Yonder in the schools
The Yonder School Mural Lab
Yonder takes students from first idea to finished public mural — design thinking, drafting, scaling, and paint on the wall, with their names on the work. We've run this from grade school classrooms to the college studio, and the same structure serves libraries, museums, municipalities, and community organizations.
Every project is managed end to end: concept, engagement, design approval, production, paint days, documentation, and a proper launch. What varies is scale — so it comes in three tiers.
Three ways in
One-Day Design Lab
$1,500–$2,500
A single-day ideation session: public-art fundamentals, a collaborative concept sketch built with your students, staff recommendations, and a written concept summary your school keeps — whether or not a wall follows.
Student Mural Residency
$7,500–$15,000
Two to five working sessions carrying students from concept through design, scaling, and painting on an interior or modest exterior wall. Materials and documentation included.
Community Legacy Mural
$18,000–$35,000
The full arc: student-led design, professional production, a community paint day, a large public wall, a launch event, and a photo and press kit. The mural your town points at for the next twenty years.
How schools fund this
Projects may be funded through district arts budgets, education foundations, PTOs, local sponsors, community foundations, public-art funding, or combinations of these. Most Legacy Murals are funded from more than one source — we can help you shape the ask.
Committee-driven or grant-funded project? A Public Art Planning Session ($750–$2,500, credited toward the project when it proceeds) produces the scope, budget framework, and concept direction a proposal needs.
Proof on the walls
Student and community hands on real public work — a sample, with the full archive here.
