Nearly 300 adults and kids, and Publicolor students and alumni attended Publicolor’s Annual Primer Painting Party at the Louis D. Brandeis High School in Manhattan.
Publicolor’s Primer party gives families the unique opportunity to help transform an under-resourced New York City public school, so low-income students can spend their days in a warm, welcoming and safe environment that is conducive to learning.
Guests of all ages rolled up their sleeves, painted vibrant colors on walls, doors and in stairwells with Publicolor staff, students and alumni, with younger guests enjoying face-painting, creating art, splatter-painting Publicolor t-shirts, and games.
That included Eli Diker, who as part of his bar mitzvah celebration and in the spirit of “tikkum olam,” or working towards a better world, returned to Louis D. Brandeis High School right before Thanksgiving and will continue painting the school transformation along with 80 of his friends and family members. This particular school is all the more meaningful for this event as Louis D. Brandeis was the first Jewish Supreme Court Justice.
The 2017 Primer Painting Party was chaired by Alex + Michael Shuman and supported by committee members Molly + Frank Green, Arielle Tepper Madover + Ian Madover, Loraine + Tom Morgan, Michelle Smith + Andy Oshrin, Nina + Mike Patterson, Jessica Romm + Tony Perez, Melissa Crandall + Connor Schell, Priya + Karan Sehgal, Lili Rosenberg Siegelson + Lee Siegelson, Joanna + David Silver, and Allison Jaffin + Seth Unger.
Other guests included: Celine Rattray, Katrina Pavlos, Darcy Miller Nussbaum, Rebekah and Colin McCabe, and Michelle Smith.
Pictured:
Eli and Mike Diker