Sanford Middle School in Minneapolis was chosen as the second place winner in a nation-wide art contest that was a part of the ACLU's Constitution Day education program. They received a $7,500 cash award. The Constitution Day program's mission is to teach middle-schoolers about the importance and relevance of the Constitution in their everyday lives.
To enter the art contest, students had to create a mural at their school that depicted what the Bill of Rights meant to them. The contest was judged by celebrity artist Shepard Fairey. Other winners included schools in Indiana, Maryland and Washington DC.
Sanford Middle School students created their work of art after studying the Bill of Rights in school and having a speaker from the ACLU-MN talk to them about how the Bill of Rights applies to them.
"The Bill of Rights means that we have a power to be equal and nobody is higher than us in freedom," said student Sebastian Cross, speaking to what drove him to help create this flag inspired mural.
