Education of the Hands Helps to Develop the Mind

Education of the Hands Helps to Develop the Mind by artist Phillip Adams is painted on an interior wall of William L. Sayre High School located in the West Philadelphia neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The title of this mural comes from a William L. Sayre quote. And true to its title, the murals depicts a series of children’s hands holding objects like and an apple, a small house, and a flower, and thereby learning about the world around them. This is a mural focused on tactile learning through doing rather than learning based on reading or sight alone. It contains movement that leads the eye around the painting through the use of a small hand drawing background images, imagining a future where the hand and mind lead to many different opportunities.

Location Note: This mural is inside a school building, and therefore not accessible for public viewing.