Talbert House Serenity Hall Mural

For the last ten years in May, an army of over 8,000 volunteers has impacted Cincinnati through various service projects in a one-day, citywide blitz of compassion called GO Cincinnati. 

This year the AP DMA class got involved by designing a mural that would be painted by volunteers at the Talbert House Serenity Hall in Hamilton.  Talbert House helps children, adults and families coping with substance use, mental health and/or involvement in the legal system to support positive growth and change. Serenity Hall is a community corrections programs for federal and state offenders that offers assessment, treatment, and reintegration for adult male ex-offenders in a residential setting. Services include case management, chemical dependency treatment, criminality/behavior modification, restitution and child support, frequent and random drug testing, education, employment readiness, verified and monitored community employment, and a variety of supportive activities.

AP DMA worked together with this organization to create a design that met their request that focused on trees and birds in flight.  Each student in AP DMA created two stencils of birds in flight. This past Saturday, Emily Hoyle, Corrine Brown, along with their parents, Mrs. Barnes, Mr & Mrs. Shields, and other volunteers from Crossroads Community Church created this mural.  Mural volunteers traced around stencils and painted the bird silhouette in black. Three trees in shades of blue and the  Serenity Prayer completed the design.