Students of all abilities and backgrounds participated in the creation of the giant Tree Frog which is on display in the main lobby of the Children’s Hospital of Michigan Stilson Center.  The mural was installed in December, 2008 and a special community event was held on February 21, 2009 to celebrate community and all the student artists who participated.

Incorporating the artwork of thousands of Michigan children, the murals depict a Wyoming Toad and an Eastern Tiger Salamander. The murals were designed by Project S.N.A.P.’s art director Roy Feinson, who has also created mosaic murals for special celebrations including Disneyland’s 50th anniversary and the 50th Anniversary of the Grammy Awards.

More than 2,400 school children from Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties leapt at the opportunity to communicate the importance of amphibians in the competition and mosaic mural exhibition.

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Students expressed their interpretations of Michigan frogs, toads and salamanders, as well as images of amphibian residents at the Detroit Zoo’s National Amphibian Conservation Center. All works submitted are represented in the mosaic murals. In addition,  artwork from the Project S.N.A.P. treasury of art created by students were included.

Year of the Frog was a global public awareness campaign to focus attention on endangered amphibians and the critical work being done by zoos and aquariums to save them. The Detroit Zoological Society is supporting the worldwide initiative with special events, fundraising activities, educational opportunities and community outreach efforts throughout the year.

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The Detroit Zoological Society is a non-profit organization that operates the Detroit Zoo and Belle Isle Nature Zoo.

For more information on how your community, organization or school can celebrate a special anniverary with a Project S.N.A.P. mosaic mural program, please contact us at info@projectsnap.org or call (248) 799-0805.

The project was designed to be completely inclusive and every member of the community including people who live or work in the Township were invited to participate.  The final mosaic mural contains thousands of images and  includes artwork from children of all ages ranging from pre-school through high school from across the school district.  Artwork contributions were also made by business leaders, members of the community, senior groups, non profit organizations, and civic leaders.

This Project S.N.A.P. Community Mosaic Mural was sponsored by The Friends of the West Bloomfield Township Public Library and is on display at the West Bloomfield Township Public Library so that everyone from the community and its visitors can come to enjoy both the small artworks and and a view of the big picture message that illustrates why after 175 years, West Bloomfield is still a great place to live, work and play!

Students gather around the newly installed Hillel Day School Project S.N.A.P. Mosaic MuralProject S.N.A.P. joined forces with Hillel Day School to create a 4′ X 6′ mosaic mural to build community and commemorate the 50th anniversary of the school.  Students, parents, alumni, faculty, and staff all participated in this collaborative process as the mural became a community buildng experience.

Program Goals
The Project S.N.A.P. 21^st Century Green Leadership Program is an expansion of the Project S.N.A.P. Community Mosaic Mural Program which has been successfully implemented in communities around the country. This program is a unique non-formal interactive environmental education program for elementary schools. This program for K-5 students teaches about social responsibility and leadership as they learn about and take action to:

1. save energy
2. minimize waste
3. help raise awareness about ways to preserve the earth and its resources at home and in their community

Program Outcomes
The Project S.N.A.P. 21^st Century Green Leadership Program is a national program designed specifically for grades K-5 and offers a complete and fully integrated program delivered in five phases with an introduction of key concepts to students followed by specific actions that involve green literacy, self expression, creating awareness for others and taking action. This program also includes resources for educators so that the program can be more accessible to more schools in a broader geographic area.

For more information on how you can become a part of this unique action oriented program please email info@projectsnap.org or call (248) 799-0805.

The first of 52 murals to be created across the country, the giant 15′x20′ mural contains over 14,000 artworks created by thousands of K-8 students across Michigan. “Every student had the opportunity to spend some time appreciating the beauty of nature, share their views on why it is important to preserve the earth’s resources and take action by creating art that carried that message.” said Deborah Rubyan, Founder and CEO of Project S.N.A.P. during her opening remarks. “They experienced how their own creative idea, expressed in a single drawing, helped create a giant mural, transforming the unique voices of children into a symphony of images.”

Roy Feinson, Art Director at Project S.N.A.P. creates the giant mosaic murals through a series of steps that include art and technology. “It’s all about the artworks created by the students. They are sending a message through their art. The mosaic mural is the vehicle through which their messages are communicated both individually and as the ‘big picture’.”

Project S.N.A.P. creates giant mosaic murals in communities across the country and is collecting artworks from K-12 students from all around the world.

Feinson, who recently completed a hugely successful series of large installations for Disneyland’s 50th anniversary, wanted to do something that had never been done before. “I decided to do something in a free-form fashion, which emulated a musical jam session.”

Using thousands of photos from previous Grammy moments, Feinson fashioned a large free-form mosaic by arranging photos of varying sizes and angles in seemingly haphazard way. Much like musicians playing different instruments in a seemingly hodge-podge way, the arrangement only comes together to reveal its message when the viewer steps back. The artwork will be used for the cover of the Grammy Magazine, Grammy posters, T-Shirts, press-announcements, and will be used as a backdrop to Grammy interviews. Feinson also authored software to create a series of mosaic video presentations for the Grammy’s.