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Jay Wolf Schlossberg-Cohen in a classroom with kids

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Jay Wolf Schlossberg-Cohen conducts an art class with a diverse group from the community to begin what will eventually be a mural, at the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Jewish Community Center in Baltimore, on September 14, 2011.

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Sparking Creativity, Sparking Hope

March 30, 2012
As an Open Society Baltimore Community Fellow, artist Jay Wolf Schlossberg-Cohen worked with the students at the inner-city Lockerman-Bundy Elementary School to create murals in the hallways that brighten the school and improve student attitudes.
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Education & Youth in the United States

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