Public Art Mural Unveiled at Peabody Charter School

When it comes to the education of our youth, supporting artistic creativity at schools and inside classrooms is of utmost importance. Providing our youth a creative outlet allows them not only freedom of expression but also the ability to explore their unique ideas, foster their imaginations, and learn about the world we live in. Such values are held by Peabody Charter School in Santa Barbara, where they recently unveiled a new public art mural on their campus last Friday — and they even commissioned one of their former students, Eden Andrulaitis, to paint it!

“I came into this as an 18-year-old self-taught artist with no previous experience,” said Andrulaitis about being able to paint for her alma mater. “To get an opportunity like this is one thing, but to work with people who trust you and offer you patience and allow you to learn is another. It was definitely a full circle moment.”

As a student at an art-focused school, Andrulaitis’s experience at Peabody influenced her to pursue art, as she had always enjoyed expressing herself creatively from a young age. However, it was in high school when Andrulaitis developed depression and anxiety that she discovered that her art was also a way to communicate thoughts she found difficult to verbalize. She feels that her struggles, along with her passion for her artistry, are what drove her to become the artist she is today.