Compassion Road Academy

Silhouette Project Collaboration

Compassion Road Academy offers a unique enrichment program that takes place during the school day and offers  youth a variety of options and experiences. Classes are taught by professionals in their field and provide students the opportunity to broaden skills and interests. CRA has built strong connections to the neighborhood community utilizing facilities and businesses nearby. The enrichment program strengthens positive school climate AND allows our youth to just have some fun ~ CRA

This is for the enrichment mural project-  A collaboration to bring Dona’s photography vision to fruition-with this unique + unified creation between concepts — with her silhouette project — the students of Compassion Road and Muralist, Danielle DeRoberts (Onerary)

Concept came to life with each student creatively photographed in silhouette by Dona to a design then made by Danielle to transform each individual portrait to a mural layout - which then bloomed into textile maps of armor. As students created their own abstract line work to tell a story of rooted in space while out of place-expanding out to each individual still joined as one - subtly and delicately woven together through energetic heart strings -each learning cursive with a special word of choice- to tie in their own personalized style- as reflecting their thought process, a creative expression, sparking a unique, meaningful - yet personal skill . This is footage from the first 2 semesters from 2024 - with continuation through the end of the school year of 2025 to bring more murals to the enrichment program~ Thank you CRA~