A Colorful Three-Panel Student Mural Refreshes Red Hook High’s Healing Garden

Red Hook High School students have created a mural to enhance the school’s healing garden (photo by Grace Molenda).

The Daily Catch
Feb 5 2025 1:00 PM
By Grace Molenda

Sunlight pours in from picture windows, casting an even glow through the room, where plants, paintings and posters are stationed with care. Music plays in the background, upbeat tunes punctuated by the occasional laugh or question. 

This isn’t a trendy commuter cafe in the throes of a morning rush. This is a classroom at Red Hook High School. Today’s project for Kristin Larson’s studio art class? Paint a mural…