Welcome to Embracing Our Differences Ohio. An outdoor art exhibit celebrating the positive nature of diversity, displayed on the campus of the Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute (OSU-ATI) located in Wooster, OHIO.
Artwork: JUST BEAUTIFUL DIFFERENCES by Wayne Spector
Quote: "If we don't embrace our differences, we'll end up like a black and white newspaper - no color. But if we put aside our hatred, we'll become a colorful painting of cultures." - Zoe Madden, 7th grade
Billboard Sponsor: Stanley C. and Flo K. Gault
Artwork: THE EMBRACE by Lindsey Aubel
Quote: Variation on quotation of Seneca: "It is not because humans are different that we do not embrace; it is because we do not embrace that humans are different." - Dr. Dan Good, Superintendent, Wooster City Schools
Artwork: TOGETHER OUR DIFFERENCES ARE BEAUTIFUL by Cierra Norris, 10th grade
Quote: "We could learn a lesson from crayons" - Bailey Berlin, 5th grade
Billboard Sponsor: Candy & Ferenc Relle
Artwork: HARMONY by Dennis Lipp
Quote: "In a meadow of wildflowers you can become a rose." - Chelsea Beckett, 7th grade
Artwork: WHY NOT? by Derek Fisher
Quote: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever does." - Margaret Mead
Billboard Sponsor: In memory of Mayor James A. Howey 1944-2007
Artwork: THE NEW by Lacrisha Garver, 11th grade
Quote: "Accept me. Accept me, I want to be accepted. Take me as I am." - Livia Mullins, 3rd grade
Artwork: MOO-VE PASTURE HERD TO SEE THE BEAUTY OF THE OTHER SIDE by Margaret Freed
Quote: "Our world is like M&M's. We may be different colors; some of us may be a bit nutty; some of us might be a bit broken inside. Ultimately, our insides are all the same." - Kerri Colbert
