Title: Kneeling for Freedom
Artists: Sebastian, Harley and Macy
Medium: Papier Mache, Wood, Wire, and Paint
Date: April 4th, 2018
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Our sculpture represents a Statue of Liberty in 2018 because it shows that everyone should be treated equally. For example, we made a sign that had a mixture of a “female symbol”, and “male symbol”, often used as a bathroom sign, to show gender equality. There is a necklace on the person’s arm that says “Welcome all people” and that means that anyone can come settle in the country.
There are a few things that symbolize liberty on our sculpture. Some of these things are that the person kneeling is holding up a torch. There is also a LGBTQ+ flag to show that people support people in the LGBTQ+ community. The necklace, (mentioned in the previous paragraph), represents that immigrants are welcome into the country. The head is an eagle, which is America’s national bird, and to some people, america is a free country.
We used a lot of symbols but this one I think stands out and it’s that the person is kneeling. This was a big deal in the NFL because of Colin Kaepernick. He started kneeling in October for racial injustice. It has been one of the big, important protests in 2018. Also, the person who is kneeling is holding a torch, which was inspired by the current Statue of Liberty. We think he should start kneeling for gun control too.
People need to calm down sometimes and look at something peaceful. Can you find something that symbolizes peace in your home?
The Cage of Countries Needs American Freedom within its Wings
By: Giselle Molaei & Palma Schwab
paper mache and wood
2018
Our sculpture represents a good statue for 2018 because it expresses the freedom that some people do not have and wish to have. We are trying to show the immigrants that if they need a place to stay for freedom they can always come to America (Well, not always because of Trump.)
What we put in our statue to support the idea of liberty was we used the idea of freedom. We made it so the other countries would be the cage of no freedom, by the bird escaping the cage we made it so the bird was fleeing and was going to America which is represented by putting an American flag on the outside of the cage.
The symbols we used was a cage with a bald eagle in it. The cage represents non-freedom (slavery, unfairness and in a country.)
Imprisoned Warrior
By Sonia Stomberg-Firestein, Saffron Zeff and Celia Binn
Thursday, April 5, 2018
When you look at our project you may notice that there is a symbol of barbed wire at the top. This represents refugees stuck in camps with nowhere to go. This sends a strong message out because only 10% of refugees resettle in camps.
As you can see there are posts around the edges of the platform. T hose posts symbolize being caged in your home country with no way out. This is a problem for a lot of people in countries like Syria and Venezuela. One problem with the Venezuelan refugee situation is that 25% of whites in the world don’t know what is happening in Venezuela at the moment. There are a lot of countries in the Caribbean and South America that people don’t really think about. We feel that this is true in these places because they are of a different race and some people think that this particular race is of a lower class.
As you continue to observe our project you may notice that the cage only has three caged sides. The open side has a woman walking out, she symbolizes opening the refugee camps and letting people get away from what they are fleeing. Another thing that the open side of the cage represents is freedom so people can be free and go where they want.The woman walking out represents women rights and how not only men are powerful and strong. I think this is one of the most important parts of the monument because it represents freedom and people (refugees) who can’t do a lot of things that others can.
If you look at the very bottom of the monument, you can see there is a mashup of all the flags mixed together. This represents that no matter who you are, or where your from you are welcome to New York. We got this idea from Emma Lazarus who wrote the poem The New Colossus wich now stands on the bottom of the Statue of Liberty.
Also, we choose to name our moment “Inspired Warrior” because she is standing up for herself by walking away from her “bad life.” One minute she’s stuck in a refugee camp, the next minute she’s out in the real world with a feeling of pride.
The Collaborative Flag
Created by Bayo and Libi
The materials: Paint, paper and cardboard
Started on Feb.31, 2018
Finished on April.11
The way it is the Statue of Liberty of 2018 is because of the current situation with Donald Trump and how he has been banning certain countries. It shows everyone is welcome no matter where they’re from.
We included the literal idea of welcoming people in different languages and the kind of metaphorical idea of a bunch of different countries’ flags to show that here everyone is welcome even though our president might not think that. We also did it to restore hope in those who are not allowed to leave their home countries.
Liberty Kneeling
Hanako Gibersztajn and Sarah Mehl
Papier Mâché, paint, paper bags, newspapers, fabric, yarn, fake leather, and wood
2018
Our monument represents a Statue of Liberty for 2018 because there is a football player kneeling, which is a recent protest about racial injustice. It supports the idea of liberty because there is a football player and a goddess kneeling and pulling a chain apart together and an eagle with its wings majestically outstretched. They are on a base that has the words,
“We the people work as one”
The symbols we used are a kneeling football player, a goddess, a broken chain, and an eagle. They represent power, strength, and freedom.
Freedom Escaping
Made with wood, cardboard, wire, papier mâché and paint.
Theo, Bo, Cy and Alejandro
2018
This represents the Statue of Liberty today because it shows a bird breaking free from a cage (freedom). We think it represents freedom as the bird flies out of the cage but it’s also connecting to the Statue of Liberty because they are both breaking out of chains.
This has a powerful meaning that we need to use now of all times because the numbers of immigrants coming in are getting smaller and smaller because of Donald Trump.
Title: The Welcomer (new modified Statue of Liberty)
Medium: Paper Mache and Cardboard
Artists: Henry and Arlo
Date: 2018
- Our monument is the Statue of liberty except it has signs about modern problems.
- I included a sign that says “Up With Freedom.
- The sign that says “Boo Donald Trump!” symbolizes that the USA has a bad president. And it has a big welcome sign that show immigrants are welcome here.