a fine art

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama helps paint a mural with students at the site of a USAID project called ¡Supérate! in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 22. The first lady and her daughters helped 30 ¡Supérate! students complete their community service project by painting a mural to decorate the center’s health clinic which will open next month.

Earlier in the day:

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and her El Salvadoran counterpart Vanda Pignato unveil a plaque during a visit to Ciudad Mujer Center in San Salvador. Ciudad Mujer is support center for single mothers.

at your service

President Barack Obama volunteers to paint at a National Day of Service and Remembrance event with the Armed Services YMCA: Operation Kid Comfort at Ronald H. Brown Middle School in Washington

fine art

As the G8 summit wraps up in Toronto, Group of Eight leaders have been contributing to a reproduction painting by the Group of Seven, a group of Canadian landscape painters, in Huntsville, Ontario. June 26, 2010

painting and planting

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama helps plant a butterfly garden and paint a mural at the Marie Reed learning center during a public service event in Washington, April 29, 2010.

handy man

President-elect Obama at the Sasha Bruce House, a shelter for teens, January 19, 2009 in Washington, DC.