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Mindful Messages: Growing Through Collaboration
Exciting changes are happening! Mindful Messages, the mural movement dedicated to spreading positivity and collaboration in schools, is transitioning and merging with the Gainesville Fine Arts Association (GFAA). We’re thrilled to continue connecting with the Gainesville community—just as we’ve done over the years—now with renewed energy and enhanced opportunities as part of GFAA.
In the meantime, your support is vital to our mission of spreading positivity through school mural projects. If you’d like to help us inspire and empower students through the arts, please consider supporting GFAA while Mindful Messages continues to work out the best way forward to receive donations.
Mark Your Calendars!
Our next Mindful Messages mural project will be at Gainesville High School in the spring of 2025! We can’t create and teach without your help. Thank you for being part of this meaningful movement to bring positivity and creativity to educational spaces.
who we are
Mindful Messages is a mural movement with the mission to celebrate the arts through collaborating with students to create unifying murals within educational environments.
what we do
Mindful Messages places accomplished, professional artists in middle and high schools throughout the state of Florida. The artists facilitate successful collaboration, educate the youth through tactile involvement and teach students useful, creative techniques. In addition to the interactive and collaborative component, our primary goal is to produce beautiful and thoughtful murals that upgrade the aesthetic of learning environments, leaving a lasting and unique mark on the structure of the school itself.
how we do it
Mindful Messages gets the job done as a team! A key component of our future success is the transformative power of collaboration. The visiting artists and the students will work together, co-creating a memorable learning experience filled with colorful images, uplifting ideas, and thoughtful language. Students creatively working with one another discourages hateful behavior and bullying within the school system. Our emphasis on hands-on engagement inspires collective, creative problem-solving and brings students together. The murals created through this process will be beacons of optimism and serve as reminders of our shared humanity.
CURIOUS HOW WE BEGIN THE MURAL DESIGN PROCESS?
VIEW OUR MOCK-MURAL PROPOSAL TO SEE HOW WE START CO-CREATING TOGETHER!
My name is Jenna Horner and I’m the artist and founder of Mindful Messages! The intention of this mural movement is to make our world, specifically our schools, a brighter, safer and more colorful and conscious place! My drive to create murals in learning environments was born from a deep passion for supporting and inspiring our youth, while simultaneously beautifying environments that are often overlooked. I deeply believe that Mindful Messages has the power to create a lasting, significant impact on the lives of generations to come.
