Artwork copyright Reham Aarti. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Artwork copyright Reham Aarti. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Bloom Where You're Planted!, 2014

Reham Aarti
American (born 1972)

Location: Shining Mountain Elementary School, Spanaway

About the Artwork

Featuring Mount Rainier, this mosaic panel is the largest element to the Bloom Where You're Planted! series. Mosaics are artist Reham Aarti's favorite metaphors for life, who notes that "to create beauty from the broken and discarded allows us to see things with new eyes." The series also includes mosaic art on the concrete benches and planters outside of the school and in the library.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Bethel School District.

About the Artist

Reham Aarti creates mosaics for public places. She works primarily with glass, plus a variety of other materials. Aarti says, “working in mosaics gives me a daily reminder of the triumph of the human spirit.”
Aarti has taught mosaic classes for a variety of ages, including adult mosaic classes for cancer survivors and caregivers at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise. She grew up in Kuwait and now lives in Boise, Idaho.