Creative Waco Hosts Community for New Mural at Cameron Park Zoo


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"It's a really great way to meet other art students in Waco, which is really cool," says Makenna Wills, a junior at a high school in Waco, Texas.

She's one of 18 local high school students working this summer as part of the nonprofit Creative Waco's ARTprenticeship program, which pairs high school students with professional artists, KXXV reports.

This year's ARTprenticeship class is made up of 18 students, all of whom work alongside mentors for hands-on learning through an eight-week paid internship, the Waco Tribune reports.

"All of us have been helping get everything ready, blocking out certain areas that people can paint and helping people know where to go," says Lucy Ward, one of the ARTprenticeship students.

On Saturday, everyone who came to Community Paint Day to paint a new mural at the Cameron Park Zoo got free entry into the zoo after they finished, KXXV reports.

The mural will be part of the zoo's new Penguin Shores exhibit, which will house a South African penguin and black-footed cat.

"I'm always surprised by the amount of people who are really interested and invested in the process, so it's really fun

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