Truce

I paid a visit to a remarkable school yesterday. It was run by Laura Vural who has spent 20 years of her life initiating and developing the program. It is a media art centre which helps support children and young adults in Harlem who are failing at school. It provides them with a safe and supportive environment to develop their creative and academic qualifications. The art work is produced to professional standards and the academic standards enable the children to go onto college. The students produce an award-winning cable television program that appears on Manhattan Neighborhood Network. They produce their own publication and have had national recognition for the video's they produce. It is run by artists. The policy of the school is that everyone is paid for their work, staff and students alike. The feeling of the place was extraordinary with children confident in themselves and the work they produce. It was a real privilege to see such commitment to a brilliant project.