Students have been hard at work for many weeks finishing embroidered designs for a unique collaborative art installation called THE HOPE PROJECT. The project is supported by Fund for the Arts, the Crane House/Asia Institute, UofL, and JCPS, and led by retired UofL Interior Design professor, Moon-He Baik. PRP is one of ten Louisville area high schools selected to participate in this community art project which is centered around themes of racial equity and hope for rebuilding the community.

Students began by researching quotes about hope and discussed how art can be used as a catalyst for change. Groups of students worked together to create original designs inspired by selected quotes. Artists were required to use embroidery as their primary medium, and to design a message around themes of hope.

The community exhibit will open at Crane House in March 2022, and then will move to UofL and to other venues throughout the community.