Group of young artists paint murals for the benefit of society

Come rain or shine, each Friday since November 2016, teacher Peng Shu-yu (彭舒渝) and sixty-five students from Chia Hwa Senior High School in Chiayi have braved the elements to paint murals on the walls along the main road outside Chiayi Compassion House; on March 24, 2017, the students were awarded a certificate of recognition from Chiayi Compassion House (博愛仁愛之家) for all their hard work. Everyone was left with a truly heartwarming feeling to see the students holding hands with and pushing the wheelchairs of elderly grandmas and grandpas past the wall to admire the hand-painted murals.

Director at Chiayi Compassion House, Cai Cheng-ling (蔡政玲) said that teacher Peng Shu-yu and her students had successfully managed to transform the perimeter wall around Compassion House, which has a history of over sixty years. Combining the spirit of public welfare and preservation of cultural heritage, stroke by stroke, the students created fifty-five large zendoodles to depict the history of Compassion House.  

In this latest character education activity at Chia Hwa Senior High School, students fully embraced the spirit of love and devotion while working on the mural. Spending ten weeks of time from their extracurricular activities at the roadside wall to fashion this zendoodle masterpiece, the mural artfully succeeded in fusing together aesthetics and public welfare, providing local residents and patients at Compassion House with an invigorating breath of fresh air. 

Group of young artists paint murals for the benefit of society  

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(以下是中文對照)

一群小藝術家公益彩繪初體驗 影音

嘉義市嘉華中學的65位學生，在彭舒渝老師的帶領下，自105年11月起，每星期五，都在大馬路邊認真創作圍牆彩繪。106年3月24日，學生們接受博愛仁愛之家的感謝狀，並推著阿公阿嬤、牽著阿公阿嬤，繞著圍牆欣賞他們的畫作，溫馨的場面縈繞在眾人心中。
    
博愛仁愛之家蔡政玲主任秘書表示，彭舒渝老師與同學們，成功創舉改造60多年歷史的博愛仁愛之家圍牆。55大片的斑駁圍牆，訴說著博愛文創歷史的軌跡，學生們將身心靈創作的「禪繞畫」用心型圖案一筆一筆彩繪上，融合公益精神與文創保存。

嘉華中學藉著這次「品格教育」的實踐活動，讓學生懷抱著「愛與付出」的心來繪製作品，運用10個星期社團課時間在大馬路邊所繪製出來的團體創作，將生活美學藝術教育與公益結合，讓附近的居民與博愛仁愛之家的長輩們有耳目一新的感受。