Students at Fall Creek Junior High School displayed their art work at Fishers City Hall as part of Black History Month, and those students will be switching roles and teach others  about art as part of the new Community Canvas initiative.

Teacher Michelle Feeney will lead her FCJH students as they become teachers in this new painting program.

“As soon as I told the kids about it, they were so excited to participate,” Feeney said in a Fishers Arts Council news release. “They’ve been learning about Cubism and will be guiding guests on how to create their own painting to take home as well as contributing to the community artwork.”

If you are not familiar with cubism, it involves bringing different views of subjects together in the same painting, which results in works that appear abstract or fragmented.

The community artwork will focus on the Great Squirrel Stampede of 1822, where thousands of squirrels destroyed cornfields as they migrated West, against their natural path. The artwork will feature squirrels with Hamilton County landmarks in the Cubist style.

The community art project will take place on Friday, March 11 from 6-8 pm in the Art Gallery at City Hall, One Municipal Drive, Fishers. The gallery will also be open to enjoy the student’s artwork alongside Alcove featured artist, Judy Mintze. Live music and refreshments will be available; some artwork will be available for purchase. There is no fee to participate in the community art project or the personal paintings, and no registration is required.