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INDIANAPOLIS ( WISH ) -- At one Indianapolis Public Schools facility, creativity is on the menu.

An employee at James Whitcomb Riley School 43 is inspiring students to see art in unexpected places. Inside the lunchroom, cafeteria worker Anika Evans is serving up more than food. When she’s not preparing meals, she’s sketching and painting, often using students as her inspiration. For Evans, it’s about showing students that creativity doesn’t need a classroom, it just needs heart.

She says she paints portraits of students so they can love themselves and be reminded of how talented they are. “Art is in food when you’re making your plates; art is in dance; art is basically everything. When you’re doing your homework, it’s a way that they set up their p

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