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Art That Transformed A Miami Neighborhood Now Making Its Schools Cool

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Let's check out the pretty vibrant² art scene in the city of Miami. Each December, Miami's Art Basel fair draws artists, dealers³, buyers from around the world. This year, though, dozens of artists could be found not in galleries or at cocktail⁴ parties, but painting at a Miami elementary school. NPR's Greg Allen explains why.

GREG ALLEN, BYLINE⁵: Over the last decade, Miami's Wynwood neighborhood has been revitalized by art. Walls throughout the area are now covered in murals, and Wynwood has become a tourist destination. Now, Eneida Hartner Elementary School is getting in on the action. Last week, Spanish painter Marina Capdevila was one of more than 30 artists working at the school.

MARINA CAPDEVILA: I'm painting a group of old ladies doing aqua gym.

ALLEN: Water aerobics⁶, yeah.

CAPDEVILA: Exactly.

ALLEN: Capdevila lives in Barcelona but wanted to be involved in the project at the school while in Miami for Art Basel. She wanted to do something with a sports theme. Her cartoon style, she says, is intended to get the kids to smile.

CAPDEVILA: I always am trying to, when I do murals, to put a little bit of my sense of humor to make people laugh.

ALLEN: On other walls, local artists and internationally known muralists like Axel Void and Shepard Fairey have contributed their own paintings. The school's playground is now overseen⁷ by a smiling group of chimpanzees by the Dutch artist Pipsqueak Was Here. It's all part of RAW - Reimagining the Arts in Wynwood, a project organized by Robert de los Rios.

ROBERT DE LOS RIOS: This is it, you know? Wynwood, for years it's been painting walls and boutiques and restaurants and - which is all great. I love that. I mean, it's - it's what - you know, paint anything. But if we have an opportunity to help a local institution where our children are raised, why not?

ALLEN: De los Rios and a partner first brought their project two years ago to another nearby school. Today, 86 murals cover the walls at Jose de Diego Middle School. Principal April Thompson Williams says the art has had a tangible⁸ impact.

APRIL THOMPSON WILLIAMS: Students now feel that this is a place that they really want to be in. They take pride in their school. They take pride in the - in the environment. I know that we're able to now retain more of our students who used to go out to more of our private schools and our charter schools.

ALLEN: Miami-Dade School District has stepped up as well, funding new engineering and art magnet programs at the school. Together, they've helped boost enrollment⁹ and contributed to higher test scores at the middle school. And it all started with the art covering the school's walls. Artists are hoping to have a similar impact at Eneida Hartner Elementary.

PAULIE NASSAR: I had - what? - 15, 20 kids - something like that - here watching at one point.

ALLEN: Paulie Nassar works a lot with young people. He's part of a non-profit that puts young graffiti artists to work doing street art. Last week, he was painting a large purple jellyfish on one of the school's walls, mostly using spray cans.

NASSAR: And this one kid walks up, and he goes, you're using a skinny tip. I was like, OK. I'm like, you're 7; how do you know this? But cool that you know it. And he's like, I prefer fat caps. And he just walks away. And I was like, are you kidding me? Like, this is why we're here doing this.

ALLEN: Miami's Wynwood neighborhood is, in some ways, a case study in gentrification. Many of the neighborhood's longtime residents would never consider going into some of the galleries, restaurants and boutiques that are now common here. That's one reason Eneida Hartner's principal, Derick McCoy, was eager to bring De los Rios' RAW project to his school.

DERICK MCCOY: Eneida Hartner, we service six shelters. These are students that are displaced. They don't have a place of their own. To have those children to have access to this is what really touches my heart the most.

ALLEN: McCoy says the project is already having an impact. For his students now, he says, art is cool. Greg Allen, NPR News, Miami.

1 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

2 vibrant   

adj.震颤的，响亮的，充满活力的，精力充沛的，(色彩)鲜明的

参考例句：

• He always uses vibrant colours in his paintings. 他在画中总是使用鲜明的色彩。
• She gave a vibrant performance in the leading role in the school play.她在学校表演中生气盎然地扮演了主角。

3 dealers   

n.商人( dealer的名词复数 )；贩毒者；毒品贩子；发牌者

参考例句：

• There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
• The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。

4 cocktail   

n.鸡尾酒；餐前开胃小吃；混合物

参考例句：

• We invited some foreign friends for a cocktail party.我们邀请了一些外国朋友参加鸡尾酒会。
• At a cocktail party in Hollywood,I was introduced to Charlie Chaplin.在好莱坞的一次鸡尾酒会上，人家把我介绍给查理·卓别林。

5 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

6 aerobics   

n.健身操，健美操，韵律操

参考例句：

• Doing aerobics is a good way to improve one's health.做有氧健身操是改善健康状况的一个好方法。
• Aren't you going to the aerobics class this morning?今天上午你不是去上有氧运动课吗？

7 overseen   

v.监督，监视( oversee的过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was overseen stealing the letters. 他被人撞见在偷信件。 来自辞典例句
• It will be overseen by ThomasLi, director of IBM China Research Laboratory. 该实验室由IBM中国研究院院长李实恭(ThomasLi)引导。 来自互联网

8 tangible   

adj.有形的，可触摸的，确凿的，实际的

参考例句：

• The policy has not yet brought any tangible benefits.这项政策还没有带来任何实质性的好处。
• There is no tangible proof.没有确凿的证据。

9 enrollment   

n.注册或登记的人数；登记

参考例句：

• You will be given a reading list at enrollment.注册时你会收到一份阅读书目。
• I just got the enrollment notice from Fudan University.我刚刚接到复旦大学的入学通知书。