<p>A public art project puts the work of living artists into schools. The project for Aretha Franklin College, initiated by the Department of Seine Saint-Denis, is a study of the imagined city we call Alentour. The artist Heidi Wood came to Alentour as a tourist and made artworks to represent what she liked there. Five classes from the school created maps, heraldry and coats of arms to show how they see Alentour. These two studies prepare Alentour’s application to become a Unesco World Heritage site. The artworks will decorate the school forever. They remind us of our dream of an ideal city.</p>
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<p>The students’ heraldry included over a hundred images to represent Alentour. This heraldry was used to make coats of arms to express the identity of Alentour’s residents.</p>
