Niagara Street Elementary awarded the Creativity Prize for 2022

Throughout March 2022 and beyond, partnering K-12 schools and colleges used the WE Draft format to create their own tributes to their namesakes and community icons. The Art Force 5 was overjoyed with all of the posts and have awarded a $500 creativity prize to Niagara Street Elementary for both their creative college collaboration with Niagara County Community College and for their inspiring mural painting. We hope that this prize may be used to properly begin a new era of Women’s empowerment as Niagara Street Elementary changes their name to Dr. Bloneva Bond Elementary this Fall. Congrats to the educators for being an inspiration. Special thanks to Rob Lynch for serving as first-contact and Superintendent Mark Laurrie and NCCC’s Chief Diversity & Equity Officer John D. Strong. Bloneva Bond portrait designed by Jillian Mullen.