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ANDY DRUCKER ’06Anna Torres (above), an artist andactivist from New York City, started theChester Mural Collective (right middle)with a Lang Opportunity Grant. Swarthmorestudents (far right bottom) helpedinstall the group’s first mural in May.Chester-based artist Michelle McIver(right bottom) has supervised this summer’swork on a second mural at thedowntown YWCA—an indoor work thatcelebrates children around the world.30 : swarthmore college bulletin
PAINTINGCHESTER’SFUTURE“PUBLIC ART UNITES PEOPLETHROUGH A COLLABORATIVEPROCESS OF CREATION,”SAYS ANNA ELENA TORRES ’07,WHO CONCEIVED THECHESTER MURAL COLLECTIVE.By Jeffrey LottPhotographs by Jim GrahamThe streets of downtown Chester,Pa., 4 miles from Swarthmore,are lined with abandonedhomes, shuttered businesses,and silent factories that testify tothe city's once prosperous past. Handsomefacades under peeling paint recall the optimismand confidence that made Chester oneof Pennsylvania's industrial powerhousesdecades ago. Today, it is one of the state'spoorest cities, and students enteringChester's high school—a modern, forbiddingfortress—walk across an arid plazaunder the eyes of security guards and police.And after school, there are few things forthem to do.Inspired by extensive murals in Philadelphia,Anna Elena Torres set out to effectchange in Chester through a public art projectthat would lift the spirits of Chester'schildren. Torres first tutored in Chester as afreshman through a work-study program. Anative New Yorker, she noticed that, despiteChester's rich history, there were few culturalresources and that the children sheworked with never had art classes. Duringher sophomore year, Anna was awarded aLang Opportunity Scholarship that includeda $10,000 grant from the College's LangCenter for Civic and Social Responsibilityfor her proposal to create the Chester MuralCollective (CMC).COURTESY OF THE CHESTER MURAL COLLECTIVEseptember 2006 : 31
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