April 3rd - May 16th 2026
Gallery Hours: 24/7
miniMAC (miniature Mount Airy Contemporary)
25 West Mt. Airy Avenue, Philadelphia PA 19119
www.mountairycontemporary.com
miniMAC is pleased to announce Art for Social Justice! A Collaborative Printmaking Project by Students at Central High School.
These linocut prints were made by Central's art students in partnership with students in the social science classes. The exhibition is about local public policy issues that impact students and their ideas for how to solve these problems. Central's social science students researched issues and foundevidence to support public policy that can help alleviate the issues and address some of the root causes. These students then collaborated with art students, and together they combined the visually persuasive language of printmaking with the "call to action" proposed in students' City Council legislation. The exhibition is a selection of the 60 prints that were made.
Central High School's art curriculum promotes the development of problem-solving skills and is built upon our students' passion for learning and their individuality. Each art course at Central focuses on hands-on learning that empowers students with the abilities needed to express themselves through the visual arts in a variety of media and techniques. The Civic Action Research Project is a curriculum written by PA Youth Vote and adopted by the School District of Philadelphia. Helping young people develop the ability to channel their intelligence and creativity into the issues they care about is key to PA Youth Vote's mission "to elevate youth voices, improve public school civics education, and empower youth as civic actors." This collaborative project between Central's art and social science students, coordinated and taught by Ms. Andrea Keefe (Art Teacher) and Mr. Tom Quinn (Social Studies Teacher), embodies the school's mission to build a cohesive, mutually supportive, academic community to serve as a model for the community at large.
miniMAC is a project of MAC (Mount Airy Contemporary). MAC has been curating shows in northwest Philadelphia since 2009.
