Embrace Our Differences + Good Fences

Each year, our schools complete art projects and put them on billboards at Riverwalk downtown Bradenton. The subject is Embracing Our Differences....... CLICK HERE for prior post.

the face is made entirely of words

Saturday early AM Bob and I wandered through the park enjoying the art billboards

Helping others

Self reflection, we can't control how other treat us but we can control how we react

If you can dream it and feel it, surely you can be it

We wandered the sidewalks, sat on the bench and enjoyed the art, sunshine, river views and the beautiful trees and discussed how talented the school children are who created these.

Not just fences today, although there are several... Joining TexWisGirl for Good Fence Thursday

Embracing Our Differences - Rossi Park

Embracing Our Differences , above is a shot of the front page of the website, going back 5 years.

The annual outdoor art exhibit celebrating diversity.

 The exhibit is here for 3 weeks spread out on Giant Billboards at Riverwalk.

Below each photo is the name and the Quote that is on each sign. 

Different Beauty, by Demond Jones, Port Huron, Michigan , 11th grade

I would not have lived, loved or laughed, had I not embraced those who differ  from me. D. R. Suit

State of Mind, Gabrielle Lambert, North Port FL 12th grade

Parenting a child with differences has enriched our lives beyond our wildest dreams. We wouldn't change a thing. Stacy and Bill Quaid, Bradenton FL

We All Have a Hand In it. 

Ms. Perrota's Kindergarten Class, Sarasota FL

A puzzle can't be whole unless the pieces work together.  Miles Fischer, 7th Grade, Bradenton FL

Card Games, Terry Adams, Osprey FL

When you exclude someone you exclude an opportunity. Noah Font, Bradenton Fl 4th grade

 Everyone's Different by Nicole Corporan, Grace Schulze, Devika Desai, Holly Swartz, 4th grade Sarasota FL

Be kind to everyone, not only your kind. Laura Timms, 5th Grade, Sarasota FL

Making a beautiful World, by Maedeh Mosawerzadeh, 12th grade, Iran

Life is lived but once, so why fill it with hate or discrimination? Leo Ramos, 8th grade Sarasota FL

Bones and Hats, by Jonathan Charles, Osprey FL 9th grade

Everyone is uncommon in someway. It's what we ALL have in common. Amy Padgett, Murphy TX

Colorless World,  Emma Williams, St Clair, MI 11th grade

The true color of people is not the shade of their skin, but the tint of their personalities. Michael Clancy, 6th grade Sarasota FL

Cut from the same cloth by Lela Thompson, Osprey FL 12th grade

Seek to accept, not except. Johanna Fox, Sarasota, FL