PHOTOS: Sidewalk Sam Says "Thanks" with van Gogh

Sidewalk Sam paid a visit to Newton North Wednesday with a gift of artwork for the students--a way of saying 'thanks' for the special painting wheelchair the Innovation Lab students designed for him this year.

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Sidewalk Sam, who works with the non-profit organization Art Street, helps recreate well-known artwork on sidewalks. Over the last few months, Sam has worked with a couple of students in Newton North's Innovation Lab, where the students have been designing Sam a special painting chair that would allow him to get lower to the ground. As a way of saying 'thank you', Sam visited Newton North on June 6 to create a recreation of van Gogh's "Starry Night" outside the school's Theatre Entrance with some art students. Steve Chinosi

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The finished product - Sidewalk Sam visited Newton North students on Wed., June 6 to add some Vincent van Gogh sidewalk art just outside the school's Theatre Entrance on Elm Road. The artwork was a gift of thanks for the students designing Sam a new painting wheelchair.

Credit Steve Chinosi

Art students at Newton North work with Sidewalk Sam to fill in the grid of the artwork.

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A chair used by artist Sidewalk Sam. Newton North Innovation Lab students are currently developing a device that would allow Sam to lower and raise himself up independently.

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Newton North seniors Mike Otten (left) and Marlon Rainville (right) describe a device they are designing for Sidewalk Sam (center), a local artist. The device will allow Sam to lower and raise himself independently. "Their work is a large concept potentially involving millions of Americans," Sam said. "To focus on my needs is generous."

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Newton North art students work with Sidewalk Sam to create a new rendition of Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night." The artwork is mapped out on a grid on the sidewalk and filled in piece by piece.

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Newton North students help fill in a piece of sidewalk art at Newton North, just outside the Theatre Arts entrance. The wrk would eventually turn into a version of van Gogh's "Starry Night".

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Over the last few months, students in Newton North's Innovation Lab have worked to design and create a special painting wheelchair for local artist Sidewalk Sam.

Sam, who works with the non-profit Art Street Inc., creates (or recreates) art masterpieces on sidewalks.

The painting wheelchair designed for Sam allows him to get lower to the ground and continue to spread his art to different communities.

As a way of saying thanks, Sam visited Newton North on Wed., June 6 to recreate a work of art on the sidewalk outside the school's theatre entrance. Working with a number of art students, Sidewalk Sam gave the gift of Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night" in the form of sidewalk art.

The art can be found just outside the school's theatre entrance, off Elm Road.

Special thanks to Innovation Lab Director Steve Chinosi for the information and the photos.

Related Topics: Newton North High School, Newton North Innovation Lab, and Sidewalk Sam

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Ellen

8:00 am on Friday, June 8, 2012

Wow! I am going to make a trip over to NNHS to see this today. Amazingly beautiful!

Ellen

10:32 am on Friday, June 8, 2012

Sidewalk did a piece outside the Newton Free Library in 2011 just before our annual Spring Fling fundraiser. The art he creates, though temporary, endures in the hearts of those of us who have been admiring it through the years in the Greater Boston area.