Stock Elementary School

In 2017, CMS partnered with Frederick Stock School as recipients of an Ingenuity Grant from the Creative Schools Fund. CMS faculty designed and oversaw the construction of a mosaic mural inspired by the children’s book The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. The book follows a frustrated young artist named Vashti as she finds her creative voice, and tells the story of how any child can learn to be an artist if they start with a dot. Instructors worked with approximately 250 young artists of different educational needs as they learn to exercise their creative instincts just like Vashti. Each student created an 8” x 8” mosaic circle that was then be assembled together to form a beautiful multicolored mural for the outdoor walls of Stock School. It was installed in May and dedicated in a ceremony on July 14th, 2017.