Unity in Diversity Mural

Unity in Diversity Mural

Michael Parks, Diana Anderson, and Westminster High School Students, 2018

The Unity in Diversity Mural was created in 2018 at Westminster High School campus.

The creation “Unity in Diversity,” was inspired by an appearance by Sylvia Mendez made to the campus in March of 2018. Sylvia Mendez’s parents successfully challenged school segregation in the 1940s. “The story of Sylvia Mendez makes them(the students) feel like there was someone here fighting for them in the beginning, and a lot of their rights were secured by her and her family.”

Students were learning about realistic painter Michael Parkes, who lives now in Spain. He couldn’t physically be there, but he offered guidance via Skype on composition. This mural was made thanks to a grant from Vans and Americans for the Arts.