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$1,000 Middle School Second Place 2025, Grade 8

Bus Ride to Equality, 2025

Gouache, graphite on paper

17 x 14 in

Teacher: Michelle Vevante (2025-26 Ambassador)

School: Jericho Middle School, Jericho, NY, US

Excerpt from artist’s Impact Statement: "Irene Morgan glancing at the doves represents her main goal, to achieve equality and peace and how her dreams and goals ended up ‘taking flight’."

Read the artist's Impact Statement.

Learn more about Unsung Hero: Irene Morgan

Collections: Art Gallery, Irene Morgan, Monitor Display LMFF

ARTEFFECT, founded by Lowell Milken, invites educators and students to explore the inspiring stories of Unsung Heroes―and their invaluable lessons as role models―through the visual arts. Learn more: www.arteffectlmc.org