Art@Work Lets Youth Add Zest Around Pennsylvania Avenue
Summer is coming to an end for the teens at Art@Work Upton – or, at least, to the projects they have undertaken in a five-week apprenticeship in which they have created murals and mosaics in the Pennsylvania Avenue area. Working out of Jublilee Arts, the cultural center at 1947 Pennsylvania Avenue, about 80 high school students are being paid through the city’s YouthWorks program. They have been teamed with eight artists to create public art, transforming an area that holds y