Young Public School Artists Light up Times Square

The Times Square Advertising Coalition unveiled on Wednesday a five-day public art presentation featuring artworks by public school students from the five boroughs. The works were selected from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition P.S. Art 2015, which is on display until Oct. 18.

Metropolitan Museum of Art Chair of Education Sandra Jackson-Dumont introduced the students' artworks

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"It is an honor to have works of art of such thoughtful and inventive New York City students hanging on the walls of the Met," said the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Sandra Jackson-Dumont, during a news conference attended by the young artists' family members and a gaggle of curious tourists. "We are delighted to have world-renowned Times Square as an additional showcase for them and their work."

Young artist Sharon Yang, assisted by TSAC president Fred Rosenberg, spoke about her painting "Who?"

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Featured artists Sharon Yang and Kathy Flores addressed the audience as well. "Art is my favorite subject. It lets me see new things," said Yang. Family members and onlookers cheered as the first painting appeared on the American Eagle billboard.

"I put a lot of effort in my artwork to make the texture on the tree, and the feathers on the owl," said Yang of her painting "Who?"

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NYC Department of Education Chancellor Carmen Fariña during Wednesday's unveiling

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'On the steps of my painting, there’s Mayan symbols to demonstrate my ancestry,' said Kathy Flores of her piece 'Raíces Maya'

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Twenty-three student artworks will appear on two Times Square billboards once every hour through June 22.