“Do all things with kindness and love,” the sculpture’s fin read. “Renaissance Academy, a new beginning” was painted on its lime-green tail.
The dolphin sculpture is an amalgamation of artwork, with its many squared-off sections designed and painted by a middle or high school student attending Renaissance Academy in Virginia Beach.
It wasn’t originally supposed to be that way. The goal of the weeks-long project was to enhance a collaborative spirit between students by having them submit design ideas for the sculpture…