project.