According to silive.com, a new art installation at the Corporate Park in Bloomfield, New York will inspire and empower student son their way to school each and every day. On Friday, the Nicotra Group unveiled “Girl Power,” an outdoor sculpture inspired by the #SeeHer movement, that aims to ensure equal and accurate representation for women and girls of all ages. As stated by Richard Nicotra, “We read a release from the ‘See Her’ organization that said, ‘A recent survey showed that 73% of Asian women feel persisting stereotypes are the biggest barrier to gender equality,’ and we thought about what we could do to help marginalized populations feel hopeful — and feel seen.”
The sculpture itself displays four girls of varying ethnicities working together in order to raise a massive 14 foot elephant that is roughly 20 feet into the air, that is meant to inspire young girls to realize that they can accomplish anything through hard work and dedication. It was created by a New York City artist Zaq Landsberg, and the art piece is located near the entrance of Corporate Commons Three, that serves more than 2,500 students each weekday. According to Lois and Richard Nictora, “As we planned the Corporate Commons Three project, we realized there was an opportunity to inspire young women to feel that they can do anything. Too often, young girls do not have the same visible role models as young men, We worked with Zaq and our team to envision something fanciful that would catch the eye of a child, but also a piece that is deeply meaningful, to drive home the message that young women can do anything with the right tools, and for the students the right tool is education,”
The sculpture features a plaque with an inspirational message for the thousands of students who will pass it each day: “Girls can do anything if they have the right tools. They can even make an elephant fly! The right tool is education. Stay in school. Study hard. Make the impossible happen. With that, you too can fly!”
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