Henry M. Gunn High School
Palo Alto, California
22 April, 2021 – 25 April, 2021
![Breathe with Me at Gunn High School](/assets/img/11_worldwide_palo_alto/installation92.jpg)
Image: Paige K. Parsons
![Breathe with Me at Gunn High School](/assets/img/11_worldwide_palo_alto/painting6.jpg)
Image: Svetlana Gous
Art can be very powerful…over this last year we had to breathe through these [masks]. It feels like we are turning a corner. I felt a lot of joy to be here and to share this with everybody.
Tom DuBois, Mayor of Palo Alto
![Breathe with Me at Gunn High School](/assets/img/11_worldwide_palo_alto/painting3.jpg)
Image: Paige K. Parsons
![Breathe with Me at Gunn High School](/assets/img/11_worldwide_palo_alto/volunteers.jpg)
Image: Ian Brown
A sense of community is what has sustained us. This is a culminating event where after a year [of the pandemic], we have learned how important we are to each other. We [aim to] graduate students from our school that become citizens of the world, that see themselves as part of the ownership of the planet.
Wendy Stratton, Principal of Gunn High School
![Breathe with Me at Gunn High School](/assets/img/11_worldwide_palo_alto/painting2.jpg)
Image: Ian Brown
![Breathe with Me at Gunn High School](/assets/img/11_worldwide_palo_alto/musicsax1.jpg)
Image: Stanislava Chening
How do cultures fit together, how do people fit together? Any way we can get together and do something that unifies us, I want to be a part of that.
Liz Matchett, Gunn High School World Language Instructional Leader
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Image: Stanislava Chening
![Breathe with Me at Gunn High School](/assets/img/11_worldwide_palo_alto/carry1.jpg)
Image: Charissa Gering
I see the painting as a social contract. The first line, for me, is signing a contract for your own wellness and self care … and the second line is about understanding and supporting the environment that you are in locally, and then globally.
Svetlana Gous, project organizer
![Breathe with Me at Gunn High School](/assets/img/11_worldwide_palo_alto/installationend.jpg)
Image: Svetlana Gous
![Breathe with Me at Gunn High School](/assets/img/11_worldwide_palo_alto/closingceremony2.jpg)
Image: Ian Brown
I really hope this helps us start to recover from the chaos of the pandemic. It’s been so hard for so many people, and I hope it’s a nice step forward…helping our community and focusing our efforts on what really matters.
Cate Rose, student volunteer, Palo Alto, California
![Breathe with Me at Gunn High School](/assets/img/11_worldwide_palo_alto/studentpainting2.jpg)
Image: Melissa Alpan
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Image: Svetlana Gous
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Image: Svetlana Gous
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