South Hills Village Displays Elementary School Artwork

UPPER ST. CLAIR, PA - You've undoubtedly seen it if you've been to South Hills Village's lower level near the former Sears store. An art display created by Eisenhower Elementary School students featuring 280 brightly colored canvas tiles has been installed.

The mall Village approached Eisenhower Elementary with a potential location for an art display to cover the temporary wall surrounding the center court escalator renovation. The project was coordinated through Matthew Cosgrove, Eisenhower Elementary art teacher.

“Instead of having a plain barricade in the middle of the mall, they wanted to do something that would be fun and enjoyable where kids in the South Hills could contribute, and then come and enjoy with their families once it was installed,” Cosgrove said. “They decided to partner with the
school that was right across the street.”

South Hills Village requested something colorful and unique and worked with Cosgrove to develop a "symbols of learning" theme that would inspire students to be creative. Each grade level had a different theme – kindergarten, hand prints; first grade, shapes; second grade, numbers;
third grade, letters; and fourth grade, three dimensional objects. Monochromatic colors were used throughout all of the tiles.

Mall officials are pleased with the end result.

“We are so delighted at the way this turned out,” said Jennifer Carroll, director of marketing and business development for South Hills Village, said.

The art installation will remain up through the end of May. The mall might relocate it when the escalator project is complete.

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