Young people are often expected to claim their own spaces, yet societal systems actively work against them. Often staying invisible is easier. Claiming space takes bravery, openness, and support. Yet, finding belonging within that space allows youth and their peers to thrive in their fullest forms.

In the murals projects below, Madison youth are sharing their experiences and voices while gaining skills and connections under a facilitated free-form model that focuses on building a relationship, allowing room for ideas to grow, and being ready for teens to take leadership roles at different points of the process. While all mural projects are collaborative and offer a large platform of unified voice, each project has a unique story and output due to being facilitated by a different teaching artist and being designed and created by the youth involved in the program or space at any given time.

Madison Public Library is committed to resourcing teens in an effort to meet their intellectual and creative needs while making space for their voices to be heard.

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"WAVES OF CHANGE" by Sara Jordan, Gabrielle Javier-Cerulli & students @ Juvenile Court Shelter Home (Fall 2021)

 

"METRO PANTHERS" by Audifax & students @ Dane County Jail (Fall 2021)

 

"I BELONG" by Audifax & students @ Juvenile Court Shelter Home (Summer 2021)

 

"CROWNS IN CHAOS" by Shiloah Coley & youth in the Deary Diary program (Summer 2021)

 

"OPEN THE SKY" by Audifax & students @ Juvenile Court Shelter Home (Spring 2021)

 

"DRIVEWAY MURAL" by Emida Roller, Shiloah Coley & students @ Juvenile Court Shelter Home (Summer 2020)

 

"LOVE IS LEGACY" by Audifax & 8th grade students at Akira Toki Middle School (Winter 2020)

 

"INTAKE ROOM MURAL" by Jerry Butler & students @ Juvenile Detention Center (Winter 2019)

 

"LOOK WITHIN" by Audifax & students @ Juvenile Detention Center (Spring 2019)

 

"FOOD EXPLORED" by Peter Krsko & students @ Juvenile Court Shelter Home (Spring 2019)

 

"MADISON MURAL ALLEY" by 5 Artists and 5 Teen Groups in East Madison (Spring & Summer 2018)

 

"INTAKE HALL MURAL" by Carlos Gacharna & students @ Juvenile Reception Center (Spring 2018)

 

"RISE" by Lesley Anne Numbers & students @ Juvenile Detention Center (Summer 2017)

 

"THE WELL OF BEING" by Chris Maddox and students @ Juvenile Detention Center (Spring 2017)

 

"CLASSROOM MURAL" by Carlos Gacharna & students @ Juvenile Court Shelter Home (Spring 2017)

 

"SUNNY HORIZONS" by Rodrigo Carapia & students @ Juvenile Detention Center (Winter 2016)

 

"WELCOME" by Rodrigo Carapia & students @ Juvenile Court Shelter Home (Winter 2015)

 

"PEACE PANELS" by Rodrigo Carapia & students @ Juvenile Detention Center (Winter 2015)

 

"MURAL DESIGN 101" by Rodrigo Carapia & teens @ Goodman South Madison Library (Summer 2015)

 

"SCREEN PRINTING MURAL COLLAGE" by Lance Owens & teens at Goodman South Madison Library (Summer 2013)

 

"MOVIE COVERS" by Jesse Vieau & teens @ Goodman South Madison Library (Spring & Fall 2012)

 

"BOOK COVERS" by Jesse Vieau & teens @ Goodman South Madison Library (Spring & Fall 2011)