Joyce Raimondo Studio

Character words come to life. Photo by Michael Heller

"It was so nice to have your positive and calm energies in our school. Everyone who sees the mural is just blown away." -- Amy Lopez, art teacher, Saw Mill Road, North Bellmore

“Anyone who lays eyes on the colorful painting is “reminded to be kind.” — fourth grader, Riley Avenue ES, Riverhead

“We made the mural to show kids not to bully. The mural shows kids playing together. After the bullies look at the mural they will think what they are doing is wrong.” — fourth grade student, Aqueboque ES, Riverhead

“This mural showed me true teamwork. It showed me that together we can achieve more. This mural is a new beginning in Aqueboque, and I hope it will live on forever.” — fourth grade student, Aqueboque ES, Riverhead

"I learned to PAINT WITH MY HEART not my head!" -- third grade student, Southbay ES, West Babylon

“The mural looks AMAZING. The kids LOVE walking through the hallway and commenting 'I painted that.'. We are all sooooo happy we were able to bring you in to do this BEAUTIFUL project with our students.“ --Beth Sher, AIE, Otsego ES

Children work together to paint their mural.

“What’s most important to me about this mural is the message that’s on it. The students really took to heart the meaning of it, which is all about kindness and love and respect.” — Nancy Carney, Riverhead Superintendent

“I think the fact that the children still come in here and talk about the mural and look at it and want to live by the words up there, I think that’s inspiring. You can’t not love it,” — Melissa Haupt, Art Teacher, Riley Avenue ES, Riverhead